P435ORACLE 435 Mon30 Dec C4 1744:58  *  * * *  *  * *  *  * * The Avengers has been one of the most popular series on C4. How much do you know about this spoof sleuth series... 1 What was the name of Steed's original partner and who played the part? Dr David Keel, played by Ian Hendry 2 What was the name of the character played by Honor Blackman? Mrs Catherine Gale Is There Somethi 3 What event led to Emma Peel's resignation? Her husband was found alive in the Amazonian jungle 4 In which month and year was the first episode broadcast? January 1961. 5 When did Diana Rigg join the cast? 1965  Press "Reveal" for answers 

P435ORACLE 435 Mon30 Dec C4 9741:10  * *  * *   * *  *  * * Brookside is one of Channel Four's most popular programmes. If youWre one of its regular viewers, you should be able to match the christian names of the following characters in the series with their respective surnames... Heather Corkhill Haversham Sandra Grant Maghie Doreen Hancock Corkhill Harry Sullivan Cross Sheila Haversham Grant Lucy Cross Collins Pat Hardwick Hancock Terry Collins Sullivan Ralph Maghie Hardwick  Press "REVEAL" for answers 

P435ORACLE 435 Mon30 Dec C4 1742:32  * *  * *  * *  *  * The Red Balloon is this afternoon's enchanting film from France about a boy whose balloon takes on a life of its own. Can you name these things, where balloons featured prominently? 1 What was a balloon in the title of David Niven's autobiography? The Moon (The Moon's A Balloon) 2 Who were the first people to go up in a balloon? Montgolfier brothers 3 Who went most of the way round the world, in 80 days, in a ballogn? Phineas Fogg in the Jules Verne 0 novel Around The World In 80 Days 4 Who was the Balloonatic? Buster Keaton  Press "REVEAL" for answers 

P435ORACLE 435 Mon30 Dec C4 9738:05          See if you can spot the names of 8 C4 programmes in the following tale: I first met Alice by the gallery on Hill Street. Blue spectral shades danced about her as she came through the mist. Elsewhere I heard the wglves come steadily closer... What happened next I can't recount. Down town I heard the wolves howling... Running along the brooks I decided was no use - I hadn't been that way fgr years. Ahead I saw them come into view. I'd had my chips...comical it wasn't! Alice, Gallery, Hill Street Blues, St Elsewhere, Countdown, Brookside, Years Ahead, Chips' Comic.  Press REVEAL for answeru 