Talk show · BBC One
QI
Quite Interesting
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Stephen Fry
Self - Presenter
200 eps
Alan Davies
Self - Panellist
369 eps
Sandi Toksvig
Self - Presenter
185 eps
Vic Reeves
Self
4 eps
Mark Steel
Self
4 eps
Sean Lock
Self
29 eps
Ross Noble
Self
20 eps
Jeremy Clarkson
Self
16 eps
Dara Ó Briain
Self
15 eps
Ronni Ancona
Self
9 eps
Jack Whitehall
Self
4 eps
Clive Anderson
Self
18 eps
Graham Norton
Self - Panellist (archive footage)
4 eps
Andy Hamilton
Self
8 eps
Desiree Burch
Self
4 eps
Romesh Ranganathan
Self
6 eps
Matt Lucas
Self
6 eps
Rhod Gilbert
Self
7 eps
Ed Byrne
Self
4 eps
Joe Lycett
Self
12 eps
Sally Phillips
Self
9 eps
Cally Beaton
Self
8 eps
Chris McCausland
Self
6 eps
Jimmy Carr
Self
46 eps
Johnny Vegas
Self
14 eps
Josh Widdicombe
Self
20 eps
Stephen K. Amos
Self
5 eps
Holly Walsh
Self
19 eps
Bridget Christie
Self
6 eps
Zoe Lyons
Self
7 eps
Sarah Millican
Self
12 eps
Colin Lane
Self
7 eps
Lou Sanders
Self
7 eps
Sara Pascoe
Self
17 eps
Tom Allen
Self
7 eps
Gyles Brandreth
Self
10 eps
Aisling Bea
Self
19 eps
Nish Kumar
Self
10 eps
Phill Jupitus
Self
48 eps
David Mitchell
Self
35 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How QI actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
QI reads strongest on Humour, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The story
What it's about
Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
The run
Seasons
23 seasons · 369 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
200662 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Series A
200312 episodes
7.3IMDbBest episode · S01E03 Aquatic Animals
Season 2 · Complete
Series B
200412 episodes
7.1IMDbBest episode · S02E08 Bees
Season 3 · Complete
Series C
200512 episodes
7.3IMDb
Season 4 · Complete
Series D
200613 episodes
7.0IMDbBest episode · S04E13 December (Christmas Special)
Season 5 · Complete
Series E
200713 episodes
7.1IMDb
Season 6 · Complete
Series F
200812 episodes
6.9IMDbBest episode · S06E02 Fire and Freezing (Christmas Special)
Season 7 · Complete
Series G
200918 episodes
7.0IMDb
Season 8 · Complete
Series H
201018 episodes
7.0IMDbBest episode · S08E14 Hocus-Pocus (Christmas Special)
Season 9 · Complete
Series I
201118 episodes
7.0IMDbBest episode · S09E16 Ice
Season 10 · Complete
Series J
201218 episodes
7.1IMDbBest episode · S10E01 Jargon
Season 11 · Complete
Series K
201318 episodes
7.0IMDbBest episode · S11E02 Kit and Kaboodle
Season 12 · Complete
Series L
201418 episodes
7.0IMDbBest episode · S12E12 No L
Season 13 · Complete
Series M
201518 episodes
6.9IMDbBest episode · S13E01 A Medley of Maladies
Season 14 · Complete
Series N
201618 episodes
7.3IMDbBest episode · S14E09 Noel
Season 15 · Complete
Series O
201718 episodes
7.0IMDbBest episode · S15E07 Opposites
Season 16 · Complete
Series P
201818 episodes
7.1IMDb
Season 17 · Complete
Series Q
201918 episodes
7.0IMDb
Season 18 · Complete
Series R
202016 episodes
7.0IMDb
Season 19 · Complete
Series S
202116 episodes
7.0IMDbBest episode · S19E02 Secrets, Spies & Sleuths
Season 20 · Complete
Series T
202216 episodes
7.6IMDbBest episode · S20E07 Toys, Tinsel, and Turkeys
Season 21 · Complete
Series U
202317 episodes
7.7IMDb
Season 22 · Complete
Series V
202416 episodes
7.8IMDb
Season 23 · Complete
Series W
202516 episodes
8.1IMDb
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E03
Aquatic Animals
Stephen Fry and Alan Davies are joined by Clive Anderson, Bill Bailey and Meera Syal to discuss some Quite Interesting topics beginning with the letter A including the Longest Animal, Blue Whales, Octupus, Antartica, AmlAnnoying.com, John Henry Anderson, Hans Christian Anderson, Atlas and Oxygen.
- Directed by Ian Lorimer
S10E01
Jargon
Stephen Fry investigates the letter J with Victoria Coren, Bill Bailey, Jimmy Carr and Alan Davies.
- Directed by Ian Lorimer
S02E08
Bees
Stephen Fry and Alan Davies are joined by Jo Brand, Rich Hall and Fred Macaulay to discuss some Quite Interesting topics beginning with the letter B.
- Directed by John Lloyd
S12E12
No L
Carrie Fisher, Bill Bailey, Jimmy Carr and Alan Davies are in the QI Christmas special.
S02E07
Biscuits
Stephen Fry and Alan Davies are joined by Rich Hall, Dara O'Briain and Arthur Smith to discuss some Quite Interesting topics beginning with the letter B.
- Directed by John Lloyd
S01E11
Arts
Stephen Fry and Alan Davies are joined by Bill Bailey, Linda Smith and Richard E. Grant to discuss some Quite Interesting topics beginning with the letter A.
- Directed by Ian Lorimer
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- John LloydExecutive Producer
- John LloydProducer
- Piers FletcherProducer
Writing
- John LloydWriter
Direction
- Ian LorimerDirector
- Diccon RamsayDirector
- John LloydDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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