Big game show 2023

The Big TV Quiz About 2023's Drama Kings (and Queens)

Which hit series of 2023 were they the main character in?

2. Casino cocktail waitress on the run

3. A corporate deal negotiator travels from Dubai to London

4. How many actresses have played Elizabeth in all six seasons of The Crown?

Which BBC dramas took place in and around the following venues?

5. Carlingford Women's Prison

6. Point North Restaurant

7. Blackthorne Police Station, Belfast

8. Which Oscar winner had a brief, unannounced cameo as a chef named Terry in The Bear?

Can you recognize these 2023 dramas by their cast?

9. Timothy Spall, Sheila Hancock, Anne Reid

10. Hugh Bonneville, Dominic Cooper, Jack Lowden

11. Bella Ramsey, John Hannah, Nick Offerman

12. What was the name of the organized crime boss and aspiring local politician who was overthrown at the end of Happy Valley?

Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley Author : Matt Squire

These three famous books have been adapted into television dramas this year. Can you name them?

13. 2019 novel about a Manhattan couple going through a bitter divorce

14. A 2022 novel about a scientist-turned-feminist cooking show host

15. A 2017 novel about 18th-century Yorkshire counterfeiters.

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Funny Thing

16. Who did Dr. Alan «Roots» Cornwall welcome to Boston after 19 years away from screens?

17. What is the embarrassing last name of the main character, microbrewery owner Gordon (played by co-creator Patrick Brammall) in the acclaimed Australian rom-com Colin of the Accounts?

18. Who made headlines in August for a 71-second cameo making a phone call from London to New York in the back of a taxi?

19. The hit BBC haunted house comedy The Haunting is coming to an end this Christmas. Can you name five of the eight main ghosts?

20. Which Oscar-winning actress joined the third season of Only Murders in the Building as Martin Short's love interest?

Selena Gomez, Martin Short and Steve Martin in Only Murders in the Building Posted by Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu

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Reality Fear

21. What did actors Amanda Abbington and Nigel Harman have in common this year?

What primetime TV competitions have these people won in 2023?

22. Sam Robert De Courcy Thompson, son of a property developer

23 years old. Jordan Sangha, Scunthorpe lawyer

24. Norwegian in a reflective vest

25. This autumn, former health secretary Matt Hancock reached the final of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, but lost out to which pop idol runner-up?

Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock has reached the final of Celebrity SAS. Photo: Pete Dadds

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Facts

26. What was the title of this summer's critically acclaimed BBC Two documentary series about The Troubles?

27. Who was kidnapped, shot and waterboarded during a Channel 4 report in July?

28. What did blind neurodivergent teenager Lucy do at Leeds train station that moved viewers to tears in February?

29. In the September documentary Dispatches In Plain Sight, several women publicly accused whom of sexual assault?

30. The four-part Netflix documentary «Beckham» was directed by Fisher Stevens, who is also an actor, in which the famous drama ended this year?

David Beckham: a four-part documentary series

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Scandals and blunders

31. How BBC news presenter Maryam Moshiri caused a stir during a live broadcast in early December?

32. Who spent their debut episode in December without pants and talking to themselves?

33. Which food expert presented Channel 4's summer spoof documentary Britain's Miracle Meat, which advocates eating human flesh during the cost of living crisis?

34. Why was “Match of the Day” shortened and almost silent in March?

35. Which two long-running BBC shows, hosted by Paddy McGuinness, were canceled this autumn?

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They said…what?

36. “That's right, deep breath. First of all, are you okay? Who said this in June, in what program and why?

37. — So, Nicky, tell us about your beaver. Who said this in September?

38. In February, who made peace with whom by apologizing for “falling off one of your crocheted blankets”?

39. Who said to whom in April “I love you, but you are not serious people”?

40. Who said to whom in the 2023 drama: “Thank you for the way you were in the hospital. So raw and broken and beautiful.”

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Dearly Departed

41. Who died in March and nine months later was posthumously named person of the year by animal rights organization Peta?

42. “Oh my God, this cut is deep.” Thus began the dedication to Jennifer Aniston on Instagram to whom?

43. Which show's fans were saddened by the October news of the death of a Rottweiler named Dave?

44. “A cultured and erudite man,” wrote King Charles. “Life won’t be the same without him.” At whose state funeral service was this tribute read?

45. Who made a posthumous cameo in the second episode of the recent Doctor Who 60th Anniversary special?

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On-screen swansongs

Can you name these memorable ones minor characters from TV shows whose last episodes aired? this year?

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Question 47 Author: Ali Painter/Netflix

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Question 48. Author: HBO

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Question 49 .: Nicole Rivelli/Amazon via AP

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Question 50 Posted by: Apple TV +

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Answers:

Kings (and queens) of drama

1. Beef/2. Poker Face/3. Theft/4. Five — Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton, Verity Russell and Viola Prettyjohn/5. Time/6. Boiling point/7. Blue lights/8. Olivia Colman/9 . Sixth Commandment/10. Gold/11. The Last of Us/12. Darius Knezevic (and his brother Zeljko)/13. Fleishman is in trouble/14. Chemistry lessons/15. Gallows Post

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Funny Thing

16. Dr. Frasier Crane in the revival of Frasier/17. Krappe/18. Kim Cattrall as Samantha Jones in Just Like That/19. Choose any five from Kitty, Thomas, Julian, Pat, Fanny, Robin, Humphrey and Captain/20. Meryl Streep

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Fears of reality

21. They both quit Dancing with the Stars/22. I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!/23. «Big Brother»/24. Britain's Got Talent was won by comedian Viggo Venn/25. Gareth Gates

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The essence of the facts

26. Once upon a time in Northern Ireland/27. Guy Martin in Our Boy in Columbia/28. Played Chopin's Nocturne in B-flat minor in «Piano» on channel 4/29. Russell Brand/30. He plays Hugo Baker in Legacy.

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Scandals and failures

31. She was caught giving her middle finger to the camera/32. Ncuti Gatwa, Doctor Who's new star after David Tennant 'doubly regenerated'/33. Gregg Wallace/34. Gary Lineker's colleagues boycotted the show in solidarity after he was disqualified for violating impartiality/35 principles. Top Gear and the question of sport

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They said… what?

36. Holly Willoughby on This Morning following the departure of co-host Phillip Schofield/37. Prue Leith on the Great British Animal Cake Bake Off/38. Sergeant Catherine Cawood of Happy Valley to her sister Claire/39. Logan Roy from «Legacy» to his children/40. Diana's ghost to Charles in The Crown.

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Gone

41. Paul O'Grady/42. Her Friends co-star Matthew Perry/43. Gogglebox/44. Australian comedian Barry Humphries/45. Bernard Cribbins

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Screen swan songs

46. DCI Fred Thursday from Endeavor, played by Roger Allam/47. Jacques from Top Boy, played by Jasmine Jobson/48. Gene Cousineau from Barry, played by Henry Winkler/49. Susie Myerson from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, played by Alex Borstein/50. Roy Kent from Ted Lasso, played by Brett Goldstein.

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