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 14
- Catch-up on Series V, Highlights Special
Streaming rank this week: 215
Video clips Page 23
The Oldest Trick in the Book
Stephen and guests discuss the oldest trick in the book where the ancient Egyptian magician Dedi pulled the head off a goose and then resurrected the bird.
I Before E Except After C
Stephen tries to explain why the spelling rule 'I before E except after C' doesn't really work.Lee Mack seems to have more trouble than the others understanding this point.
The Unluckiest Man in the World
Stephen and guests talk about Tsutomu Yamaguchi who amazingly survived both atomic bomb attacks on Japan during World War II. Somehow he managed to get a train from Hiroshima back home to Nagasaki, but this was where the second bombing took place.
What's a Horse's Twitch?
Stephen Fry and guests discuss how you would use a 'twitch' to calm a horse. By twisting the horse's top lip endorphins are released to the brain causing the horse to relax.
Poem for a Haggis!
Fred MacAulay recites part of the Burns address to a haggis and follows with a hilarious German translation.
Blowing Smoke Up One's Ass
Stephen Fry explains how one might use a small bellows in eighteenth century England.