
Insert Name Here
- 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
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - Frank

Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 4th January 2016
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Sue Perkins | Host / Presenter |
Josh Widdicombe | Team Captain |
Richard Osman | Team Captain |
Kate Williams | Regular Panellist |
Rob Beckett | Guest |
Roisin Conaty | Guest |
Stephen Mangan | Guest |
Will Ing | Writer (Additional Material) |
Paul Powell | Writer (Additional Material) |
Geraldine Dowd | Director |
Margaret Anne Docherty | Series Producer |
Paul McGettigan | Executive Producer |
Dan Gaster | Executive Producer |
Michael Mannes | Executive Producer |
Ed Ryland | Edit Producer |
Rob Mansell | Editor |
Jon Ellis | Editor |
Chris Webster | Production Designer |
Will Slater | Composer |
Video
The secret Frank
Sue Perkins explains the premise of the show, and Josh's team take their pick of the Franks.
Featuring: Josh Widdicombe, Richard Osman, Sue Perkins, Rob Beckett, Roisin Conaty, Stephen Mangan & Kate Williams.
Press
Radio Times review
Sue Perkins is stepping out without comedy partner Mel Giedroyc to host a new comedy panel show. And no, we haven't become terrible writers who forget to tell you what the show is called - Insert Name Here is, in fact, a name game. Perkins picks a name - let's say Paul, or even Mary, for example - and two teams captained by Richard Osman and Josh Widdicombe battle it out with as much wit and wisdom about that name, and the famous people who've shared it. Our money's on Team Osman - he has already proven he's a font of Pointless information.
Sarah Doran, Radio Times, 9th January 2016Sue Perkins hosts a new panel show with team captains Richard Osman and Josh Widdicombe. Flanked by fellow funny types and a pair of historians, they argue in favour of notable people, all of whom share a name (who is the best George: Saint, Clooney or from Rainbow?). The panel show genre shows no signs of slowing, but there are positive developments here: a female host; the inclusion of people who know what they're on about; and a format based on a party game that you had forgotten is actually fun.
Julia Raeside, The Guardian, 4th January 2016