Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 18-6-2026 — Paul Eddington

18th June, 2026: Paul Eddington.

OK, it’s officially official.

I like using the word, ‘official’!

But then, you’d possibly worked that out!

At any rate?

My nephew, Jude, has released his latest video.

Feel free to officially hit the ‘Like’ button.

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It’s also officially the case: that I’m expecting a BT engineer, today.

Or, at least, a BT-Openreach engineer.

He’s due to upgrade my internet line: so I get faster speeds.

I hope so: I’d hate to pay the extra few quid for nowt!

~≈£≈~

A few weeks ago, I got a new game controller for my Apple TV+: a Sony Playstation one, from the Apple website.

And … ?

Haven’t yet sold on the old one, the SteelSeries Nimbus+, as — as far as I knew — it couldn’t be charged.

Neither could the new one.

At least, neither could be charged by hooking them up to my Mac.

I got a charging block for the PS5 controller: which works nicely, I should add.

But, last night … ?

I tried plugging it into the Nimbus.

Which promptly started charging.

And is now — in theory — capable of being connected: back to the Apple TV, or to my Mac.

We’ll have to see.

But … ?

I’m tempted to sell it on to CeX, the next time I head to Romford … 

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Let’s move on.


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum* and Debbi† putting in their answers: with everyone scoring five out of five.

Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the How To, License and video.

Q1)        Paul Eddington was born on 18th June: of which year of the 1920s?

Q2)        He played Jim Hacker in what: Yes Minister, 2012 or The Thick of It?

Q3)        He played Jim Hacker in that show’s sequel: what was that called?

Q4)        He played Jerry Ledbetter, in The Good Life.   Who played Margo Ledbetter in The Good Life?

Q5)        Finally … ?   He plays Richard Eaton in which 1968 film: The Devil Rides Out, Eve or The Fixer?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Edward Burne-Jones died on 17th June, 1898.   He’d found fame as a what: sculptor, painter or saxophonist?

A1)        Painter.

Q2)        17th June is the feast day of Saint Hervé.   He’s a patron saint of whom: musicians, painters or sculptors?

A2)        Musicians.

Q3)        17th June is Iceland’s national day.   It marks the country’s independence from where?

A3)        Denmark.

Q4)        Kenneth Kaunda died on 17th June, 2021.   He’d been the first president of where?

A4)        Zambia.

Q5)        Finally … ?   17th June, 1982, saw the birth of the 13th Doctor, Jodie Whittaker.   Jodie shares her birthday with the actor who played Rev. Coates in Broadchurch.   Who is that actor?

A5)        Arthur Darville.   Who, by a huge coincidence, played Rory in Dr Who.   (Whittaker also appears in Broadchurch: as does David Tennent.)

Here’s a thought …

“People abroad tended to play safe and treat me as a minister, just in case.”

Paul Eddington.

And a clue …

The next 10 question sets are on 1st July, 4th July, 5th July, 11th and 13th July: they’re about New Brunswick, Independence Day, Nemesis the Warlock, World Horse Day and “I Don’t Like Mondays”.

Your comments, and today’s answers, will be published in tomorrow’s Teaser.

AI is avoided when writing these questions.

Answers are as accurate as possible: at the time of writing.

Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        Hello, Mum!   (It was musicians and Zambia, Mum, rather than painters and Uganda.)

†        You know, I don’t know if fruit pastilles are the same as gum drops, Debbi: although Wikipedia says they are.   (I always thought gumdrops were a type of boiled sweet … )