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 194 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in April 2026.
Last episode
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1:00:00QI XL
Stephen Fry plays for keeps with Sarah Millican, Jason Manford, Bill Bailey and Alan Davies, who tentatively answer klaxon-baiting posers on ants, kilobytes and newtons.
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1:00:00Jovial quiz. Stephen Fry gets things moving with a look at kinetics, as perplexed guests Jo Brand, Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Baker and Alan Davies go through the motions.
1:00:00Alan will be even more baffled than usual as Stephen reveals how many QI facts have been disproved since the first show! With Graham Linehan, Jimmy Carr and Jo Brand.
1:00:00Stephen Fry presents a killer edition of the quick-witted quiz. Sandi Toksvig, Trevor Noah, Jason Manford and Alan Davies learn that being drunk could help you survive!
1:00:00The king of general knowledge, Stephen Fry, joins his loyal subjects Jeremy Clarkson, Jimmy Carr, Bill Bailey and Alan Davies for a right royal hour of trivia and titbits.
Rhod Gilbert, Ignacio Lopez and Zoe Lyons join Sandi Toksvig and Alan Davies as QI goes viral.
Series 11
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1:00:00Sue Perkins, Ross Noble, David Mitchell and Alan Davies tie themselves up in knots as the all-knowing Stephen Fry quizzes them on knitting, katydids and knackers!
1:00:00Mind-blowing miscellany with Stephen Fry. Katherine Ryan, Josh Widdicombe, Phill Jupitus and Alan Davies tackle tricky teasers on Korea, Kiev, the Korowai and St Kilda.
1:00:00Stephen Fry covers the whole kit and kaboodle of K-themed topics, from kitty litter to Kitty Fisher! With Noel Fielding, Ross Noble, Colin Lane and Alan Davies.
1:00:00A knowledgeable knees-up as Stephen Fry tests Sara Pascoe, Jack Whitehall, David Mitchell and Alan Davies on their know-how of things beginning with 'K'.
Series 21 1:00:00
1:00:00Sandi Toksvig is joined by Bridget Christie, Rosie Jones, Cariad Lloyd and Alan Davies to find out about ulex and other obscure 'U' words.
1:00:00Sandi Toksvig is joined by Zoe Lyons, Dan Tiernan, Josh Widdicombe and Alan Davies for an underground and underwater episode.
1:00:00Sandi Toksvig takes a look at upbringing with Sally Phillips, Josh Pugh, Aaron Simmonds and Alan Davies.
1:00:00Sandi Toksvig goes to university with Guz Khan, Joe Lycett, Morgana Robinson and Alan Davies.
1:00:00Sandi Toksvig is joined by Maisie Adam, Daliso Chaponda, Jack Dee and Alan Davies for a look at some underthings.
1:00:00Sandi Toksvig hosts an 'upsadaisy' episode and is joined by Justin Moorhouse, Emmanuel Sonubi, Holly Walsh and Alan Davies.
1:00:00Sandi Toksvig looks at a range of unrelated 'U' topics with Tom Allen, Chris McCausland, Lou Sanders and Alan Davies.
Sandi Toksvig presents a volatile episode of QI with Aisling Bea, Mark Watson, Michelle Wolf and Alan Davies.
Series 21 1:00:00
1:00:00Sandi Toksvig, Rhod Gilbert, Lara Ricote, Ahir Shah and Alan Davies look at some animals beginning with 'U'.
1:15:00Sandi Toksvig dusts off her tinfoil hat for a look at ufology with Cally Beaton, Nish Kumar, Tom Ward and Alan Davies.