Twelve episodes of Friends will be shown at cinemas across the UK this December, as part of the beloved sitcom’s 25th anniversary celebrations.
Showcase Cinemas unveiled plans for the event, which is called The One With the Anniversary and will show 12 episodes across three dates.
The first four-episode screening will play The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate, The One With the Blackout, The One With the Birth, and The One Where Ross Finds Out on 8 December.
On 11 December the cinema will show The One with the Prom Video, The One Where No One’s Ready, The One the Morning After, and The One with the Embryos, from seasons two, three and four.
The final instalment will play episodes from seasons four, five and six: The One with Chandler in a Box, The One with Ross’s Wedding Part 2, The One Where Everybody Finds Out, and The One Where Ross Got High.
You can find a full list of the cinema locations, dates and episodes being shown here.
Click through the gallery to see the Friends characters ranked
1/6 6. Joey Tribbiani
Sure, over the years, Joey provided the show with some of its best-known one-liners (see: “Joey doesn’t share food!” and “How you doin’?”). He was also a recurrent source of situational comedy (see: Joey locking himself into his media unit to prove a point, only for all his and Chandler’s belongings to get robbed). Still, it’s hard to compare his goofiness to Chandler’s dryness or Phoebe’s knack for the absurd.
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2/6 5. Ross Geller (tie)
Ross probably thought he was a good guy, but his record shows otherwise. He cheated on Rachel (no, they were not on a break) then tried to get her back; he dated one of his students; he challenged Phoebe’s belief that her mother had been reincarnated in a cat (which, sure, he’s entitled to his doubts, but could he not just drop it?); and he wasn’t the best brother to Monica, nor was he the best father to his son Ben.
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3/6 5. Monica Geller (tie)
This might be an unpopular opinion, since Monica is such a beloved character, but: I have never found her laugh-out-loud funny. Sure, her excessive competitiveness and cleanliness were amusing, but it was no match for Phoebe’s otherworldliness or Chandler’s bitterness. Sorry.
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4/6 3. Rachel Green
Rachel had her moments – and boy, were they great moments. She sang “Copacabana” in that terrible bridesmaid dress at her ex-fiance’s Barry’s wedding, for one. She fell violently to the ground while trying to escape from Ross and his new girlfriend Julie during an ill-fated attempt to welcome Ross at the airport. She unsuccessfully tried to woo her crush Joshua with a cheerleading routine at a party. Let’s make it official: Rachel was a hoot.
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5/6 2. Chandler Bing
Chandler’s friends derided Chandler’s humour pretty much every time as they acknowledged it – undeservedly so. The man was a master at banter! Sure, he used it as a defense mechanism, but who could blame him? Plus, he wasn’t great at the advice, but he could always interest you in a sarcastic comment.
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6/6 1. Phoebe Buffay
Phoebe was so wonderfully weird in a way that made her one of the funniest of the bunch. Remember when she sang along to Ross’s terrible attempt at playing the bagpipes? What about when she told Rachel her maternity trousers would be great for shoplifting melons? Good times.
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1/6 6. Joey Tribbiani
Sure, over the years, Joey provided the show with some of its best-known one-liners (see: “Joey doesn’t share food!” and “How you doin’?”). He was also a recurrent source of situational comedy (see: Joey locking himself into his media unit to prove a point, only for all his and Chandler’s belongings to get robbed). Still, it’s hard to compare his goofiness to Chandler’s dryness or Phoebe’s knack for the absurd.
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2/6 5. Ross Geller (tie)
Ross probably thought he was a good guy, but his record shows otherwise. He cheated on Rachel (no, they were not on a break) then tried to get her back; he dated one of his students; he challenged Phoebe’s belief that her mother had been reincarnated in a cat (which, sure, he’s entitled to his doubts, but could he not just drop it?); and he wasn’t the best brother to Monica, nor was he the best father to his son Ben.
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3/6 5. Monica Geller (tie)
This might be an unpopular opinion, since Monica is such a beloved character, but: I have never found her laugh-out-loud funny. Sure, her excessive competitiveness and cleanliness were amusing, but it was no match for Phoebe’s otherworldliness or Chandler’s bitterness. Sorry.
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4/6 3. Rachel Green
Rachel had her moments – and boy, were they great moments. She sang “Copacabana” in that terrible bridesmaid dress at her ex-fiance’s Barry’s wedding, for one. She fell violently to the ground while trying to escape from Ross and his new girlfriend Julie during an ill-fated attempt to welcome Ross at the airport. She unsuccessfully tried to woo her crush Joshua with a cheerleading routine at a party. Let’s make it official: Rachel was a hoot.
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5/6 2. Chandler Bing
Chandler’s friends derided Chandler’s humour pretty much every time as they acknowledged it – undeservedly so. The man was a master at banter! Sure, he used it as a defense mechanism, but who could blame him? Plus, he wasn’t great at the advice, but he could always interest you in a sarcastic comment.
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6/6 1. Phoebe Buffay
Phoebe was so wonderfully weird in a way that made her one of the funniest of the bunch. Remember when she sang along to Ross’s terrible attempt at playing the bagpipes? What about when she told Rachel her maternity trousers would be great for shoplifting melons? Good times.
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As part of the ongoing celebrations for Friends’ 25th anniversary, the former cast and crew have been sharing their memories of the show in TV specials, social media posts and memoirs.
Writer Saul Austerlitz has written about a number of scrapped plots in his book, Generation Friends: An Inside Look at the Show that Defined a Television Era, including one reportedly turned down by actor Matthew Perry, in which his character Chandler sneaks into a gay bar because he loves the tuna melts it serves.
See our definitive ranking of every Friends episode here.
