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 31st December on BBC2 at 9pm with Series V, Episode 10
- Catch-up on Series V, Christmas Special
Streaming rank this week: 223
Press clippings Page 7
Preview - QI: Series O
Oh yes, it's time once again observe some obscure facts as the world's cleverest quiz is back on the box.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 20th October 2017Book extract: 46 mind-blowing QI facts
From the hilarious name of one Westminster Abbey cleric to how many cookbooks Theresa May owns, here are just some of the amazing facts found in new book 1,423 QI Facts to Bowl You Over.
The Mirror, 13th October 2017School kids to be offered QI-style bootcamps
Children are to be offered QI-style "bootcamps" to enthuse them about learning and banish classroom boredom. Trials of the scheme dreamt up by John Lloyd, who devised the hit QI quiz show for television, are to take place in private schools.
Lewis Smith, i Newspaper, 3rd October 2017The secrets behind the making of QI
TV viewers are baffled and bamboozled by QI's staggering facts. But the secrets behind the making of the quiz show are... Quite Incredible!
The QI team, Daily Mail, 3rd June 2017The QI boxsets: a pedantic look
As a fan of the show, I was always going to cover this show positively and thus I feel that a straightforward review might be too biased. Therefore, I have decided on a different approach. As the Elves have called me their "chief pedant", and soon they will begin researching Series P, I have decided in good humour to cover both of these boxsets pedantically. Please note that if I do make any mistakes, feel free to pedantically correct me in return.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 27th May 2017Fry: I'd like to be on QI again; Tom Hanks is a QI fan
Fry, who hosted over 3,000 hours of the much loved programme, also revealed that he was asked to host University Challenge before he accepted the QI job.
Mark Jefferies, The Mirror, 10th May 2017New QI book to Faber
Faber editorial director Laura Hassan acquired world all languages rights to 1,423 QI Facts to Bowl You Over from QI Ltd.
Natasha Onwuemezi, The Bookseller, 5th May 2017No Such Thing As A Fish announce new tour
The stars behind QI's podcast No Such Thing As A Fish have announced a 2017 live tour.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd March 2017JK Rowling pleads for mercy after QI Elf got fact wrong
The author has threatened to send a box of socks to the QI Elves if the punishment is not reversed.
Eleanor Bley Griffiths, Radio Times, 22nd February 2017Alan 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.
Morgan Jeffrey, Digital Spy, 20th February 2017