Q 01/05

Coronation Street is set in which fictional Greater Manchester town?

A) Weatherfield

B) Letherbridge

C) Emmerdale

D) Holby City

Answer · why

A) Weatherfield

Weatherfield is based on Salford, hometown of creator Tony Warren, and the soap has aired on ITV since December 1960.

Q 02/05

EastEnders is set in which fictional London borough?

A) Royston Vasey

B) Dibley

C) Walford

D) Canley

Answer · why

C) Walford

Walford is EastEnders' home; the soap launched on BBC One in February 1985 and reached number one in the ratings within eight months.

Q 03/05

More than 30 million watched EastEnders' most-viewed episode, broadcast on which day in 1986?

A) New Year's Eve

B) Easter Sunday

C) Boxing Day

D) Christmas Day

Answer · why

D) Christmas Day

Christmas Day 1986 brought Den Watts handing Angie divorce papers; the 30 million-plus figure combines the original showing and the omnibus repeat.

Q 04/05

In Only Fools and Horses, what does Del Boy Trotter do for a living?

A) Market trader

B) Taxi driver

C) Pub landlord

D) Window cleaner

Answer · why

A) Market trader

Del Boy is a Peckham market trader, forever chasing get-rich-quick schemes with his younger brother Rodney.

Q 05/05

Which character was introduced to Only Fools and Horses after Lennard Pearce's death in 1984?

A) Trigger

B) Uncle Albert

C) Boycie

D) Denzil

Answer · why

B) Uncle Albert

Uncle Albert, Grandad's brother played by Buster Merryfield, was a Royal Navy veteran whose endless stories began 'During the war...'.