122 Fun Facts About Sex and the City

What nickname does Mr. Big use for Carrie on Sex and the City?

Kid is what Big calls Carrie from season three on, and it ends his goodbye a season later, when he says he won't miss New York but he will miss her.

On a Los Angeles trip in Sex and the City, Samantha gets the friends invited to a party at which famous home?

The Playboy Mansion: Samantha meets her idol Hugh Hefner in Los Angeles and comes away with an invitation to one of his Playmate pool parties.

Where in the Sex and the City franchise is Mr. Big's first name revealed at last?

The series finale: in its last scene Carrie's phone lights up with 'John', the name the show had dodged ever since she nicknamed him Mr. Big in the pilot.

What was Samantha Jones's profession in Sex and the City?

PR executive: Samantha runs her own public relations firm, and in season four she pitches for a hotel magnate's account and ends up sleeping with her new boss.

What was Charlotte York's profession when Sex and the City began?

Art Dealer: Charlotte works at a Manhattan gallery until season four, when she quits to pursue motherhood full-time and tells Miranda it is her life and her choice.

What is Miranda Hobbes's profession in Sex and the City?

Lawyer: the Harvard-educated Miranda even tries it on a policeman, pleading 'I am a lawyer and a mother' when Carrie is caught smoking a joint.

In which Manhattan neighbourhood were the exterior shots of Carrie Bradshaw's apartment filmed?

Greenwich Village: the stoop is on Perry Street in the West Village, although the show places Carrie's apartment on East 73rd Street on the Upper East Side.

The first Sex and the City film knocked which hero off the US top spot?

Indiana Jones had been tipped to hold the top spot for a second weekend, but an overwhelmingly female audience carried Sex and the City far past its forecasts.

Candace Bushnell's original 'Sex and the City' column ran in which weekly newspaper?

The New York Observer ran Bushnell's column, and its Mr. Big was modelled on a man she was dating, magazine publisher Ron Galotti.

On Sex and the City, Charlotte names the dog she is given in the final season after which film star?

Elizabeth Taylor: the dog arrives with the kennel name Princess Dandyridge Brandywine, which Charlotte swaps at once for the name of 'the prettiest girl in the world'.

Carrie Bradshaw starts freelancing for which fashion magazine in season four of Sex and the City?

Vogue: her first article is torn apart by editor Enid, who says the magazine asked for 500 words on accessories and got an essay about men.

In the Sex and the City finale, Big tells Carrie she is what?

The one: Carrie's three friends tell Big to go and get their girl, and he flies to Paris to say the words she had waited years to hear.

To marry her divorce attorney Harry, Charlotte converts to which religion?

Judaism: Harry says he can only marry a Jew, and when a rabbi turns Charlotte away he explains that tradition calls for three refusals, so she keeps knocking.

What does Charlotte give Carrie so she can afford a down payment on her apartment?

Her engagement ring: in 'Ring a Ding Ding' Charlotte hands over the Tiffany diamond from her failed marriage, so Carrie can buy her apartment instead of losing it.

Which Sex and the City lead won the show's only Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress?

Kim Cattrall won it for playing Samantha, a role she later left behind: she sat out the sequel series apart from a single scene.

Season five of Sex and the City opens with the friends out on the town during which annual New York event?

Fleet Week: sailors on shore leave flood the city, and Samantha talks the friends into a Navy party, calling it their patriotic duty as New York women.

In the Sex and the City pilot, Carrie and her friends vow to start having sex like whom?

Men: at Miranda's birthday dinner the four agree to stop hunting for the perfect partner and try sex without feelings, and Carrie tests the idea on an ex.

Which cocktail became Carrie Bradshaw's signature drink on Sex and the City?

Cosmopolitan: by the 2008 film the friends had dropped them, and when Miranda asks why they ever stopped, Carrie answers, 'Because everyone else started.'

Which ballet legend played Aleksandr Petrovsky, the Russian artist who takes Carrie to Paris?

