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Insert Name Here. Sue Perkins
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  • TV panel show
  • BBC Two
  • 2016 - 2019
  • 28 episodes (4 series)

Panel show about names, hosted by Sue Perkins with team captains Richard Osman and Josh Widdicombe. Stars Sue Perkins, Josh Widdicombe, Richard Osman, Kate Williams and Suzannah Lipscomb

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Insert Name Here. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Sue Perkins, Richard Osman. Copyright: 12 Yard Productions

Key details

Genre
Panel Show
Broadcast
2016 - 2019
Channel
BBC Two
Episodes
28 (4 series)
Stars
Sue Perkins, Josh Widdicombe, Richard Osman, Kate Williams and Suzannah Lipscomb
Writers
Will Ing, Paul Powell and Dan Gaster
Directors
Geraldine Dowd and Steve Smith
Producers
Margaret Anne Docherty, Breid McLoone, Paul McGettigan, Dan Gaster, Michael Mannes, Will Ing, Paul Powell, Ed Ryland and Danny Carr
Companies

Sue Perkins presents this comedy panel show all about famous people, past and present, who have just one thing in common: they share the same name.

Each episode centres around one chosen name. Our entertaining host invites the two teams, headed up by captains Richard Osman and Josh Widdicombe, to battle it out, answering questions and competing to earn the right at the end of the game to decide the greatest ever bearer of that episode's name.

The teams choose from a list of famous people, all sharing the same name. Whether they select a historical, royal, scientific, sporting, legendary or comedic figure, it inevitably leads to fascinating facts, unusual stats, and lots of comedic banter around the individual in question. Sue deftly leads the two teams through the game, creating laughs along the way.

Funny anecdotes abound and irreverent points are made, as the panellists jump between highbrow and popular culture, and back and forth through history, unearthing weird, wonderful and quirky snippets of information along the way, as their knowledge of the name, and the famous people who share the moniker, is tested.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Multi-camera
Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Monday 4th January 2016 at 10pm on BBC Two
Most recent repeats

Recording details

  • Pinewood Studios

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