The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year
- TV panel show
- Channel 4
- 2004 - 2023
- 28 episodes
Channel 4's annual topical end-of-year panel show. Hosted by Jimmy Carr and featuring a host of well-known comedians as panellists. Also features Rob Brydon, Jonathan Ross, David Mitchell, Russell Brand, Noel Fielding and more.
Press clippings Page 5
Whitehall under pressure to step down from TV Awards
Comedian Jack Whitehall is under pressure to stand down as presenter of a prize at the National Television Awards following complaints about his performance on a recent Channel 4 panel show.
Matilda Battersby, The Independent, 3rd January 2013Jack Whitehall's NTA role 'safe' after Big Fat Quiz row
TV bosses have publicly denied claims made in The Daily Mail that Jack Whitehall may be forced to quit his role as presenter of the National Television Awards.
Tim Clark, Such Small Portions, 3rd January 2013These bullies reek of misogyny
What a cynical and degrading spectacle to finish the year: drunken, boorish comedians quaffing red wine and stuffing their faces with pizza while swearing and making crass, sexist jokes. I'm not easily offended, but the easy, casual misogyny of Channel 4's attempt at satirical comedy on Sunday evening, made me feel incredulous and angry.
Jackie Clune, Daily Mail, 2nd January 2013MP's disgust at revolting jokes about the Queen
Channel 4 was under increased pressure last night to explain why it broadcast a quiz featuring obscene jokes about the Queen just minutes after the 9pm watershed. Now Tory MP Conor Burns, a member of the Commons culture, media and sport select committee, is demanding to know why the quiz was broadcast as early as 9pm.
Keith Gladdis, Daily Mail, 2nd January 2013Why Ofcom should now ignore 'Big Fat' complaints
The paper is keeping up the pressure today in the hope people who chose not to watch the programme might still care to complain about it... However, a quick check of the Mail's own website reveals the level of desperation at play here.
Will Sturgeon, The Media Blog, 2nd January 2013Billy Connolly: modern comics 'killing stand-up comedy'
Billy Connolly has waded into the row over Channel 4's controversial TV quiz which sparked a storm of protest from outraged viewers - and accused modern "gurning" comics of killing stand-up comedy.
The Telegraph, 2nd January 2013Big Fat Quiz of the Year spurs 160 to complain
Media watchdog Ofcom and Channel 4 had by Wednesday received 80 complaints each about the show, broadcast after the 9pm watershed on Sunday.
The Guardian, 2nd January 2013Channel 4 ignores outcry, will repeat Big Fat Quiz
Channel 4 has ignored a public outcry over a comedy show which included jokes of a sexual nature about the Queen and Susan Boyle and is to repeat the programme unedited.
Gordon Rayner, The Telegraph, 2nd January 2013Daily Mail faces backlash for 'manufacturing outrage'
The Daily Mail has triggered a huge backlash on Twitter for "manufacturing" outrage over a Channel 4 comedy show in which "comedians guzzled wine and egged each other on to trade obscene jokes about the Queen, Philip and Susan Boyle".
The Huffington Post, 1st January 2013The Daily Mail's 'Big Fat' storm in a teacup
The Daily Mail is often warning us about the "death of free speech" and has been known to worry about whether Britain is becoming "the censorship capital of the world". But that doesn't stop the Daily Mail callling for more censorship when it suits.
Will Sturgeon, The Media Blog, 1st January 2013