Mikhail Baryshnikov, the Kirov-trained ballet star who defected in 1974, played Aleksandr Petrovsky in season six; Carrie follows him to Paris and ends up isolated while he prepares his show.

In the 2008 Sex and the City film, Carrie's wedding gown, gifted after a magazine shoot, was by whom?

Vivienne Westwood sent Carrie the gown as a gift after the bridal shoot, and it displaced the plain vintage suit she had planned to marry in.

Which actor played Charlotte's first husband, the cardiologist she marries in season three of Sex and the City?

Kyle MacLachlan, already known for Twin Peaks, played the old-money doctor whose marriage to Charlotte is undone by impotence and a meddling mother.

Who does Miranda Hobbes eventually marry in Sex and the City?

The baby came before the wedding. Steve Brady, the bartender Miranda Hobbes kept breaking up with, fathered her son and later married her.

On Sex and the City, Samantha rebrands a much younger waiter-actor with which stage name?

Smith Jerrod is the name she gives waiter Jerry Jerrod, promising that gay fans will come first, then women, then the industry, and a film offer duly follows.

Where do Carrie and her friends celebrate Charlotte's 36th birthday in season five?

Atlantic City: Charlotte, who would rather stay 35, is coaxed to the casinos, and it is there that Samantha finally walks out on her cheating boyfriend.

What is Stanford Blatch's profession?

Talent agent: in season one Stanford's biggest client is Derek, an underwear model nicknamed the Bone, whom Stanford adores from a hopeless distance.

In the 2008 Sex and the City film, where is Carrie and Big's wedding set to take place?

The New York Public Library: Carrie comes across a wedding there while returning overdue library books, and chooses it for her own.

What is the name of the bar Aidan Shaw opens with his friend Steve?

Scout: Steve names the bar after his dog, and Carrie has to be talked into going to the opening, where she will face her ex Aidan.

Which Ralph Lauren employee does Mr. Big get engaged to after only five months together?

Natasha, played by Bridget Moynahan, marries Big in season three; his affair with Carrie ends when Natasha comes home early, chases her out and cracks a tooth on the stairs.

At the end of season four, Mr. Big leaves New York for which region, where he has bought a vineyard?

Napa Valley: Carrie finds his apartment already stripped of furniture, then insists on a proper New York farewell, complete with a carriage ride in Central Park.

In the sequel series And Just Like That..., how does Mr. Big die?

A heart attack after a Peloton workout: Big dies in the premiere, Peloton's shares fell, and within days the company put out an ad with Chris Noth, narrated by Ryan Reynolds.

What is Aidan Shaw's profession?

Furniture designer: John Corbett's Aidan makes his own pieces and runs a furniture store, where Stanford takes Carrie to meet him in season three.

Which boyfriend breaks up with Carrie on Sex and the City by leaving a Post-it that begins 'I'm sorry'?

Jack Berger, the novelist played by Ron Livingston, had been souring on the romance since his book option was dropped just as Carrie's royalties rolled in.

Which real New York Times book critic reviews Carrie's book in season five of Sex and the City?

Michiko Kakutani gives the book a rave, yet Carrie fixates on one line, that its men are disposable, until Miranda begs her to stop saying the critic's name.

Which brand of cigarettes is Carrie usually seen smoking?

Marlboro Lights: Carrie agrees to give them up in season three after Aidan tells her on their first date that he can't date a smoker.

Miranda works out that Carrie has spent $40,000 on what?

Shoes: Miranda multiplies 100 pairs by $400, and Carrie gasps that she will literally be the old woman who lived in her shoes.

Charlotte York is a graduate of which Seven Sisters college?

Smith College: the show makes Charlotte a Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority sister there, although the real Smith has no sororities.

In the Sex and the City finale, Charlotte and Harry are approved to adopt a baby girl from which country?

China: Lily arrives after the finale, and in the 2008 film Charlotte, who had given up on conceiving, becomes pregnant and has a second daughter, Rose.

In season two, Miranda becomes the first of the four friends to do what?

