The Roaring Meg's pub quiz has proved a huge hit over lockdown, being enjoyed not just locally but all over the world too.

The weekly quiz, hosted by Chris 'Ecke' Exon, exploded in popularity after moving online due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

The quiz has been providing entertainment to those who logged on for the past 36 weeks, but tonight's quiz will be extra special.

It's the first time that the quiz is being held for charity, with the funds going to the Peter Pan Centre for Children With Special Needs in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

For Chris's 20th anniversary as the quiz's host, he said he wanted to raise funds for the centre as a one off, as the charity has been hit hard by Coronavirus.

He said: "Tomorrow night is a very special quiz, as I am hosting a Charity Quiz to raise funds for the Peter Pan Centre for Children With Special Needs. They're a local charity that do amazing work with young children, and their fundraising has been hit hard during the past year due to Covid.

"I know that lots of you have donated to many good causes this year, and for the past 36 weeks that I've been doing the quiz I have purposely never got involved in any fundraising as I wanted the quiz to be something completely away from Covid where people could just switch off from the messed up world on a Monday night and have some fun!

"But as it's Christmas and also my 20 year anniversary of hosting the quiz I thought it would be nice to do a one off fundraiser to try and help a charity which has suffered this year.

"If you would like to donate then it will be greatly appreciated, but if you find yourself in a position where you aren't able to, that's fine too, don't let that put you off joining the quiz. Everyone is still welcome!"

The quiz starts tonight from 8pm, and the link to the event can be found here.

The play along link to the YouTube stream is here and to answer the questions and take part click here.

At the time of writing, the fundraiser's JustGiving page has already raised over £350, and you can donate by visiting the page here.