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

Creator Tony Warren based it on his hometown of Salford; the soap has aired on ITV since December 1960.

Q 02/05

EastEnders is set in which fictional London borough?

A) Weatherfield

B) Dibley

C) Walford

D) Craggy

Answer · why

C) Walford

It launched on BBC One in February 1985 and topped 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

It holds the number one spot in the UK's all-time most-watched programmes.

Q 04/05

In Only Fools and Horses, what is Del Boy Trotter's trade?

A) Market trader

B) Taxi driver

C) Pub landlord

D) Window cleaner

Answer · why

A) Market trader

David Jason's Derek and Nicholas Lyndhurst's Rodney chase riches from Peckham in south-east London.

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

Buster Merryfield played Grandad's estranged brother.