The Radio Times big TV and movie quiz of 2016

Think you know 2016? See how much you can remember from the year’s TV, movies, news and radio in our bumper quiz of the year.

The TV quiz – compiled by TV editor Alison Graham In which harrowing drama did Julie Walters play a faithful wife who came to doubt her husband’s honesty? What was the name of Queen Victoria’s dog in Victoria? Name the magazine editor who duped a documentary film-maker on air. Which grim Yorkshire cop grieved over the loss of his sidekick and then had his show cancelled by ITV? Who was an Army man with a secret in The Missing and a high-ranking Northern Ireland civil servant in The Truth Commissioner? Selling undies in 1980s Yorkshire proved to be a short-lived career for the characters in this saucy ITV drama, cancelled after just one series. BBC4 took us on a tour of the Yorkshire Dales that lasted two hours. Name the mode of transport and the title of the show. Clothes weren’t required for this very strange, deeply embarrassing C4 dating show. What was it called? Love, Nina was based on the diaries of London nanny Nina Stibbe. Name her real-life neighbour, a playwright and diarist. Which long- running US legal drama ended for good with a slap? Next page: Barry Norman’s film quiz

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The big film quiz – compiled by Radio Times film critic Barry Norman Who are the Nice Guys? What household item was invented by Jennifer Lawrence in Joy? Which Romeo finally won an Oscar? Which two former Bridesmaids became Ghostbusters this year? One of cinema’s greatest directors turns 70 this month and kicked off his career with a truck as the villain. Who is he? Who was trying to find Jennie and Charlie in a Pixar animation? Which actor revived the role of Captain Mainwaring in Dad’s Army? What was the name of the band David Brent took on the road? Who played the Girl on the Train? Which Star Wars icon is back in cinemas this Christmas? Next page: Justin Webb’s news quiz

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The news quiz – compiled by Today programme presenter Justin Webb In the American presidential election Hillary Clinton won the popular vote but not the White House. Who was the last candidate to fail in a similar way? During the referendum campaign, who called Britain “a cake-filled, misery-laden, grey old island”? Leonard Cohen and his muse and former lover both died this year: what was her name? Which game launch resulted in more than 100,00 road accidents in the US in its first ten days? Who welcomed his appointment as a Labour shadow minister by saying it made up for “a total absence of octogenerians” in the previous team? Which nation did President Obama visit in March, becoming the first president to go there since Calvin Coolidge? Mankind visited Jupiter this year — what was the name of the spacecraft? Which public officials were branded “enemies of the people” by the Daily Mail? The Scottish Parliamentary Elections of 2016 were won by the SNP. Who came second? Which nation put its clocks forward by half an hour in order to save electricity? Next page: Eddie Mair’s radio quiz

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The radio quiz – compiled by PM presenter Eddie Mair What links Ed Stewart, who died in January, with Dad’s Army creator Jimmy Perry, who died in October? Which presenter said of radio listeners: “They either like you or they don’t”? Cliff Michelmore died this year aged 96. He met his wife, Jean, over the airwaves when they made which radio show together? Desmond Carrington signed off from Radio 2’s The Music Goes Round after 70 years on radio. What was the final track he played? Radio 3 celebrated 70 years on air this year. What was the network’s original name? Which former Apprentice contestant landed her own show on LBC this year? A radio station that launched in 1993 but changed its identity in 2008 returned to the digital airwaves this year under its original name. What’s it called? The Radio Academy Awards were reinstated this year after a hiatus. Formerly known as the Sonys, what are they called now? Ten years after the death of Radio 4’s Nick Clarke, which broadcaster won the Nick Clarke Award for best interview? Radio Times readers chose their favourite radio voices this year. Who shared the RT cover photo with me to mark the occasion? Click to reveal the answers

The big film quiz – compiled by Radio Times film critic Barry Norman

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