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QI

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.

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Series U - QI VG: Part I

A selection of the best moments from the recent series. Sandi Toksvig asks questions connected to the letter U, as Alan Davies and the guest panellists try to come up with interesting, point-worthy answers - all the while avoiding the most obvious ones.

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Topics

- University Best Bit Tangent: Sandi and Alan's dislike of people saying: "like".

- United Best Bit: The most undesirable united.

- University Best Bit Tangent: More of Sandi and Alan's dislike of people saying: "like".

- Uncle Sam Best Bit Tangent: The Bonneville Salt Flats.

- Ufology Best Bit Tangent: Sandi meeting Bill Clinton.

- Upbrinding Best Bit: Who invented the U-bend?

- Ufology Best Bit Tangent: Alan's French exam.

- 'U' Animals Best Bit Tangent: Ancient Egyptians trying to find unicorns.

- Upside Down Best Bit: Flying flags upside down.

- Underground & Underwater Best Bit Tangent: The panel eating sea urchin gonads.

- Ulex Best Bit: The uncanny valley.

- Upsadaisy Best Bit: The ancient game of ulama.

- Ufology Best Bit: How the universe might end?

- Unsavoury Best Bit: Lord Nelson's combined fork and knife.

- All I Want For Christmas Is U Best Bit: What are vegetables to a botanist?

- Unrelated Best Bit Tangent: The pumpkin toadlet.

- Ultras Best Bit Tangent: The reason why British houses that back onto each other are 21 metres apart.

- All I Want For Christmas Is U Best Bit: Sandi does ice sculpting.

Broadcast details

Date
Friday 10th May 2024
Time
10pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Sandi Toksvig Host / Presenter
Alan Davies Regular Panellist
Guest cast
Bill Bailey Guest
Jo Brand Guest
Gyles Brandreth Guest
Jimmy Carr Guest
David Mitchell Guest
Jason Manford Guest
Sara Pascoe Guest
Josh Widdicombe Guest
Victoria Coren Mitchell Guest
Aisling Bea Guest
Cariad Lloyd Guest
Rhod Gilbert Guest
Romesh Ranganathan Guest
Holly Walsh Guest
Nish Kumar Guest
Joe Lycett Guest
Sally Phillips Guest
Cally Beaton Guest
Bridget Christie Guest
Tom Allen Guest
Lou Sanders Guest
Zoe Lyons Guest
Chris McCausland Guest
Justin Moorhouse Guest
Eshaan Akbar Guest
Rosie Jones Guest
Ahir Shah Guest
Guz Khan Guest
Urzila Carlson Guest
Nabil Abdulrashid Guest
Judi Love Guest
Kiri Pritchard-McLean Guest
Kemah Bob Guest
Alex Edelman Guest
Jordan Gray Guest
Tom Ward Guest
Lara Ricote Guest
Emmanuel Sonubi Guest
Morgana Robinson Guest
Josh Pugh Guest
Aaron Simmonds Guest
Dan Tiernan Guest
Writing team
James Harkin Script Editor
Anna Ptaszynski Script Editor
Sandi Toksvig Script Editor
Will Bowen Researcher
Andrew Hunter Murray Researcher
Mike Turner Researcher
Jack Chambers Researcher
Emily Jupitus Researcher
James Rawson Researcher
Lydia Mizon Researcher
Miranda Brennan Researcher
Tara Dorrell Researcher
Henry Eliot Researcher
Leying Lee Researcher
Manu Henriot Researcher
Joe Mayo Researcher
Production team
Ben Hardy Director
Diccon Ramsay Director
Piers Fletcher Producer
John Lloyd Executive Producer
Nick King Editor
Jonathan Paul Green Production Designer
Gemma O'Sullivan Lighting Designer
Howard Goodall Composer
Aran Kharpal Graphics
Helen Ringer Graphics
Oli Richards Lighting Designer
Sarah Clay Commissioning Editor

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