Qi

QI, standing for Quite Interesting, is a comedy panel game shown on BBC Two and BBC Four and hosted by Stephen Fry. It is distinguished by the awarding of points not necessarily for the correct answer, but rather for an interesting one. Many of the questions and answers are extremely obscure. Points are deducted for obvious but wrong answers; this often results in a negative points score at the end of the game.

Episodes

The lists show the BBC Two broadcasts.

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The episodes were also broadcast on BBC Four, generally a week earlier (as soon as one episode finished on BBC2, the next one was on BBC4). In 2004, UKTV G2 showed series one, and in 2005 they showed series two. Series 3 carried on the BBC2/BBC4 trend, and showed the following episodes straight after the BBC2 episode.

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Series 1 (2003)

• 1 - Thursday 11 September. Danny Baker, Hugh Laurie, John Sessions.
• 2 - Thursday 18 September. Bill Bailey, Rich Hall, Jeremy Hardy.
• 3 - Thursday 25 September. Clive Anderson, Bill Bailey, Meera Syal.
• 4 - Thursday 2 October. Jo Brand, Howard Goodall, Jeremy Hardy.
• 5 - Thursday 9 October. Gyles Brandreth, Rob Brydon, Rich Hall.
• 6 - Thursday 16 October. Danny Baker, Jo Brand, Howard Goodall.
• 7 - Thursday 23 October. Jo Brand, Jimmy Carr, Jackie Clune.
• 8 - Thursday 30 October. Clive Anderson, Sean Lock, Linda Smith.
• 9 - Thursday 6 November. Jo Brand, Dave Gorman, Jeremy Hardy.
• 10 - Thursday 13 November. Rich Hall, Julia Morris, Peter Serafinowicz.
• 11 - Thursday 20 November. Bill Bailey, Richard E. Grant, Linda Smith.
• 12 - Christmas Special, Tuesday 23rd December. Phill Jupitus, Sean Lock, John Sessions.

Series 2 (2004)

• 1 - Friday 8 October. Bill Bailey, Jo Brand, Sean Lock.
• 2 - Friday 15 October. Jo Brand, Rich Hall, Phil Kay.
• 3 - Friday 22 October. Clive Anderson, Rich Hall, Phill Jupitus.
• 4 - Friday 29 October. Jeremy Clarkson, Barry Cryer, Jeremy Hardy.
• 5 - Friday 5 November. Bill Bailey, Jo Brand, Jimmy Carr.
• 6 - Friday 12 November. Bill Bailey, Sean Lock, Anneka Rice.
• 7 - Friday 19 November. Rich Hall, Dara O'Briain, Arthur Smith.
• 8 - Friday 26 November. Rich Hall, Jo Brand, Fred MacAuley.
• 9 - Friday 3 December. Rich Hall, John Sessions, Josie Lawrence.
• 10 - Friday 10 December. Phil Kay, Clive Anderson, John Sessions.
• 11 - Friday 17 December. Sean Lock, Linda Smith, Mark Gatiss.
• 12 - Christmas Special, 26 December. Rich Hall, Phill Jupitus, Mark Steel.

Series 3 (2005)

• 1 - Friday 30 September. Bill Bailey, Rob Brydon, Rich Hall.
• 2 - Friday 07 October. Andy Hamilton, Doon Mackichan, Arthur Smith.
• 3 - Friday 14 October. Jimmy Carr, Sean Lock, Rory McGrath.