1. Who did the BBC consider to be the first true 'disc jockey'?

2. Name the ventriloquist's dummy who had a show of his own.

3. Who had a 'Bumper Fun Book'?

4. Who wrote 'Journey into Space'?

5. Who was the Man in Black?

6. Which radio station used a gong as its call sign?

7. What does ITMA stand for?

8. Who starred in ITMA?

9. Which famous American bandleader broadcast on the BBC during the war?

10. What program was Wilfred Pickles most noted for?

11. The signature tune 'Devil's Gallop' was used for which radio serial?

12. Who wrote the Paul Temple detective plays?

13. What was the name of the music used as a signature tune for Paul Temple?

14. Who was the handlebar - moustached star of Take It From Here?

15. Which show 'stopped the mighty roar of London's traffic'?

16. Name the main two presenters of Radio Luxembourg in the forties and early fifties.

17. What was the number of the policeman played by Brian Reece?

18. Which 'infra-draw' gentleman promised to make us pots of money with his money magnet?

19. What children's series did S.G. Hulme-Beaman write?

20. Jack Jackson had a very successful career as a disc jockey, but what instrument did he play in his pre-war dance band days? And what was his signature tune?

21. Who scripted the Goon Shows - and who assisted him occasionally?

22. Name the three ladies who starred opposite Tony Hancock in his famous 'Alf Hour series

23. His band show was broadcast every Sunday dinnertime for many years, but who was he? And who was his male singer?

24 What did Cyril Stapleton do?

25. Jack Train, Anona Wynn, Norman Hackforth - in which radio show did these names appear regularly?

26. Which Aussie comedian began his act by woefully declaring 'I'm only here for four minutes' (probably a reference to the four minute warning we were supposed to receive prior to a nuclear attack)?

27. Which archetypal cockney spiv ended his comic turn by requesting the cage to be opened?

28. Who had a 'guest night' variety show - with the accent on music - which we were we often invited to?

29. Who were the 'Stargazers' and 'The Five Smith Brothers'?

30. What was Richard Murdoch's nickname? Can you name a radio show in which he starred?

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questions #2

1. Who wrote the Quatermass serials?

2. I Which Saturday children's programme did Rolf Harris first appear?

3. Q5, but who starred?

4. Which early Goon demonstrated 'silent explosions'?

5. From which location did the 1930s competitive Baird/EMI British TV transmissions originate?

6. Who often said 'Let's went', when talking to the character who's name formed the title of the 'fifties USA half-hour adventure series?

7. Why could the line whistle be heard on 405 line sets, but not on 625 line sets?

8. Fine bright sloping lines often appear on the screen of a 405 line receiver during breaks in transmissions. What causes these?

9. Why were turret tuners fitted to sets in the fifties?

10. Why are 625 aerials smaller than  405 ones?

11. Who starred in 'The Range Rider' series?

12. Name the lady with the penchant for big earrings who was a regular on the panel game 'What's My Line' - and while you are at it, name her husband.

13. 'I Married Joan.' Who did?

14. 'Kingfish' and 'The league of the ancient knights of the sea'. What am are referring to?

15. McDonald Hobley, Mary Malcolm. What duty did they perform?

16. Who used the signature tune 'Stardust'?

17. Name the actor who played the first Doctor Who

18. Who wrote the theme for Doctor Who?

19. Jay Silverheels - an unusual name, for sure - but what famous role did he play?

20. Who led the orchestra for 'Sunday Night at the London Palladium'?

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