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.
- Continues on Tuesday on BBC2 at 9pm with Series V, Episode 5
- Catch-up on Series V, Episode 4
Streaming rank this week: 229
Press clippings Page 13
Radio Times review
"Isn't there a difference between fact and truth?" asks Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan, threatening to toplle 12 years of QI trivia quizzery in one fell swoop. "I would remember stuff from my childhood that my father says didn't happen - but there's truth in memory."
In other words, can a fake memory be "real" if we believe it to be true and it says something about our lives? Luckily, QI doesn't go too far down this rabbit hole, but it's one of many philosophical issues raised in this mind-themed episode. Though, be warned - if you believe in love at first sight, you might get a rude awakening...
Huw Fullerton, Radio Times, 23rd December 2015How to have interesting dinner party chat
QI elf Anna Ptaszynski on how to have an interesting Christmas.
Anna Ptaszynski, The Telegraph, 23rd December 2015John Lloyd: 'At QI we are information miners..!'
QI creator John Lloyd on why the universe really is very interesting indeed - especially facts that begin with the letter 'N'.
The Big Issue, 22nd December 2015QI boxing day quiz - a quite interesting year
Put your trivia skills to the test with our entertaining Boxing Day quiz, exclusive to Weekend.
The Telegraph, 22nd December 20155 festive facts from BBC Two's QI
The festive season is well and truly upon us, but how much do you know about the history of Christmas? Here, we bring you a festive extract from the newly released QI book - The Third QI Book of General Ignorance.
Emma Mason, History Extra, 22nd December 2015QI Christmas quiz: test your ignorance
Sometimes what seems to be the obvious answer is just plain wrong. Try these 20 questions for size, and beware the klaxon.
The Irish Times, 21st December 2015Dan Schreiber and James Harkin: how we met
'Dan made me feel welcome; he came over and told me how he'd been stealing all my material for his stand-up'
Adam Jacques, The Independent, 20th December 2015QI: series M, episode 8 - Merriment review
One of the best episodes of QI I can remember for a while.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 20th December 201560 fascinating QI facts
Insights on turnip ice cream, how ninjas communicated and why bad breath was bad news for Welsh husbands are all to be found in a new book.
Amanda Killelea, The Mirror, 18th December 2015Radio Times review
Those QI elves have been busy. We learn that every episode of QI since the start has included a secret coded message that nobody has spotted. And that's not the only bauble: at the end, Stephen Fry gets a (literally) magical surprise gift and it brings such childish joy to his face, it feels like a proper Christmas moment.
Elsewhere, there's a hilarious ad lib from Johnny Vegas when a studio bulb blows, keyboard skills from Bill Bailey, and some improvising around that little-known (but genuine) musical, The Bathrooms Are Coming.
David Butcher, Radio Times, 16th December 2015