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Joanna Page, who plays Stacey (left) and Ruth Jones, who plays Nessa (right) during filming for the Gavin and Stacey Christmas special. Alamy Stock Photo
Christmas Quiz
Quiz: How much do you know about these famous TV Christmas specials?
Ahead of the finale of Gavin & Stacey, we want to test your knowledge of these famous Christmas specials.
THE FINALE OF Gavin & Stacey is airing on Christmas day, with five years having passed since Nessa got down on one knee and asked Smithy to marry her.
James Corden and Ruth Jones, who created the series together, didn’t know if they would bring the show back after the 2019 cliffhanger but decided to work on some ideas last summer.
“We both had the same idea, didn’t we?” Jones said when asked about the Gavin & Stacey finale.
Ahead of the final episode, we want to test your knowledge of these famous Christmas specials.
Gavin & Stacey were last on our screens for a 2019 Christmas special. The panic is on in the episode when Pam forgets to bring which Christmas staple?
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Gravy
Turkey
Christmas pudding
Christmas crackers
The first episode of The Simpsons was a Christmas special, titled ‘Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire’. In the episode, Marge has to spend the family’s Christmas present money getting Bart’s tattoo removed. What did the tattoo say?
Dude
Moth
Cowabunga
Don't have a cow
In the Father Ted Christmas special, ‘A Christmassy Ted’, the episode begins with Ted dreaming that he is part of which TV show?
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The Late Late Show
Housewife of the Year
Ballykissangel
Ros na Run
In Friends’ ‘The One with the Holiday Armadillo’, what superhero does Joey dress up as?
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Iron Man
Batman
Spiderman
Superman
The Office Christmas special was a two-parter that came about because Ricky Gervais and Stepen Merchant would not write a full third series.
David Brent, played by Ricky Gervais, is now a travelling salesman following the failed release of a cover of which single?
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He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother
Highway to Hell
Hallelujah
If You Don’t Know Me By Know
Not all Christmas specials are feel-good affairs. What song keeps playing at the end of Black Mirror’s ‘White Christmas’?
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I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
Last Christmas
Wonderful Christmastime
Step Into Christmas
‘The Fishes’, a Christmas episode of The Bear, won three Emmy Awards and the episode quickly became a fan favourite.
In the episode, where does Carmy return from to spend Christmas at home?
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Stockholm
Oslo
London
Copenhagen
There were many Christmas specials from Only Fools and Horses, but ‘The Jolly Boys’ Outing’ from 1989 ranks as one of the best. Where do Del Boy and the gang take a road trip to in the episode?
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Bournemouth
Margate
Southampton
Brighton
In ‘The Royle Family at Christmas’, what gift brightens Jim’s spirits in this 2000 special episode?
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Beard trimmer
Sky TV
New armchair
Dart board
In 1965’s A Charlie Brown Christmas, what Christmas carol do the Peanuts gang hum and then sing at the end of the episode?
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Joy to the World
Away in a Manger
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Silent Night
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You scored out of !
Uncle Bryn
You’ve remembered “the one golden rule” of quizzing.
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You scored out of !
Nessa
“Bang tidy” quiz result
You scored out of !
Smithy
“This (quiz result) is a nightmare of epic proportions.”
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You scored out of !
Stacey
“That’s well lush…” but this quiz result isn’t.
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