Christmas Quiz 2023

4

8

12

16

20

Ghosts

Red Dwarf

Rab C Nesbitt

One Foot In The Grave

Keeping Up Appearances

Buckingham Palace forecourt

Albert Square, featuring in EastEnders episodes

BBC One's Christmas idents

The real-life Peckham High Street

The Millennium Dome

The studio audience all have party hats

I'm wearing my holly leaf earrings

I've splashed out on a new bra

They'll dub sleigh bells on our theme music

We get listed in the Radio Times in bold font

1992

1995

1998

2001

2003

He had become a grandfather

He had become Prime Minister

He had been revealed as the 'real' Santa Claus on an episode of That's Life

Having resigned his seat in the previous episode, he was re-elected to Parliament

He had broken his leg after trying to dodge an onslaught of snowballs

December

Feeling Festive

Jingle Bells

No-L

Quizmas

Bread

Open All Hours

Last Of The Summer Wine

Desmond's

My Family

There were six contestants instead of the usual four

It was hosted by Paul Merton, with Clive Anderson as one of the contestants

It featured Channel 4 sitcom stars improvising alongside regular contestants

Richard Vranch featured as a contestant while improvised music was provided by Victoria Wood

The show was recorded at that year's Edinburgh Festival

You found it in your Christmas stocking with a gift tag saying 'a subtle plan' and inside it had the words 'subtle plan' written all over it

It came up to you in the street and shouted 'hello, I am a subtle plan' right in your ear

It painted itself purple and danced naked on top of a harpsichord singing 'subtle plans are here again'

It ran through the palace corridors accompanied by a choir of monks in bright red robes chanting 'Behold, the Lord has sent a subtle plan'

It was accompanied by a crash of cymbals and fireworks writing 'all hail the subtle plan' in the night sky

1. In The Vicar Of Dibley episode The Christmas Lunch Incident, how many different vegetables is Geraldine served at her first lunch with Frank and Jim?

2. Which of the following sitcoms NEVER had a Christmas episode?

3. In 2001, to celebrate the return of Only Fools And Horses to the small screen, where else did Del's famous van appear during the Christmas holiday?

4. In her opening stand-up monologue to the 1987 Christmas special of Victoria Wood As Seen On TV, Victoria explains that a 'special' means the show is "ten minutes longer, and ________"?

5. In what year was the Alan Partridge Christmas special Knowing Me, Knowing Yule first transmitted?

6. By the end of the Yes Minister 1984 Christmas special, what had happened to Jim Hacker?

7. Which of these is NOT the title of a Christmas edition of QI?

8. Whoops, Merry Christmas Father Christmas, and A Tale Of Two Sweaters are episode titles of Christmas specials from which sitcom?

9. At the height of its popularity in 1989, a Christmas edition of Whose Line Is It Anyway? was broadcast by Channel 4. It featured a slightly different setup - what changed from the usual format?

10. Complete this line from Blackadder's Christmas Carol: "Baldrick, you wouldn't see a subtle plan if _______"