Buy an apartment: at the viewing and again at her mortgage company Miranda is asked 'So, it's just you?', and she fumes that a single man would never hear it.

What is the name of Miranda's housekeeper, who later doubles as her son's nanny?

Magda, played by Lynn Cohen, swapped the vibrator in Miranda's bedside drawer for a statue of the Virgin Mary.

In the 2008 Sex and the City film, where do Miranda and her husband agree to meet to reconcile?

On the Brooklyn Bridge: the couple pick it because it lies halfway between their two places, and each must turn up to show they still want the marriage.

With which wealthy hotel magnate does Samantha have a serious relationship in season 4?

Richard Wright, played by James Remar, cheats on Samantha, wins her back, and is finally dumped with the line 'I love you too, Richard, but I love me more.'

Which illness is Samantha diagnosed with in the final season of Sex and the City?

Breast cancer: Samantha is diagnosed in season six and undergoes chemotherapy; at a breast-cancer benefit she rips off her wig mid-speech and talks frankly about hot flashes.

Samantha moves from the Upper East Side to a luxury apartment in which then-gritty part of Manhattan?

The Meatpacking District: Samantha moves there in season three after her Upper East Side neighbours turn on her, blaming a late-night guest of hers for letting in a mugger.

On Sex and the City, Carrie's laptop is made by which company?

Apple: when Carrie's Mac crashes in season four she admits at the repair shop that she has never backed up her work, then bristles when Aidan buys her a new laptop.

Anthony Marentino, played by Mario Cantone, gets close to Charlotte after doing what for her?

Styling her wedding to Trey: Charlotte hires Anthony in season three to find her the perfect dress, and he stays on as her confidant for the rest of the run.

The 2008 Sex and the City film held its world premiere outside America, in which European city?

London: showing it there before New York caused some controversy, and one of its stars called the night a smallish build-up to the main premiere back home.

In the 2008 Sex and the City film, what is the name of Carrie's assistant, played by Jennifer Hudson?

Louise, from St. Louis, rents her designer handbags and eventually goes home to marry her ex.

Which showbiz legend performs at the gay wedding that opens Sex and the City 2?

Liza Minnelli officiates the wedding herself, then takes the stage to cover Beyoncé's 'Single Ladies'.

Where does Carrie's book tour take her and Samantha in season five?

San Francisco: Carrie and Samantha go by train, picturing Some Like It Hot glamour, and find that even the first-class sleeper is a cramped cabin.

Which non-binary comedian, played by Sara Ramírez, is Miranda's love interest in And Just Like That...?

Che Diaz becomes the reason Miranda leaves her marriage, but the romance does not last, and Sara Ramírez did not return after season two.

In the Sex and the City opening credits, what splashes Carrie as she walks in her tutu?

A passing bus: it carries an advert with Carrie's own photo on its side, so the splash leaves her staring at herself.

On Carrie's 35th birthday in Sex and the City, Charlotte suggests the friends be each other's what?

Soulmates: Carrie has just sat alone at her birthday dinner because all her friends were late, and Charlotte adds that the guys in their lives can then just be for fun.

Which two fashion crazes did The New York Times credit costume designer Patricia Field with starting?

Nameplate necklaces and visible bra straps: Field's 'Carrie' nameplate necklace became so iconic that losing it in Paris is a plot point in the finale.

Which actress, playing herself, falls out with Samantha over a Birkin bag in season four of Sex and the City?

Lucy Liu: Samantha uses the star's name to jump the five-year waiting list for the Hermès bag, and Liu cuts her off when it is delivered to her instead.

In the first Sex and the City film, what does Carrie hit Big with after he backs out of their wedding?

Her flowers: at the rehearsal dinner a bitter Miranda had told Big that marriage ruins everything, and on the day he panics, then changes his mind as Carrie is already driving away.

Where do Carrie and Big finally marry at the end of the 2008 Sex and the City film?

City Hall: Carrie and Big marry alone at New York City Hall, she in the plain suit she first chose, and the friends turn up afterwards at Big's invitation.

