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: 228
Press clippings Page 8
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.
Eloise Craven-Todd, On The Box, 20th January 2017Comedy.co.uk Awards 2016 shortlists announced
The shortlists for the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2016 have been revealed. 60 shows are in the running for the Comedy Of The Year title. Voting is now open.
British Comedy Guide, 16th January 201730 fascinating facts from hit show QI book
The QI books have done a roaring trade, with more than 3.3 million copies sold in the past 10 years. And QI elves are still mining new, quite interesting material for the BBC show, now hosted by Sandi Toksvig.
The Mirror, 22nd December 2016Sara Pascoe's Animal wins a QI endorsement
Sara Pascoe's Animal has been named one of the ten most interesting books of the year by QI. However, the list's credibility has taken a blow by including a new book of QI facts - which makes the exercise look a little like a flimsy marketing gimmick in the run-up to Christmas.
Chortle, 6th December 2016Alan Davies interview
Alan Davies on parenting, the return of Jonathan Creek and QI without his old friend Stephen Fry.
Daily Mail, 4th December 201620 favourite facts from the QI team
Find out why Churchill looks grumpy on the £5 note and which insect terrifies the Dalai Lama as the brains behind the panel share some jolly arcana.
The QI Elves, The Guardian, 2nd December 2016Joke's over: how the TV panel show fell from grace
In their day, there was something intoxicating about the no-holds-barred panel show back-and-forth. But there seems to be little room for it in a society that has begun to appreciate empathy - and neither, conversely, in a more brutal political climate that is not particularly suitable for dissecting for cheap laughs. Perhaps, when the world lightens up again, they'll be back.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 29th November 2016Sandi 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.
Carl Greenwood, The Sun, 28th November 2016Belfast teacher still in class of her own for shouting
Despite Annalisa Flanagan's record standing for 22 years, no-one has yet been able to out-shout get - a fact that recently re-emerged when her Richter-scale ripping exploits featured on the BBC TV programme QI.
Ciaran McCauley, BBC News, 12th November 2016John Lloyd: 'Spitting Image could have stopped Brexit'
"Donald Trump would have been a gift to Spitting Image," he says wistfully. "Watching him, you do think you're watching the Muppets. It doesn't seem to matter what he says, it doesn't make any difference."
Julia Llewellyn Smith, The Telegraph, 7th November 2016