Coronation Street v Emmerdale in another soap quiz battle

Best on the Box choice for December 28th…

Stephen Mulhern hosts the annual clash between ITV’s two surviving soap operas. Decades ago the channel was strewn with serials, from UK productions to Australian and American imports. Today we’re left with the offerings of Weatherfield and the village formerly known as Beckindale. But what do the cast of Coronation Street and Emmerdale know about their shows and each other?

Tension is running high as the casts of the soaps on a rope battle it out to find out who knows the most about their saga.

Joining Coronation Street team captain Jack P Shepherd (David Platt) this time are Channique Sterling-Brown, (Dee-Dee Bailey), and Tony Maudsley (George Shuttleworth).

Against them, playing for Emmerdale, are Natalie Ann Jamieson (Amy Wyatt) and Kevin Mathurin (Charles Anderson) alongside their team captain Mark Charnock (Marlon Dingle). Rounds that test their knowledge of the past ‘Year In Soap’, their colleagues’ social media postings in ‘Soapstars Off Set’, and their musical ears with ‘Singalong a Soapstar’. There are also surprises in store with two ‘Secret Soapstars’ to be identified from visual clues alone.

Both teams want to win, but who will lift the trophy this time? And isn’t it nice to see Stephen Mulhern back on ITV? He’s so underused…

The Big Quiz: Coronation Street v Emmerdale, ITV1 and STV at 8 pm