In the pilot, what spills from Carrie's purse when she first bumps into Mr. Big?

Condoms: Big helps Carrie gather them from the pavement, and by the end of the pilot he is giving her a lift home in his car.

In season three, a mugger orders Carrie to hand over her heels by which designer?

Manolo Blahnik: 'And your Manolo Blahniks,' the mugger says after taking her Fendi Baguette, and Carrie pleads that they are her favourite pair.

Which actor guest-stars on Sex and the City as Jeremy, Carrie's high-school sweetheart?

David Duchovny plays Jeremy, who looks Carrie up in New York on his way to a psychiatric clinic, where he has chosen to check himself in.

On Sex and the City, Samantha poses as a British member to use the pool at which New York club?

Soho House: stuck on its waiting list in a heatwave, Samantha pockets a card a member left behind and plays the Englishwoman, until staff say the real one is abroad.

Which Candace Bushnell novel became an NBC series in 2008?

Lipstick Jungle went up against Cashmere Mafia, a rival drama about New York career women backed by her old Sex and the City partner, and outlasted it by a season.

Who played the teenage Carrie Bradshaw in the CW prequel The Carrie Diaries?

AnnaSophia Robb played Carrie as a high-school junior who slips into Manhattan for a law-firm internship; The CW cancelled the prequel after two seasons.

As The Carrie Diaries opens, which of Carrie's relatives has recently died?

Her mother: the prequel opens with 16-year-old Carrie grieving while her father raises two daughters alone, although in the original series Carrie says her father left the family.

Sarah Jessica Parker starred as a child in which hit Broadway musical?

Annie: Parker joined the Broadway cast in the small orphan role of July, then took over the lead in March 1979; her Broadway debut had come at 11 in the ghost play The Innocents.

Which 1993 Disney film starring Sarah Jessica Parker got a sequel in 2022?

Hocus Pocus: Parker played Sarah Sanderson, the dim youngest witch whose siren-like singing lures Salem's children, and returned with Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy for the 2022 sequel.

In which English city was Kim Cattrall born?

Liverpool: Cattrall was born in the Mossley Hill district in 1956; her family emigrated to Canada when she was three months old, and at 11 she returned to England, where she took acting exams.

Kim Cattrall starred opposite Andrew McCarthy in which 1987 romantic comedy?

Mannequin: Cattrall played Emmy, an ancient Egyptian who flees an arranged marriage and resurfaces centuries later as a shop dummy that comes alive only for McCarthy's window dresser.

Kim Cattrall played 'future' Sophie on which Hulu sitcom from 2022 to 2023?

How I Met Your Father: Cattrall's older Sophie sits in the year 2050 telling her unseen son how she met his father, the storyteller role Bob Saget voiced in How I Met Your Mother.

Kristin Davis's big break was playing villainous Brooke Armstrong on which 1990s soap?

Melrose Place: Davis played scheming Brooke Armstrong on the Fox soap for about a year, until the producers decided to kill the character off in mid-season.

Which West Village bakery became famous after Carrie and Miranda ate its cupcakes on screen?

Magnolia Bakery: Carrie tells Miranda about her new crush on Aidan while the two eat cupcakes in front of the shop, a short scene that made the small bakery famous.

Cynthia Nixon won her first Tony Award, as Best Actress in a Play, for which 2006 drama?

Rabbit Hole: Nixon won the 2006 Tony as Becca, a mother mourning her young son, in David Lindsay-Abaire's drama; the part went to Nicole Kidman when the play was filmed in 2010.

Cynthia Nixon made her Broadway debut in a 1980 revival of which play?

The Philadelphia Story: Nixon made her Broadway debut at 14 as Dinah Lord in the 1980 revival; four years later, as a college freshman, she acted in two Mike Nichols plays on Broadway at once.

As of 2025, which of the four EGOT awards has Cynthia Nixon yet to win?

