Freddie and Stuart are hosting a wake to mark the passing of an old friend. As they are joined by their small circle of elderly chums, the couple manage to create a toe-curlingly awkward evening with very little food but plenty of bitchy insults. Their new young upstairs neighbour Ash - whose sexuality becomes a point of great debate - spends the evening attempting to be the perfect guest, while fending off the advances of Freddie and Stuart's best friend Violet.
Freddie has an important audition coming up whilst Ash frets over his own career direction. Freddie suggests that Ash pursues acting and teaches him the tricks of the trade. But, when Ash secures an acting role after just his first audition, Freddie is thrown into a state of depression. Meanwhile, Violet seeks advice from Freddie and Stuart on her sordid love affair with her Hungarian boyfriend.
A festive edition of the comedy starring Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi as a couple who have lived together in London for 50 years. Freddie and Stuart invite friends round for a Christmas Day celebration at their flat, where a game of truth or dare leads to unexpected revelations as young neighbour Ash struggles to manage in the kitchen, and Freddie prepares for a big role. With Frances de la Tour and Iwan Rheon.