Was It Something I Said?
- TV panel show
- Channel 4
- 2013
- 8 episodes (1 series)
Panel show hosted by David Mitchell with teams competing in word play, quotation and literary knowledge. Also features Richard Ayoade and Micky Flanagan.
Key details
- Genre
- Panel Show
- Broadcast
- 2013
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Episodes
- 8 (1 series)
- Stars
- David Mitchell, Richard Ayoade and Micky Flanagan
- Writers
- Toby Davies, Kevin Day, John Finnemore, Dan Gaster, Pete Sinclair, Colin Swash and Aiden Spackman
- Director
- Barbara Wiltshire
- Producers
- Giles Pilbrow, Arron Ferster, Victoria Payne and Jim Sayer
- Companies
Words, wonderful, words... David Mitchell hosts this Channel 4 panel show.
Two teams, captained by Micky Flanagan and Richard Ayoade, are pitted against each other in a battle of wordplay; answering questions based on sources including quotations, tweets and autobiographies, as well as some of the teams' very own one-liners to test their verbiage mettle.
Featured quotes are read out by a guest narrator every week, with Charles Dance, Phil Daniels and Mariella Frostrup amongst those taking this role.
Was It Something I Said? incorporates the first use of Twitter as a dedicated playalong companion for a TV show. Viewers are directed to the show's Twitter account (@somethingIsaid) by David Mitchell and encouraged to answer questions at the same time as they are put to the TV panellists. The more answers that a viewer gives, the more extra bonus content they unlock - including behind the scenes clips and deleted scenes, as well as funny pictures, animated GIFs and bonus facts and jokes from the show's panellists.
The show's rounds are:
Threesomes: The panellists must match a series of quotes to one of three famous people.
Complete the Quotation: Played over the advert break, the teams and audience at home must complete a famous quotation.
Keywords: The panellists are given a few keywords and must work out the famous quotation.
What Are They Talking About?: The teams hear a quote taken out of context and must then work out what it is really about.
Was It Something I Said?: Quotes are read out. Are they from one of the panellists, or the show's "virtual guest" (e.g. Piers Morgan).
Additional details
- Also known as
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- WISIS? (Acronym)
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Sunday 6th October 2013 at 10:09pm on Channel 4
- Most recent repeats
Recording details
- Maidstone Studios