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The anagram is MY PAST RR (RR= Right Reverend = archbishop) The Greek character (or letter) is Gamma Grants me is an anagram of Garments.

I still think No 11 is something to do with Coronation Street. Someone else said 'Gamma Garments' which was a company where a Street character called Leonard Swindley (played by Arthur Lowe) worked. He also ran the corner shop at one stage with Emily Nugent (now Emily Bishop)....'new gent' What does everyone else think? I can't see how 'The Omega Man' fits the clue.

I also think No. 7 is Mr. Pastry. He was on TV a lot - unlike Charlie Chaplin who was mainly films (only occasionally shown) The clue lies in 'my past' (partial anagram)

Someone already got No. 23 - Sunday Night at The London Palladium. (Anagram)

Thanks Janet, We'll stick with Blue Peter then!

No! Definitely Blue Peter. Blue = sad, Peter = Rock (safe)

I think we're still looking for answers to 15, 16, 22, 23, and 24. I've noted all your replies and should be able to fill the form in soon. Couldn't have done it at all though without the help from you all at GC. THANKYOU! Just the last few to get then. I thought the answer to Q19 was Blue Peter, but on the radio today i heard that Play School has been going for 40 years to the day. Do you think it could be that? Tracey

9 - yep Eamon Andrews - and the programme was What's my Line

With having loads to do today have just spent time collating some of the answers. Don't know if they are right or not of course and there are still several blanks. Come on folks. (1) You got it straight from the horses mouth. - Mister Ed (2) Battery? This young man was charged with it. – Torchy the Battery Boy (3) Western lawman - strings attached. – Tex Tucker from Four Feather Falls (4) This was an arts programme for everyone. - Omnibus (5) Steptoe drops an aitch to become a puppeteer. – Harry Corbett (6) The game that awarded extra points for orange and black - but in black and white. – The Golden Shot ?????? (7) Archbishop in my past contrived to be a slapstick legend. – Mr. Pastry (8) Early soap oranges grown here. – Grove Family (9) This Hibernian ex-pug asked a question about his descent. - Eamonn Andrews (10) Pressing necessity protected ''Child X'' in medical drama. – Emergency Ward 10 (11) Greek character grants me strange emporium employing new gent, we hear. – Coronation Street OR The Omega Man (12) Mad hatter burns it's expert committee. – The Brains Trust (13) We were told three times to exercise our franchise for him. – Vote Vote Vote for Nigel Barton (14) Why circumnavigation isn't possible in an ex-goons sphere. – Michael Bentine’s Square World (15) Vice? You'll turn to a redheadsallure for me! - I Love Lucy (16) Here's where some 1970's ITV viewers saw the weather forecast for the first time, clear or murky but less right. - (17) Sword, mail....lain asunder to reveal equestrian informer. – Dorian Williams (18) Feed for 'orse named after galaxy, perhaps? – ‘A’ for Andromeda (19) Sad, safe- and popular with children for 40 years. – Blue Peter (20) Remove owl for schoolboy. – Billy Bunter (21) Rex bart - Mondays muddly talker before Murray Walker! – Raymond Baxter (22) Game detective, no digger, gave voice in ultimate state. - (23) Muddy lights, hall unpainted, at a noon variety show. - Sunday Night At The London Palladium (24) Rude teen is only put right when Danes hammer is employed. - Janet

Just a helping hand as it's getting lost!

You took the words right out of my mouth Bob. Was just going to ask the same thing. Janet

can we have a resume' what questions remain unanswered? apart from this one, of course.

Just nudging this up in case there are any more brainy folks out there that haven't seen it yet! (and there's still about half a dozen questions to answer) LOL Sue

Quite right Sue. My Dad said The Brains Trust, but I mis-read it. He's working on the others as we speak!!

I tell you what, i've never even heard of half of these programmes!! But you're all doing really well. Keep it up! Tracey

11 Gamma Garments (where Miss Nugent worked)

I think 12 is The Brains Trust, not test. Sorry Suzanne's Dad! Sue

Hi Tracey I have had my Dad working on this. He thinks the following: No. 7 Mr Pastry No. 12 The Brains Test No. 13 (Vote vote vote for) Nigel Barton Also No. 11 could be Coronation Street; emporium is a shop and 'new gent' might be Emily Nugent. What do you think? I have never heard of any of them, except Corrie of course, so they must be very ancient!!

23 Sunday night at the London Palladium

Number 5 is Sooty. Harry *H* Corbett played the son in Steptoe whereas Harry Corbett spent his days with his hand up Sooty