EP Christmas Special

EliteProductions release an annual Christmas Special, which started in 2013.

The specials usually consist of improvised comedy skits, or short comedy films where the team play themselves.

The first Christmas Special released in 2013 was a short GTA 5 Funtage, EP have said that the video was very rushed, and filmed, edited and released on December 24th.

## Specials

### **EliteProductions Christmas Special 2013**

The 2013 special is much different than the others, it is a GTA 5 Montage, or "Funtage". It consists of the team performing random stunts on the video game Grand Theft Auto 5. This is the team's least favourite Christmas special, as it was rushed and felt "pointless".

### **EliteProductions Christmas Special 2014**

The 2014 special was an improvised comedy skit. A plot for the special was written, but the team decided it would be funnier if they improvised.

This special was also the first appearance of Rhys Griffiths' character Gogwyn Jones and Will Evans' character Steve.

It follows Gogwyn, on a quest to become a good Santa.

The video acted as a "Part 1" with the 2nd part planned to release on December 31st, however the 2nd part was never released, with EliteProductions saying they ran out of time, the story of the 2nd part is unknown.

### **EliteProductions Christmas Special 2016**

The 2016 special was a Minecraft film instead of GTA 5. This special was also completely scripted, unlike the previous which was improvised.

It followed Will & Rhys finding out that Santa has been kidnapped by Krampus, who has set out to get rid of Santa so he can ruin Christmas.

### **EliteProductions Christmas Special 2017**

The 2017 special saw the return of Griffiths' character Gogwyn Jones and Evans' Steve. It also went back to the improvised format and filmed on GTA 5. However unlike the 2015 special, it cut between raw gameplay footage and cinematic footage.

### **EliteProductions Christmas Special 2019**

The 2019 special is the most different from any other released by EP. This year was a live action video which also served as the face reveal for Will, Jak and Liam. The video was a Christmas-themed quiz where the 3 took on each other to answer questions by Daf. The loser of each round would have to take a "death shot", which were alcohol shots consisting of vodka mixed with tuna juice and chili.

### **EliteProductions Christmas Special 2020**

The 2020 special was the same as 2019, with the team going against each other in a Christmas quiz. Again hosted by Daf, the special featured all EP members, Jak, Will and Cai. There were 3 rounds, each with a topic (Christmas music, film and traditional), with each round having 5 questions. Unlike 2019, there werent "death shots", instead the two players with the least amount of points had to take 1 or 2 shots. The winner of the 2020 quiz was Cai with 8 points.

## Trivia

* Will and Rhys have stated that the 2017 Christmas Special is one of their favorite videos ever made on the channel.
* The 2017 Christmas Special was recorded and edited on Christmas Eve.
* The 2019 Special was filmed hours before the team went on a night out. As soon as filming wrapped each member rushed home to get dressed.
* Cai was meant to be in the 2019 Special, which would have been the first time he's ever shown his face on the channel. However was unavailable and had to pull out last minute.
* The story for "Part 2" of the 2014 Special was originally going to the story for the 2017 Special.