QI
- TV panel show
- BBC Two / BBC One / BBC Four
- 2003 - 2025
- 324 episodes (22 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.
- Due to return for Series W
- Series K, Episode 5 repeated at 9pm on U&Dave
Press clippings Page 34
The derivation of advertising jingles is just one of the 'quite interesting' facts relayed by jovial host Stephen Fry, today in Father Christmas costume for the QI festive special. Other topics include Twelfth Night - not necessarily on January 6, according to Alan Davies's calculations - and jesus lizards. It's an enjoyable episode, with fun comic diversions including a rant about 'shiny children' that Phill Jupitus cannily uses to deflect from Fry's rather awkward question to Sarah Millican on the subject of kids. Millican may be a popular stand-up, but she's given little chance to shine here, mostly laughing very loudly at the chaps' banter. Danny Baker, meanwhile, gets to show off his obscure knowledge. It's entertaining, but not as much as, say, the 2010 Christmas special, where guest Daniel Radcliffe was used to better effect.
Anna Smith, Time Out, 21st December 2012Christmas 2012: the QI Christmas quiz
Time for the seasonal quiz from the brains behind QI, the popular BBC1 show featuring Stephen Fry and Alan Davies.
The Telegraph, 21st December 2012With previous Christmas editions of this quiz focusing on esoteric topics such as "Empire" and "Hocus Pocus", tonight's theme of "Jingle Bells" chimes (pun intended) with the season and sounds altogether merrier. Host Stephen Fry is joined for the ninth yuletide episode by regular panellist Alan Davies and guests Geordie comedian Sarah Millican, broadcaster Phill Jupitus and radio presenter Danny Baker.
Vicki Power, The Telegraph, 20th December 2012QI: Some quite interesting facts about cake
A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week: cake.
Molly Oldfield and John Mitchinson, The Telegraph, 19th December 2012The future of the trivia book
What is the long-term future for the trivia book in an age when so many factoids (TM Steve Wright in the Afternoon) are freely available on the internet? The subject is one I discussed recently in a Covent Garden pub with some elves. Some QI elves. Yes, these creatures really do exist.
Mark Mason, The Spectator, 13th December 2012QI: Some interesting facts about musical instruments
A quietly intriguing column from the makers of QI, the BBC quiz show. This week: QI is alive with the sound of music.
Molly Oldfield and John Mitchinson, The Telegraph, 12th December 2012QI: Some Quite interesting facts about Bhutan
A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week: QI goes on the lam in Bhutan.
Molly Oldfield and John Mitchinson, The Telegraph, 27th November 2012QI title sold for 20p
One of the biggest-selling hardback books in the UK, 1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off, has topped the Kindle chart, selling for just 20p. It is also selling for 20p on the Sony Reader store.
Joshua Farrington, The Bookseller, 26th November 2012QI: Some quite interesting facts about flying things
A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week: QI is on the fly.
Molly Oldfield and John Mitchinson, The Telegraph, 21st November 2012Opinion: The problem with QI...
For me, it's not the questions, guests, format, scheduling, factual errors or anything like that. It's the fans who keep on complaining about these supposed changes that annoy me. If you're reading this and you're thinking of complaining about what I'm saying, then you are part of my issue.
Ian Wolf, Giggle Beats, 20th November 2012