The Results Are In! Check Your My 70s TV Childhood Quiz #44 Answers

Hello again, 70s TV aficionados! If you’ve just taken My 70s TV Childhood Quiz #44, it’s time to see how you fared!

If you haven’t taken the quiz yet, I highly recommend you pop over to our previous blog post or listen to Quiz #44 on the My 70’s TV Childhood podcast before you peek at these answers.

Spoilers ahead!

Ready to mark your answers? Let’s see those scores!

Round One – Mayday, Mayday!

I asked you about shows that began in May or have a May connection.

1️⃣ Sitcom “Man About the House” was first broadcast in which year? Answer: 1973

2️⃣ Undertaker sitcom “In Loving Memory” with Thora Hird began in May of which year? Answer: 1979

3️⃣ Second Verdict was a six-part BBC television series combining police procedural and docudrama. Which year did it begin? Answer: 1976

4️⃣ That’s Life with Esther Ranzen and co started in which year? Answer: 1973

5️⃣ And finally, “The Little and Large Show” made its debut on BBC1 on 1st May which year? Answer: 1978

Round Two – Marathon/Fil Rouge

This round featured questions related to things we have featured in previous episodes of the My 70’s TV Childhood podcast.

1️⃣ In July 2024 we looked back at Crackerjack. On what day of the week and at what time was the show normally broadcast? Answer: Friday, five to five!

2️⃣ Still in 2024, in January we remembered “The Goodies” what was the Northern martial art featured in the show involving black puddings? Answer: Ecky Thump

3️⃣ In March this year we looked back at “Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)”. What were Randall and Hopkirk’s first names? Answer: Jeff and Marty

4️⃣ Way back in November 2020 we featured Follyfoot. What was the name of the young woman at the centre of the story? Answer: Dora Maddocks, played by Gillian Blake

5️⃣ And in April 2021 we looked back at the quiz of the week which came from Norwich, “The Sale of the Century.” Who asked the questions in a very nice way? Answer: Nicholas Parsons

Round Three – Name That Tune (Debut 1976)

Our wheel of fate selected 1976! Here are the answers to the theme tunes played in the podcast.

1️⃣ Theme Tune 1 Yus My Dear

2️⃣ Theme Tune 2 Star Maidens

3️⃣ Theme Tune 3 Open All Hours

4️⃣ Theme Tune 4 Yes Honestly

5️⃣ Theme Tune 5 One Man and His Dog

Round Four – TV Times

Anything 70s TV trivia wise went in this final round!

1️⃣ In “Mary, Mungo and Midge” what sort of animal was Midge? Answer: A mouse

2️⃣ The 1976 TV series “Rogue Male” was all about a plot to assassinate who? Answer: Adolf Hitler

3️⃣ What was the name of the manor in “To The Manor Born?” Answer: Grantleigh Manor

4️⃣ Perennial holiday favourite movie “The Great Escape” was first broadcast in the UK on 28th December of which year? Answer: 1971

5️⃣ In November 1978, ITV launched its teletext service. What was it called? Answer: ORACLE

Bonus Question & Answer

In our last quiz, we mentioned “The Partridge Family.” What were the names of the original members of the Partridge Family? The characters rather than the actors and they all had the surname Partridge. Here’s a clue, there were six of them. Answer: Shirley, Keith, Laurie, Danny, Chris and Tracy

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YouTube: Test Your 1970s British TV Knowledge!

Step back into the 70s! Test your knowledge of classic British TV in My 70s TV Childhood Quiz #44. This week, Oliver Colling challenges your memory with our “Mayday, Mayday!” round featuring shows with May connections, revisits past podcast topics, spins the wheel for 1976 theme tunes, and throws in some tricky TV Times trivia!

Quiz #44 featuring:

Round 1: Mayday, Mayday! – When did your favorite shows first broadcast?
Round 2: Marathon/Fil Rouge – questions from past podcast episodes!
Round 3: Name That Tune from 1976!
Round 4: TV Times general knowledge.
And the tricky Bonus Question: Can you name all six members of The Partridge Family?

How did you score? Let us know your favourite 70s show in the comments below! Did you ace the “Mayday, Mayday!” round or the 1976 theme tunes? Don’t forget to LIKE this video and SUBSCRIBE for more 70s TV nostalgia!