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Preview - QI: Odorous and Odious
This is an fun episode as far as I'm concerned because you can see me in the audience, although I am wearing a mask for most of the time, as Alan sits among the audience in order to try and fool a sniffer dog. But I am behind him and my face is on for just a second.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 24th November 2017The QI boxsets: a second pedantic look
In May 2017, I wrote a piece for On The Box about the first two QI boxsets, covering the first seven series. As I had heard from the show's researchers, the QI elves, that I was mentioned in these boxsets for my pedantry, I decided to cover them in a pedantic way. I have now done the same with the two most recent collections, covering Series H-J and Series K-M respectively.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 21st November 2017Preview - QI: Over and Ova
This week we examine eggs, meet the first flying pig, and hear two Sandi Toksvigs.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 10th November 2017Preview - QI: Oceans
This week the intellectual comedy plumbs the depths of the ocean to find some interesting facts.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 3rd November 2017The O-centric 15th series of the wilfully esoteric panel perennial continues, this week rolling in the deep with an instalment devoted entirely to oceans. Quizmaster and commander Sandi Toksvig is joined by salty first mate Alan Davies and the rather lubberly crew of Aisling Bea, Joe Lycett and David Mitchell, all hoping to reveal some unexpected depths to their maritime knowledge. But do they know their oars from their ice floes?
Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 3rd November 2017Will America get QI?
Will American late night TV ever adapt the British panel show?
Andrew Husband, Uproxx, 3rd November 2017We watch TV's smartest quiz, QI, being filmed
How did a bunch of Essex builders inspire the cleverest show on television? And why did John Lloyd, the creator of QI, come close to shutting the whole thing down last year?
Cole Moreton, Daily Mail, 21st October 2017Preview - QI: Series O
Oh yes, it's time once again observe some obscure facts as the world's cleverest quiz is back on the box.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 20th October 2017How Edinburgh changed British comedy
Comedy did not feature at all when the Edinburgh Fringe began but over the past three decades it has become the "spiritual home" of Britain's funny folk.
Steven Brocklehurst, BBC, 6th August 2017When Creek satirised Sherlock & predicted its downfall
What was a cheeky dig from one mystery show to another turned out to be much more prophetic.
Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 12th July 2017