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They carry question sheets like state secrets, know every table’s weak spot and can spot a phone under a pint from across the room. We spoke to the quizmasters who make Thursday night the most competitive night of the British week.
While the rest of us have gone pocket-sized and silent, a stubborn tribe of Brits are still keeping the family landline alive. Meet the people who answer on the second ring, guard the address book like a will, and consider the kitchen phone the most important bit of kit in the house.
After 10pm, local radio becomes something else: a phone-in, a confessional and a very British sort of club. We profile the callers, hosts and quirks that make a tiny station feel like a warm room on a dark November night.
Forget the streaming queue. The real winter event is a packed village hall, a bloke in a cape and 200 people booing in perfect unison. The local panto villain is underrated, overworked and absolutely essential.
The 2026 Christmas adverts have landed and the group chat is already at war. We've ranked the big-budget tearjerkers, the oddball festive chaos and the one that will split your family clean in half — with a mince pie-based crying scale.