Stokie trivia quiz: how well do you know your North Staffs TV and theatre stars?

Oh yes he will! Baddeley Green-born Jonathan Wilkes will take to the stage at The Regent Theatre again this year in the pantomime Peter Pan. Not including 2015, how many times has Jonathan starred in panto at The Regent?

Actor Alan Lake was a familiar face on TV screens in series such as The Avengers, The Saint, Z-Cars, Juliet Bravo and Bergerac – often playing the baddie. Which famous blonde bombshell did he marry in November 1968.

Anthea Turner began her working life as a record librarian at Signal Radio and went on to present Top of the Pops, the National Lottery and Wish You Were Here. But which children’s TV programme did she help present from June 1992 to June 1994?

This stage director and the driving force behind the New Vic Theatre – the UK’s first purpose-built theatre-in-the-round – wasn’t born in North Staffordshire, but spent much of his working life here. Who is he?

Brought up in a children’s home at Penkhull, actor Neil Morrissey starred alongside Leslie Ash and Caroline Quentin in the TV series Men Behaving Badly. Who was the fourth permanent cast member who now has a medical role in another popular BBC series?

Room 101 presenter Nick Hancock is probably TV’s most famous Stoke City supporter. Which TV sports quiz programme did he present for more than 10 years?

This playwright, poet, teacher and artist was born in Smallthorne in 1925 and his Lament For The Lost Pubs Of Burslem was awarded the Sony/Pye Award for the best radio monologue of 1979. Who is he?

This former Radio Stoke presenter went on to become a Radio 1 DJ and was a regular presenter of Top of the Pops. Which well-known celebrity was he romantically linked to before she decided to marry another famous DJ?

Famous for presenting shows including Grandstand, Nationwide and Breakfast Time, this Fenton-born TV star was sacked by the BBC in 1988 following revelations that he had taken cocaine and visited brothels. Who is he?