As you asked....
The man is Called Ted Rogers, which is funny enough on its own. His companion is Dusty Bin. They were the stars of a quiz show called 321 (every Brit is now doing the 3-2-1 hand gesture invented and made famous by Ted. It is the law in our country that you must do the hand gesture if someone says 3-2-1).
The main thrust of the quiz was that contestants had to work their way through unfeasibly cryptic clues to win the star prize, more often than not, they failed and won a dustbin.