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Is The Big Quiz coming back?

The Big Quiz (2011–present) on ITV1

The answer: Between seasons — last episode December 15, 2025, no return date announced yet.
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Network / streamer
ITV1
Premiered
December 16, 2011
Runtime
~54 min per episode
12seasons
14episodes

About The Big Quiz

The Big Quiz is an entertainment quiz show hosted by Stephen Mulhern. The first episode aired on Friday 16 December 2011 with the teams consisting of the cast of Coronation Street's Jennie McAlpine, Malcolm Hebden, Patti Clare and Jack P Shepherd and Emmerdale's Mark Charnock, Natalie Anderson, Danny Miller and Meg Johnson. The second episode aired at 8.00pm on Sunday 15 April 2012 on ITV1, with the teams consisting of the cast of the hit comedy Benidorm: Jake Canuso, Crissy Rock, Janine Duvitski and Shelley Longworth take on reality show The Only Way is Essex consisting of Joey Essex, Lauren Goodger, James Argent and Gemma Collins. The contestants face questions on memorable moments from both programmesThe third show will be titled as 'The Big Sports Quiz' which will also be hosted by Stephen Mulhern, seeing boys and girls battle for who's best at sport.

The Big Quiz episode schedule

14 aired

Aired · 14

DateEp.Title
December 15, 2025 S2025·E1 Coronation Street v Emmerdale 2025
December 23, 2024 S2024·E1 The Big Quiz: Coronation Street v Emmerdale
December 28, 2023 S2023·E1 The Big Quiz: Coronation Street v Emmerdale
December 9, 2022 S2022·E1 The Big Quiz: Coronation Street v Emmerdale
December 20, 2021 S2021·E1 The Big Soap Quiz: Coronation Street vs. Emmerdale
December 21, 2020 S2020·E1 The Big Soap Quiz: Coronation Street vs. Emmerdale
December 19, 2019 S2019·E1 The Big Soap Quiz: Coronation Street vs. Emmerdale
December 21, 2018 S2018·E2 The Big Soap Quiz: Coronation Street vs. Emmerdale
January 5, 2018 S2018·E1 The Big Soap Quiz: Coronation Street vs. Emmerdale
January 6, 2017 S2017·E1 The Big Soap Quiz: Coronation Street vs. Emmerdale
January 1, 2016 S2016·E1 The Big Soap Quiz: Coronation Street vs. Emmerdale
July 26, 2012 S2012·E2 The Big Sports Quiz: Girls vs. Boys
April 15, 2012 S2012·E1 The Only Way is Essex vs. Benidorm
December 16, 2011 S2011·E1 The Big Soap Quiz: Coronation Street vs. Emmerdale

The Big Quiz cast