Oscar: Nixon holds two Emmys, two Tonys and a Grammy, the last for helping to narrate the audiobook of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, so only the film award is missing.

Before playing Big, Chris Noth was known as which NYPD detective on Law & Order?

Mike Logan: Noth played the hot-tempered detective until 1995, when the character was written out by being banished to Staten Island for punching a politician; he later resurfaced on Criminal Intent.

Chris Noth played scandal-hit state's attorney Peter Florrick on which legal drama?

The Good Wife: Noth's Peter Florrick is jailed over a sex and corruption scandal, which sends his wife Alicia back to work at a law firm after 13 years at home; the role earned him a Golden Globe nomination.

Darren Star's later hits include which Netflix comedy-drama?

Emily in Paris: Star sends a young Chicago marketer to a venerable French firm and again makes the clothes a talking point, with costume designer Patricia Field helping to shape the wardrobe.

Which hit teen drama was Darren Star's first series as creator?

Beverly Hills, 90210: Star, raised in Potomac, Maryland, launched the Fox drama in 1990 around Minnesota twins dropped into a wealthy Los Angeles high school, and its success earned him a spin-off.

Which CBS sitcom set in New York did Michael Patrick King co-create?

2 Broke Girls: King and Whitney Cummings created the sitcom, in which a streetwise waitress and a billionaire's suddenly broke daughter save up to open a cupcake business.

A line of dating advice Miranda gets in season six inspired which bestselling self-help book?

He's Just Not That Into You: Carrie's boyfriend uses the line to explain why Miranda's date would not come upstairs, and two of the show's writers built a 2004 bestseller on it that was filmed in 2009.

John Corbett, who plays Aidan, was earlier known as Chris Stevens on which series?

Northern Exposure: Corbett's Chris Stevens is an ex-convict turned radio DJ in Cicely, Alaska, who fills the gaps between songs with philosophy; the part earned him Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.

John Corbett, Aidan on Sex and the City, played the groom in which film franchise?

My Big Fat Greek Wedding: Corbett's Ian Miller, a schoolteacher from a quiet, reserved family, agrees to be baptised into the Greek Orthodox Church so that Toula's father will accept the marriage.

David Eigenberg, Steve on Sex and the City, joined which NBC drama in 2012 as Christopher Herrmann?

Chicago Fire: Eigenberg's firefighter Christopher Herrmann co-owns Molly's, the bar where the firehouse crew drinks, a fitting sideline for the actor who played bartender Steve.

Evan Handler, who plays Harry, portrayed agent Charlie Runkle on which Showtime series?

Californication: Handler played Charlie Runkle, Hank Moody's agent, for all seven seasons from 2007 to 2014; his memoir Time On Fire recounts his recovery from leukemia in his mid-20s.

Willie Garson, who played Stanford, co-starred as Mozzie on which USA Network series?

White Collar: Garson spent six seasons as Mozzie, con man and best friend to Matt Bomer's Neal Caffrey; after his death in September 2021 the revival wrote Stanford out by sending him abroad for good.

Which chart-topping singer guest-starred as Seth, the fellow therapy patient Carrie dates in season two?

Jon Bon Jovi: in 'Games People Play' Carrie starts therapy to stop obsessing over Big and dates fellow patient Seth, who turns out to lose interest in women once he has slept with them.

Which future film star made his screen debut in 1999, playing Jake opposite Carrie in Sex and the City?

Bradley Cooper: his first screen job was a brief turn as Carrie's hook-up Jake in 'They Shoot Single People, Don't They?', the episode in which a horrible photo of her lands on the cover of New York magazine.

What is Mr. Big's real name?

John James Preston: the name stays hidden for years thanks to a running joke in which Carrie is always interrupted just as she is about to introduce Mr. Big to someone.

In the first Sex and the City film, Big buys what for himself and Carrie to live in together?

A penthouse: Big buys the penthouse for them both, and when Carrie worries that she would have no legal claim to it if they split, he proposes, setting up the wedding that goes wrong.

In the first Sex and the City film, where do the friends spend what was meant to be Carrie's honeymoon?

