Sandi Toksvig

Alan Davies: I miss Fry, but Toksvig's given QI a boost

Sandi Toksvig might be firmly ensconced in the QI host's chair... but panellist Alan Davies has admitted he still misses her predecessor Stephen Fry.

Preview - QI: New

Lots of people were worried when Stephen Fry left QI and replaced by Sandi Toksvig, but over the past few months she has proven to be brilliant at the job.

First look: Sandi Toksvig's Silver Lining

Images have been released of Sandi Toksvig's new play Silver Lining which opens this evening at the Rose Theatre Kingston.

Preview - QI

After Stephen Fry stepped down at the end of Series 'M' the fate of the beloved BBC show QI, was unknown but Sandi Toksvig has done an excellent job in ensuring its survival.

Sandi Toksvig eyes her own chat show

Speaking at the Women In Film And Television Awards at London's Hilton Park Lane, Sandi told Day & Night: "I'd like to do a chat show and there aren't women doing them. I don't know why, it's not that difficult - they tell you who's coming on beforehand so you have an idea what to ask them. It's the one type of show I haven't done."

Sandi Toksvig brings joy for looking like Mrs Doubtfire

The new host of QI gave viewers all the joy with her sartorial choices on tonight's show.

Sandi Toksvig continues to sharpen up the amiably informative panel show. This week's Nordic theme plays to her Danish roots, taking in protest pigs, sperm exportation and the elusive but suddenly omnipresent concept of "hygge" (Toksvig's handy summation: "bring beer"). Joining Alan Davies are panelists Jason Manford, Lucy Beaumont and Rhod Gilbert. The latter's inability to distinguish between Scandinavian countries serves Davies's transition from class dunce to teacher's pet.

Forget Stephen Fry - Sandi Toksvig has made QI sing

Toksvig holds her own as the sharp, no-nonsense new QI host, cutting through the show's smugness and blowing away the cobwebs of Fry's tenure

QI is in the safest of hands

The trouble is, if pushed, I would say - and this is not sacrilege, bear with me - that in recent series, even under Fry's tutelage, QI has gone very slightly off the boil, as long-running panel games will. A slight shake-up to the format might be just what it needs.

QI: Toksvig triumphs in her first appearance as host

Does the series have a future with Toksvig as host? Indubitably - a word we probably first heard used in a sentence on QI.