Jo Brand

Poor, hapless Alan Davies is on the receiving end of a storm of QI klaxons as he good-naturedly lurches from one wrong answer to the next. But it's an honourable tradition and Davies is a willing fallguy - he even fails at a supposedly foolproof experiment involving a broom's centre of gravity.

Elsewhere, guests Danny Baker, Jo Brand and Marcus Brigstocke enjoy a bit of a jolly knockabout that's full of surprises and "well, I never knew that" sort of facts, including the answer to questions such as £what do mosquitos do in the rain?" and which country has the longest traffic jams. At one point it all becomes a bit much for Baker who wails, "On behalf of the audience I have to say, sometimes I hate this programme."

BBC stands by Jo Brand over joke about Prince Harry

Joke read out by Jo Brand as guest presenter of Have I Got News For You draws criticism from government minister.

Prince Harry drugs dig on Have I Got News For You

The BBC is under pressure to apologise after Jo Brand joked about Prince Harry taking cocaine on Have I Got News For You.

So long has QI been going (a decade; we're now up to "K" in the alphabet) that some of the arcane facts presented in earlier seasons of the show (there's no way of knowing how old a lobster is) have since been disproved. That uncertainty forms the agreeable theme of tonight's show ("knowledge"). Here, the guests (Graham Linehan and Jo Brand) not only arrive circuitously at their answers, they also question their legitimacy. Incidentally, should you ever need to age a lobster, you cut off its eye stalks and count the rings.

Jo Brand defends Lee Mack's comments on women comics

Jo Brand has defended Lee Mack, who she says was unfairly treated by the press for expressing views on Desert Island Discs recently that women weren't cut out for comedy.

Writers' Guild Awards 2013 shortlists

Nominations for Jo Brand, Vicki Pepperdine, Joanna Scanlan, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Stefan Golaszewski, Susan Calman, Sanjeev Kohli, Donald McLeary, David Sedaris, Alice Lowe and Steve Oram.

Jo Brand & Jessica Hynes perform in Big Comedy Special

Jo Brand, Jessica Hynes, Richard Herring and Jon Richardson are to appear as part of a charity comedy night at the Hammersmith Apollo in London.

Comedy gold - Jo Brand's Barely Live

Behind the man-baiting facade, you get the feeling that all this brilliantly funny comic wants is for everyone to get along.

Jo Brand: my heroes and heroines

The comedian on the people who have inspired her. Includes her mother and Linda Smith.