Mexico: Carrie's three friends join her on the trip booked as her honeymoon, where Charlotte, wary of the local food, lives on pudding she brought from home and still ends up ill.

Which basic-cable network was among the first to air edited reruns of Sex and the City?

TBS: the producers had filmed alternate, tamer takes of the raciest scenes with reruns in mind, so the show could be cleaned up when it moved to basic cable.

Which pop star makes a cameo as herself in Sex and the City 2?

Miley Cyrus: she plays herself at a film premiere, where Samantha arrives to find the teenage star wearing exactly the same outfit.

Where does Carrie unexpectedly run into Aidan in Sex and the City 2?

A souq in Abu Dhabi: Carrie bumps into Aidan in the market during the friends' trip, has dinner with him and kisses him, then decides to confess to Big over the phone.

What gets Samantha arrested in Sex and the City 2?

Kissing a man on a public beach: Samantha's clinch with a Danish architect gets her arrested; a sheikh gets her released, but the friends' hosted stay is cut short.

As And Just Like That... begins, Carrie regularly appears on what?

A podcast: Carrie is a regular on a frank sex-and-relationships podcast whose host warns her to stop dodging the graphic topics, and by the season's end she is offered a podcast of her own.

And Just Like That... went into development after plans for what collapsed?

A third film: plans for Sex and the City 3 fell apart when Kim Cattrall declined to return as Samantha, so the story resumed in 2021 as a streaming series without her.

Which actress plays realtor Seema Patel in And Just Like That...?

Sarita Choudhury, who made her screen debut opposite Denzel Washington in Mississippi Masala, plays Seema Patel, the realtor who stages Carrie's home for sale in lifeless beige and then becomes her friend.

Charlotte's younger child adopts which name after coming out as nonbinary in And Just Like That...?

Rock: Charlotte learns of the name second-hand, when other school mothers mention on a Zoom call that her younger child Rose now goes by Rock, leaving her and Harry scrambling to catch up.

After Willie Garson's death, And Just Like That... wrote Stanford out by sending him to which country?

Japan: Stanford is suddenly said to be there with a touring pop singer and sends word that he wants a divorce from Anthony; season two keeps him away for good by having him become a Shinto monk.

Kim Cattrall's return as Samantha in And Just Like That... takes what form?

A phone call: Samantha speaks to Carrie in the season two finale, a single scene that Cattrall filmed without seeing or speaking to any of her former co-stars.

The first Sex and the City film ends on which occasion?

Samantha's birthday: the four friends toast her turning 50, a milestone she reaches newly single after ending a long relationship to put herself first.

Samantha's lesbian relationship is with a Brazilian painter played by which actress?

Sonia Braga, the Brazilian star of Kiss of the Spider Woman, played the painter Maria in season four; Samantha's friends are shocked less that Maria is a woman than that Samantha is in a relationship at all.

Charlotte York was raised in a wealthy, blue-blooded family in which state?

Connecticut: Charlotte's old-money Episcopalian upbringing there shapes her picture of the perfect husband, which is why falling for a man she at first finds thoroughly unappealing surprises her most.

Charlotte receives what in her divorce settlement from Trey?

A Park Avenue apartment: Trey signs the apartment over to Charlotte, his mother Bunny contests it in the divorce, and Harry Goldenblatt, who fights Charlotte's corner, becomes her next love.

Which actress played Bunny, Trey's overbearing mother, on Sex and the City?

Frances Sternhagen played Bunny as a meddling matriarch who clashes with Charlotte over redecorating and openly disapproves of the couple's plan to adopt, a turn that earned an Emmy nomination.

Which French former Bond girl played Petrovsky's ex-wife in the Paris finale?

Carole Bouquet, Roger Moore's co-star in For Your Eyes Only, played Petrovsky's ex-wife in the two-part finale, in which Carrie is left lonely while he pours all his time into his exhibition.

Where does Carrie find her lost necklace in Sex and the City's final episode?

