TV Connections

Each question lists 3 shows, which are linked by one actor or actress. Name them.


1The Good Life, Brothers In Law, Ever Decreasing Circles?
2Just William, The Hot Shoe Show, Cats?
3William And Mary, Men Behaving Badly, Doc Martin?
4Sunburn, Eastenders, Two Thousand Acres Of Sky?
5Coronation Street, Dinnerladies, Mrs Henderson Presents?
6Butterflies, As Time Goes By, The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin?
7Father Ted, My Hero, Blessed?
8One Foot In The Grave, Rentaghost, Only When I Laugh?
9The Avengers, The Upper Hand, Goldfinger?
10In which TV programme have all 9 of the above made appearances? (As an extra clue, so have Nicholas Parsons, Frank Windsor, Beryl Reid, Lynda Baron, Zoe Wannamaker, June Brown, Gareth Hunt, Jean Marsh and Barbara Windsor).
quiz kindly submitted by Fraenulum on 9th December 2008