QI. Image shows from L to R: Alan Davies, Sandi Toksvig. Copyright: TalkbackThames
QI

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.

Press clippings

Comedy.co.uk Awards 2023 shortlist

The 60 TV and radio programmes shortlisted across the 10 categories in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2023 have been revealed. Voting is now open to determine the winners.

British Comedy Guide, 8th January 2024

How we made QI - by John Lloyd and Alan Davies

"QI is about how extraordinary the world is. Learning that elephants are 22 million times the size of bees makes you realise you haven't really been paying attention to anything".

Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 8th January 2024

Try the official QI quiz - by the elves

To celebrate two decades of the hit BBC show, here's a fiendish brainteaser. How will you do?

The QI Elves, The Sunday Times, 17th December 2023

Top 5 quite interesting books about sport - selected by QI's James Harkin

From the use of darts in conflict to 80s America, James Harkin picks five of the most interesting books on sport.

James Harkin, The Big Issue, 18th November 2023

BBC removes Russell Brand programmes deemed to 'fall below public expectations'

An episode of QI and a Joe Wicks podcast appearance have been wiped from BBC platforms.

Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 19th September 2023

National Comedy Awards 2023 shortlists revealed

The shortlists for Channel 4's National Comedy Awards 2023 have been revealed. Ghosts, Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Derry Girls and After Life are up for Best Scripted Comedy.

British Comedy Guide, 23rd January 2023

Comedy.co.uk Awards 2022 shortlist

The 60 TV and radio programmes shortlisted across the 10 categories in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2022 have been revealed. Voting is now open to determine the winners.

British Comedy Guide, 9th January 2023

When QI gets it wrong: the show's 'Quite Interesting' mistakes

With series T underway, we look back at the times when QI was not just Quite Interesting, but Quite Inaccurate.

Laura Vickers-Green, Den Of Geek, 25th November 2022

The UK TV panel show is dying (but it's probably for the best)

The cancellation of Mock The Week marked another nail in the coffin for UK TV panel shows. Is this the end of an era?

Alice Pattillo, Den Of Geek, 1st September 2022

Sara Pascoe recalls 'madness' of starring on QI weeks after giving birth to son

Sara Pascoe shared how she quickly realised she wasn't ready to return to work after a 'mad' time appearing on TV just a few weeks following the birth of her first son.

Charlotte Manning, Metro, 27th June 2022

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