In the lining of her handbag: left alone at Petrovsky's exhibition, Carrie finds the necklace had slipped inside the lining, and the discovery sends her hurrying to the party she had skipped for him.

In season four Carrie dates jazz musician Ray King, who turns out to have what problem?

A short attention span: Carrie meets Ray King while out on a pseudo-date with Big and starts seeing him, only to find that his attention deficit disorder keeps getting in the way.

After Carrie falls on a runway in season four, what does Stanford call her?

Fashion roadkill: in 'The Real Me' Carrie trips walking a charity fashion show, Stanford gasps 'she's fashion roadkill', and she gets up and finishes the walk.

Which Broadway star guest-starred as Bobby Fine, the lounge singer whose Hamptons wedding ends season five?

Nathan Lane: everyone assumes his cabaret singer Bobby Fine is gay, so his wedding to socialite Bitsy von Muffling astonishes the friends, and the couple are later expecting a baby.

Samantha lands her actor boyfriend a nude Times Square billboard for which drinks brand?

Absolut: Samantha gets her boyfriend cast as the naked 'Absolut Hunk', and the giant Times Square billboard draws so much attention that it leads to a film role with director Gus Van Sant.

In And Just Like That..., Aidan tells Carrie he must return to which state to be there for his sons?

Virginia: after one of his sons is hurt in a car accident, Aidan says he must stay there through the boys' teenage years and asks Carrie to wait five years, just after she bought a townhouse for them all.

Which Hollywood star plays himself as a producer courting Carrie's column?

Matthew McConaughey: Carrie, Samantha and Miranda fly to Los Angeles, where she meets him about optioning her columns for a film, in an episode aptly titled 'Escape from New York'.

Which storytelling habit did Sex and the City drop after its second season?

Characters talking to the camera: in the early episodes Carrie would break off mid-scene and put her question straight to the audience, a device gone by season three, when her voice-over did all the asking.

Why did season five of Sex and the City run for only eight episodes?

Sarah Jessica Parker was pregnant: the season was cut short and filmed around her pregnancy, and her son James Wilkie was born in October 2002, weeks after the finale aired.

How does Trey reply when Charlotte suggests that they get married?

Alrighty: soon after meeting Trey's mother Bunny, Charlotte manoeuvres him into agreeing to marry, and his flat one-word reply is all the proposal she gets.

After September 11, which landmark replaced the Twin Towers in Sex and the City's opening credits?

The Empire State Building: the show swapped its skyline shot after the attacks, and it was not alone, as fellow HBO hit The Sopranos also cut the towers from its opening credits.

Which two Sex and the City stars won acting Emmys for its final season?

Sarah Jessica Parker and Cynthia Nixon: Nixon took supporting actress ahead of co-stars Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis, and Parker finally won lead actress after losing in the category five years running.

In the Sex and the City finale, which relative does Miranda take into her home?

Her mother-in-law: after Mary suffers a stroke that clouds her memory, the once-cynical Miranda moves her into the family home and takes on her care.

Patricia Field earned an Academy Award nomination for costume design on which film?

The Devil Wears Prada: given a costume budget of about $100,000, Field called in favours from designer friends until, by her own estimate, a million dollars of clothing appeared on screen.

In which Paris hotel does Carrie stay with Petrovsky in the final episodes of Sex and the City?

Hôtel Plaza Athénée: Carrie and Petrovsky stay at the avenue Montaigne hotel in the finale, and it is in its lobby that Big finally catches up with her.

Which Doctor Who alumna played magazine editor Larissa in The Carrie Diaries?

Freema Agyeman, Martha Jones in Doctor Who, made her American TV debut as Larissa Loughlin, the party-loving Interview magazine editor who lures teenage Carrie away from her law-firm internship.

Costume designer Patricia Field met Sarah Jessica Parker on the set of which 1995 film?

Miami Rhapsody: Field designed the costumes for the 1995 comedy, befriended its star Sarah Jessica Parker, and was brought in to dress Sex and the City three years later.