Stephen Fry

Three into one can go, but they won't replace Humph

It is a tribute to the magnificent Humphrey Lyttelton that his replacement as host of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue has been named as Stephen Fry. And Rob Brydon. And Jack Dee. A revolving comic trinity, in place of the one god.

Fry, Dee and Brydon take on Clue

Stephen Fry, Jack Dee and Rob Brydon are to share hosting duties for a new series of BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue this summer. The series, which begins recording in April, will be aired in June and will be the show's first appearance since host Humphrey Lyttelton died in 2008.

Stephen Fry challenges Sunday Mail readers to prove him wrong over show claim

What do you get if you cross Stephen Fry with a mystery Scots conman? A free VIP trip to London for one lucky Sunday Mail reader and a friend.

That is what the QI presenter is offering if you can prove him wrong about a so-called Glasgow con-artist featured on his show.

TV quiz host Stephen Fry duped by story of fictional Scots conman

Telly know-all Stephen Fry has been embarrassingly duped by the story of a mythical Scots conman. The quiz show host told viewers of QI about the life of the supposed master criminal called Arthur Furguson.

TV Dinners: How to make ... QI

1. Hurrah! Could life get any more yummy or fluffy, it's QI, lathers Stephen Fry - the show that will be nibbling the nipples of knowledge, fondling the buttocks of braininess, and cerebrally satiating itself on the G-spot of good humour.

Stephen Fry hosts another round of the quite interesting panel show. If you'd like to play along at home, here's how. One player flicks open an encyclopedia and asks a question on the first topic they see (a dictionary or Jilly Cooper novel works as a substitute). Then, one player makes witty remarks, while the other player wears a mophead and says little of relevance.

Friday nights just don't seem the same without Stephen Fry. If you're shattered after a tough week, there's nothing better than sitting down to an episode of QI. In fact, it's almost worth staying in for. Almost. Even the Beeb agree - they've bumped it over to BBC1 which clearly means "QI is more popular than University Challenge."

Stephen Fry's comedy-quiz QI has become so popular that it's transferred from BBC2 to BBC1 (a la Have I Got News For You), but otherwise it's business as usual for the comedians given schoolboy roles, with Fry as the indubitable headmaster and Alan Davies the class dunce. Tradition dictates that, as the sixth series, the trivia revolves around the letter 'F'. Of course, things aren't particularly strict, and conversations veer off into random, surreal tangents. The only disappointing thing with QI is a tendency to make smutty, schoolboy jokes usually involving sexual innuendo. There's nothing wrong with such comedy, but QI is guilty of spending far too long giggling at crudities, when the real gems of the show are to be found elsewhere.

Yep, that's right, this is the latest example of a BBC2 show becoming so popular it's been promoted to BBC1. Although if you're the BBC2 big cheese who's suddenly lost one of the jewels in your scheduling crown, I guess you won't consider it a positive thing - just another case of the bullies from BBC1 nicking one of your most successful shows.

Stephen Fry hosts as the Quite Interesting panel show returns for a new series.

Laughter's said to be the best medicine - although if that's the case, why do doctors bother with those drugs? But chortling certainly does help the brain garage store juicy facts. Countless folk have chortled at Stephen ribbing Alan's ineptitude and still been able to fire out some impressive trivia down The Stoat and Radish. Sparkling smarty-pants comedy.