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QI - In The Press50 amazing facts to celebrate 10 years of QI Now the best bits from 10 years of the show have been packed into a new book, 1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off. Written by Steve Myall. The Daily Mirror, 19th January 2013 QI: some quite interesting facts about writing A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week: QI enters the scriptorium. Written by Molly Oldfield & John Mitchinson. The Daily Telegraph, 14th January 2013 QI: some quite interesting facts about incense A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week: QI makes sense of incense. Written by Molly Oldfield & John Mitchinson. The Daily Telegraph, 9th January 2013 TV review: QI Jingle Bells Christmas edition Elephants eat Christmas trees? Beethoven had a Jingling Johnny? Sam Wollaston finds himself - yes - quite interested by the festive special of QI. Written by Sam Wollaston. The Guardian, 22nd December 2012 Christmas 2012: the QI Christmas quiz Time for the seasonal quiz from the brains behind QI, the popular BBC1 show featuring Stephen Fry and Alan Davies. The Daily Telegraph, 21st December 2012 The derivation of advertising jingles is just one of the 'quite interesting' facts relayed by jovial host Stephen Fry, today in Father Christmas costume for the QI festive special. Other topics include Twelfth Night - not necessarily on January 6, according to Alan Davies's calculations - and jesus lizards. It's an enjoyable episode, with fun comic diversions including a rant about 'shiny children' that Phill Jupitus cannily uses to deflect from Fry's rather awkward question to Sarah Millican on the subject of kids. Millican may be a popular stand-up, but she's given little chance to shine here, mostly laughing very loudly at the chaps' banter. Danny Baker, meanwhile, gets to show off his obscure knowledge. It's entertaining, but not as much as, say, the 2010 Christmas special, where guest Daniel Radcliffe was used to better effect. Anna Smith, Time Out, 21st December 2012 Pull a cracker for a festive QI with Phill Jupitus, Alan Davies, Danny Baker and RT's Sarah Millican. They are a ribald bunch, leading ringmaster Stephen Fry, resplendent in a luxuriant Santa outfit, to wail: "We have started our family Christmas show just as I'd hoped we would." Alison Graham, Radio Times, 21st December 2012 With previous Christmas editions of this quiz focusing on esoteric topics such as "Empire" and "Hocus Pocus", tonight's theme of "Jingle Bells" chimes (pun intended) with the season and sounds altogether merrier. Host Stephen Fry is joined for the ninth yuletide episode by regular panellist Alan Davies and guests Geordie comedian Sarah Millican, broadcaster Phill Jupitus and radio presenter Danny Baker. QI: Some quite interesting facts about cake A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week: cake. Written by Molly Oldfield and John Mitchinson. The Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2012 What is the long-term future for the trivia book in an age when so many factoids (TM Steve Wright in the Afternoon) are freely available on the internet? The subject is one I discussed recently in a Covent Garden pub with some elves. Some QI elves. Yes, these creatures really do exist. Written by Mark Mason. The Spectator, 13th December 2012 QI: Some interesting facts about musical instruments A quietly intriguing column from the makers of QI, the BBC quiz show. This week: QI is alive with the sound of music. Written by Molly Oldfield and John Mitchinson. The Daily Telegraph, 12th December 2012 QI: Some Quite interesting facts about Bhutan A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week: QI goes on the lam in Bhutan. Written by Molly Oldfield and John Mitchinson. The Daily Telegraph, 27th November 2012 One of the biggest-selling hardback books in the UK, 1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off, has topped the Kindle chart, selling for just 20p. It is also selling for 20p on the Sony Reader store. Written by Joshua Farrington. The Bookseller, 26th November 2012 QI: Some quite interesting facts about flying things A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week: QI is on the fly. Written by Molly Oldfield and John Mitchinson. The Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2012 Opinion: The problem with QI... For me, it's not the questions, guests, format, scheduling, factual errors or anything like that. It's the fans who keep on complaining about these supposed changes that annoy me. If you're reading this and you're thinking of complaining about what I'm saying, then you are part of my issue. Written by Ian Wolf. Giggle Beats, 20th November 2012 QI: Some quite interesting facts about Scotland A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week: QI goes north of the border. Written by Anne Miller and John Mitchinson. The Daily Telegraph, 14th November 2012 Audio: John Lloyd & John Mitchinson with Steve Wright QI backroom guys John Lloyd and John Mitchinson chat to Steve Wright. Written by Steve Wright. BBC Radio 2, 13th November 2012 A guide to the 5th November from the clever comedy. QI.com, 5th November 2012 Book extract: 1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off Here, in a fascinating new book from the QI team, are the answers to the questions you never even thought to ask. The Mail on Sunday, 4th November 2012 A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week: QI tackles November 5. Written by Molly Oldfield & John Mitchinson. The Daily Telegraph, 2nd November 2012 "It's Spunky Night, it's Spunky Night, Gie's a candle, Gie's a light. If 'ee don't, 'ee'll have a fright." - Somerset rhyme QI.com, 31st October 2012 John Lloyd: Creating QI brought me out of depression John Lloyd, producer of such TV classics as Spitting Image and Blackadder, talks to Lesley Garner about how depression compelled him to contemplate life's big questions - and incidentally create QI. Written by Lesley Garner. The Daily Telegraph, 29th October 2012 As QI reaches season 10, we explain its success The comedy educational panel show QI has entered its tenth year with the J series of episodes currently airing, having slowly but steadily become a mainstay of BBC2's yearly lineup. Written by Susannah Cook. The Oxford Student, 22nd October 2012 Review: The Second Book of General Ignorance (2nd ed.) There had to be a second QI spin-off, if only because the first sold over 1.2m. Fortunately, there remain plenty of misapprehensions on which the know-all authors can put us right. Written by Christopher Hirst. The Independent, 20th October 2012 QI: Some quite interesting facts about cheese A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week: QI checks out some cheese. Written by Molly Oldfield & John Mitchinson. The Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2012 |
