QI XL
QI XL is a TV show on BBC2. Extended version of the show where you're rewarded if your answers are quite interesting. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 222 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in February 2026.
Last episode
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1:00:00QI XL
The exalted quiz show! Jo Brand, David Mitchell, Sean Lock and Alan Davies grapple with greats including eminent host Stephen Fry and his superior line in questions.
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1:00:00Being quite interesting wins points in the offbeat comedy quiz. Stephen Fry introduces Phill Jupitus, Hugh Dennis and Andy Hamilton to a gallimaufrey of gingambobs.
1:00:00High-spirited comedy quiz. Stephen Fry goes 'Deutsch' with Jo Brand, Rob Brydon, Sean Lock and Alan Davies, no doubt indulging in some schadenfreude when the klaxon sounds.
1:00:00Icon of intelligence Stephen Fry grapples with the subject of girls and boys alongside guests Sandi Toksvig, Ronni Ancona, Jack Dee and Alan Davies.
1:00:00Learned comedy panel show where guests are rewarded for interesting answers. Stephen Fry glances at genius with Graham Norton, David Mitchell, Dara O Briain and Alan Davies.
1:00:00Erudite comedy quiz show hosted by Stephen Fry. Stephen maps out the day's agenda as Jo Brand, Rob Brydon, Jimmy Carr and Alan Davies navigate questions on geography.
1:00:00Stephen Fry chairs the always absorbing comedy quiz show and welcomes Liza Tarbuck, Phill Jupitus, Sean Lock and Alan Davies - this time the guests get gladiatorial.
1:00:00Comedy quiz show. Stephen Fry genially generalises about animals starting with G with Sandi Toksvig, Bill Bailey, Sean Lock, John Hodgman and Alan Davies.
1:00:00Stephen Fry glances gleefully at gardens and other subjects starting with the letter G and presides over panellists David Mitchell, Rob Brydon, Dara O Briain and Alan Davies.
Series 10
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1:00:00Inventive quizzing with inspector of gadgets Stephen Fry posing questions on genius gizmos to Sandi Toksvig, Jason Manford, Jeremy Clarkson and Alan Davies.
1:00:00The chipper quiz show looking for some quite interesting answers. Stephen Fry has a jolly good time in the company of Julia Zemiro, Tim Vine, Rob Brydon and Alan Davies.
1:00:00Jolly old Stephen Fry jingles a few bells with Sarah Millican, Phill Jupitus, Danny Baker and Alan Davies in a special festive edition of the quiz show.
1:00:00Business meets pleasure as Stephen Fry asks tricky questions about jobs - trying not to look vacant are Sarah Millican, David Mitchell, the Reverend Richard Coles and Alan Davies.
1:00:00Stephen Fry is judge, jury and executioner as Brian Cox, Rhys Darby, Jason Manford and Alan Davies try to avoid the dreaded klaxon while fielding questions on justice.
1:00:00Leap for joy as Stephen Fry hosts another edition of the stimulating quiz and Julian Clary, Ross Noble, Bill Bailey and Alan Davies tackle posers on jumping.
Sandi Toksvig looks at a welter of QI 'whatnots' with Sally Phillips, Andrew Maxwell, Joanne McNally and Alan Davies.
Series 10 1:00:00
1:00:00The thinking person's comedy quiz show. Trying not to be dense thickets on the subject of jungles are Greg Proops, David O'Doherty, Reginald D Hunter and Alan Davies.
1:00:00The QI klaxon is the main danger for panellists Julia Zemiro, Sue Perkins, Ross Noble and Alan Davies as host Stephen Fry asks perilous questions about jeopardy.
1:00:00The idiosyncratic quiz show. Jo Brand, John Sessions, Dara O Briain and Alan Davies are all in a jumble as the all-knowing Stephen Fry fires out more impossible posers.
1:00:00Smart comedy quiz. Shappi Khorsandi, Ross Noble, Johnny Vegas and Alan Davies have pen and notepad at the ready as Stephen Fry gives them the inside scoop on journalism.