| OPENGOVERNMENT | Title of the first episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister |
| NINEBELOWZERO | British blues band who performed on the first episode of the BBC comedy series The Young Ones |
| STEP | The pace of the first episode (4) |
| PILOTS | Turning carbs to lipids is the crux of the first episodes (6) |
| ANTONYJAY | Co-author, with Jonathan Lynn, of the TV series Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister who was knighted in 1988 |
| SCARFE | Gerald ___, cartoonist whose work illustrated Pink Floyd's The Wall and the TV series Yes Minister ( |
| FOWLDS | Derek, actor who appeared in the television series Yes Minister and Heartbeat (6) |
| ATOUCHOFCLASS | First of the 12 episodes of the BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers, originally broadcast on 19 September 1975 (1,5,2,5) |
| PETERSALLIS | Only actor featured in all 295 episodes of the BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine (1973-2010) |
| MISSING | What is the final round in episodes of the BBC quiz show Only Connect? (7,6) |
| VOWELS | What is the final round in episodes of the BBC quiz show Only Connect? (7,6) |
| TRUTHINESS | Subject of "The Word" on the first episode of "The Colbert Report" |
| DISH | "_ and Dishonesty", the first episode of the 1987 sitcom Blackadder the Third (4) |
| SCORSESE | Director who played himself in the first episode of "The Studio" |
| TINAFEY | US comedian who hosted the first episode of the UK'S SNL (4,3) |
| IRISH | In the BBC comedy series Black Books, what is the nationality of Bernard, the shop owner? (5) |
| RUNCORN | Cheshire town, setting for the BBC comedy series Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps |
| LISEMAYER | American-born comedy writer who co-created the BBC comedy series The Young Ones with then partner Rik Mayall and Ben Elton |
| JIMMYSAVILE | British DJ who hosted the first episode of "Top of the Pops" in 1964 |
| TITANIC | Ship forming part of the storyline in the first episode of Downton Abbey (7) |
