CHRISTMAS TELLY MEMORIES

Take our quiz about TV from festive seasons gone by

1 Which classic sitcom on BBC1 had a festive special called The Desperate Hours in 1976?

2 Archie Mitchell was killed on Christmas Day 2009, but who was revealed to be the killer a few months later?

3 In special episodes of BBC1 sitcom Mrs Brown’s Boys, what festive item usually causes problems for the Irish matriarch?

4 When did Raymond Briggs animation The Snowman and the Snowdog first air on Channel 4: a) 2007 b) 2012 or c) 1999?

5 Which Oscar-winning British actress appeared in the 1971 Morecambe & Wise Christmas special?

6 In Eastenders, whose affair with Bradley Branning’s wife Stacey was exposed on Christmas Day in 2007?

7 Which former politician did Victoria Wood impersonate in a song-anddance routine in her 2000 Christmas special All the Trimmings?

8 In Eastenders, who died in the snow while crossing Albert Square on Christmas Day 2006?

9 Which Coronation Street character died in an armchair at a party on New Year’s Day 1999?

10 Can you name the former cricketer who won the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special in both 2005 and 2007?

11 Which Emmerdale character was at the centre of a festive episode inspired by Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in 2017?

12 Who played Santa Claus in the 2018 Netflix film The Christmas Chronicles and its 2020 sequel?

13 In Emmerdale, who caused a gas explosion at The Woolpack on Christmas Day 2021?

14 When did The Good Life’s seasonal episode, Silly, But It’s Fun, first air on BBC1: a) 1977 b) 1980 or c) 1974?

15 Which BBC1 comedy had a festive episode called The Christmas Lunch Incident in 1996?

16 Which remote region of the UK did Sister Mildred and the nuns and midwives of Nonnatus House go to in 2019’s festive episode of Call the Midwife?

17 Robson Green and Mark Benton starred as neighbours in a one-off festive comedy for ITV in 2004. What was it called?

18 Which university does BBC2’S annual carol service Carols from King’s come from?

19 In Emmerdale, who did Bernice Blackstock marry on Christmas Day in 2000?

20 Who played Cinderella opposite David Walliams’ Prince Charming in the first of his After Ever After series on Sky One in 2019?

21 Which former Corrie star won ITV’S All Star Musicals on Boxing Day 2021?

22 In what year did Queen Elizabeth II make her first televised Christmas message: a) 1952 b) 1957 or c) 1965?

23 In which year did Eastenders villain Den Watts famously serve divorce papers on wife Angie on Christmas Day: a) 1989 b) 1987 or c) 1986?

24 Which Welsh singer appeared in the 2010 Christmas episode of Doctor Who?

25 In Coronation Street, who did drunk driver Jenny Connor run over on Christmas Day in 2018?