QI
- TV panel show
- BBC Two / BBC One / BBC Four
- 2003 - 2024
- 312 episodes (21 series)
Panel game that contains lots of difficult questions and a large amount of quite interesting facts. Stars Sandi Toksvig, Stephen Fry and Alan Davies.
- Continues on Tuesday on BBC2 at 9pm with Series U, Episode 14
- Catch-up on Series U, Episode 13
- Streaming rank this week: 961
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Series C, Episode 7 - Constellations
Extra Tasks
- Each panellist is given a card with some stars. They have to draw a constellation. The constellations in question are Taurus (Rich's), Aries (Sean's), Sagittarius (Jeremy's) and Cancer (Alan's).
Topics
- If you were travelling at around 60mph, it would take you about an hour to drive to outer space. It stars after you leave the atmosphere, 62 miles above.
- The smallest dog ever recorded was a Yorkshire terrier. It measured 2.5 inches high, 3.75 inches long, weighed 4 ounces and could fit into a small box.
- Chihuahua cheese is a popular roasting (Asadero) cheese from Mexico's Chihuahua state.
- Flint is made from sponges.
- The only survivor of the Crimean War was Timothy the Tortoise. It was the mascot on HMS Queen during the first bombardment of Sebastopol. Officially, the war did not end until 1966, because of a problem with the peace treaty. When war was declared, Berwick-Upon-Tweed was mentioned as it was considered part of the UK, but not in it. However it was not included in the original peace treaty. The mayor of Berwick signed a peace treaty with Russia in 1966. Timothy did not die until 2004, making him the sole survivor of the war. Correction: Berwick-Upon-Tweed never had a special law declaring it not in the UK during that time. The mayor also would not have had the power to sign a peace treaty.
General Ignorance
- Luffas come from trees. Sean was given a "Grow your own Luffa kit" as a Christmas present. (Forfeit: The Sea)
- The Model T Ford was originally grey, red or Brewster green. In Manchester, the cars were all blue. It was not until 1913 when they became all black. Ford never said, "Any color as long as it's black". (Forfeit: Black; "Any color as long as it's black") Correction: Ford did actually say that the Model T Ford could be "Any color as long as it's black", according to his autobiography.
- Tangent: Henry Ford was an anti-Semite and a supporter of the Nazis. Hitler only read three books in prison, one of which was Ford's.
- "S.O.B." is an aeroplane term meaning "Souls on Board".
- Tangent: Jeremy said he ate some whale with grated puffin. For starters he had a seal flipper which he claims, "Tasted exactly like licking a hot Turkish urinal."
- The Gatso camera was originally invented to monitor speeds of rally cars going around corners, so rally cars could travel faster. (Forfeit: To raise money for the government)
- Tangent: In Holland, there is a group called the "Tuff-Tuff Club" which destroys speed cameras. Jeremy's favourite is one where they insert insulating foam into a hole at the back of the camera, which then sets in what he described as a "Doctor Who" style.
- Samuel Pepys buried some parmesan cheese in his garden to safe it being destroyed in the Great Fire of London. (Forfeit: Diary)
Deleted scenes
- Canning food was first invented by the French in 1810, but the tin opener was not invented till 50 years later by the Americans. Before then, you had to use a hammer in order to open the tin.
- Tangent: Stephen talks about canning penises, just to see if the panel are paying attention to him.
Scores
- Jeremy Clarkson: 5 points
- Sean Lock: 3 points
- Rich Hall: 2 points
- Alan Davies: -18 points
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 4th November 2005
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Four
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
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Wednesday 7th July 2010 | 10:10pm | Dave |
Sunday 17th October 2010 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Thursday 4th November 2010 | 7:50pm | Dave |
Monday 20th December 2010 | 8:20pm | Dave |
Monday 14th February 2011 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Tuesday 16th April 2013 | 11:20pm | Dave |
Sunday 2nd June 2013 | 2:20pm | Dave |
Sunday 2nd June 2013 | 7:20pm | Dave |
Saturday 7th December 2013 | 7:40pm | Dave |
Sunday 8th December 2013 | 3:20pm | Dave |
Saturday 28th December 2013 | 2:40pm | Dave |
Saturday 28th December 2013 | 11:40pm | Dave |
Sunday 30th March 2014 | 11:00am | Dave |
Sunday 30th March 2014 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Friday 30th May 2014 | 12:40pm | Dave |
Friday 30th May 2014 | 5:40pm | Dave |
Monday 19th January 2015 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Friday 10th April 2015 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Thursday 27th August 2015 | 2:20am | Dave |
Thursday 27th August 2015 | 11:20pm 60 minute version |
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Saturday 12th March 2016 | 12:20am | Dave |
Saturday 12th March 2016 | 8:00pm | Dave |
Monday 16th May 2016 | 1:20am | Dave |
Tuesday 16th August 2016 | 11:40pm | Dave |
Wednesday 17th August 2016 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Friday 10th February 2017 | 6:40pm | Dave |
Monday 13th February 2017 | 2:40pm | Dave |
Tuesday 4th April 2017 | 12:20am | Dave |
Wednesday 9th August 2017 | 12:00am | Dave |
Wednesday 9th August 2017 | 2:00am | Dave |
Thursday 14th September 2017 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Friday 15th September 2017 | 1:00am | Dave |
Thursday 8th February 2018 | 1:00am | Dave |
Thursday 8th February 2018 | 3:00am | Dave |
Friday 13th April 2018 | 12:40am | Dave |
Friday 13th April 2018 | 2:40am | Dave |
Wednesday 25th July 2018 | 11:20pm | Dave |
Thursday 26th July 2018 | 2:20am | Dave |
Wednesday 17th October 2018 | 12:20am | Dave |
Wednesday 16th January 2019 | 11:40pm | Dave |
Thursday 17th January 2019 | 1:40am | Dave |
Monday 23rd September 2019 | 8:20pm | Dave |
Thursday 12th December 2019 | 11:40pm | Dave |
Friday 13th December 2019 | 8:20pm | Dave |
Cast & crew
Stephen Fry | Host / Presenter |
Alan Davies | Regular Panellist |
Rich Hall | Guest |
Sean Lock | Guest |
Jeremy Clarkson | Guest |
Justin Pollard | Researcher |
John Mitchinson | Question Writer |
Piers Fletcher | Question Writer |
Garrick Alder | Researcher |
Dan Schreiber | Researcher |
Mat Coward | Researcher |
Christopher Gray | Researcher |
James Harkin | Researcher |
Ian Lorimer | Director |
John Lloyd | Producer |
Mark Freeland | Executive Producer |
Sally Debonnaire | Executive Producer |
Nick King | Editor |
Jonathan Paul Green | Production Designer |
Howard Goodall | Composer |