Q 01/05

Which Only Fools and Horses star plays time traveller Gary Sparrow in Goodnight Sweetheart?

A) David Jason

B) Nicholas Lyndhurst

C) Roger Lloyd-Pack

D) Buster Merryfield

Answer · why

B) Nicholas Lyndhurst

Nicholas Lyndhurst was already famous as Rodney Trotter when he took the part. The writers felt only he could play Gary, because viewers would forgive...

Q 02/05

Gary Sparrow wows wartime drinkers in Goodnight Sweetheart by claiming he wrote songs by which band?

A) The Kinks

B) The Hollies

C) The Beatles

D) The Bee Gees

Answer · why

C) The Beatles

The Beatles supply much of Gary's 'own' material, which he plays on the pub piano years before any of it was written. Elton John hits get the same tre...

Q 03/05

Which politician does Gary Sparrow save from an assassin in Goodnight Sweetheart's original finale?

A) Winston Churchill

B) Ernest Bevin

C) Anthony Eden

D) Clement Attlee

Answer · why

D) Clement Attlee

Clement Attlee, soon to be prime minister, is the guest speaker Gary rescues from a poisoner. Gary decides that saving him was the whole purpose of hi...

Q 04/05

On his first trip back in Goodnight Sweetheart, what does Gary Sparrow take the wartime pub for?

A) A themed bar

B) A film set

C) A living museum

D) A costume party

Answer · why

A) A themed bar

A themed bar, done up in 1940s style, seems the obvious explanation to a man from 1993. Only when bombs start falling does he accept that he really ha...

Q 05/05

How does Gary Sparrow argue that he is not really a bigamist in Goodnight Sweetheart?

A) His first marriage was annulled

B) He married under an alias

C) His wives live decades apart

D) Wartime weddings don't count

Answer · why

C) His wives live decades apart

His wives live decades apart, so Gary insists he is never married to two women at the same time. His best friend Ron is not persuaded by the technical...