QI XL
QI XL is a TV show on BBC2. Extended version of the show in which contestants are rewarded if answers are interesting. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 233 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in October 2025.
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1:00:00QI XL
Enlightenment on the Middle Ages with Stephen Fry. Julia Zemiro, Matt Lucas, David Mitchell and Alan Davies hear that pre-fabs date to pre-Ikea times!
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1:00:00Stephen Fry asks Sue Perkins, Romesh Ranganathan, Bill Bailey and Alan Davies beastly posers on moose, monkeys and moustachioed toads in the highly evolved quiz.
1:00:00Witty panel show. Stephen Fry gives us food for thought as Cariad Lloyd, Dermot O'Leary, Phill Jupitus and Alan Davies make a right meal of the answers.
1:00:00Stephen Fry messes with the minds of Sarah Millican, Tommy Tiernan, Josh Widdicombe and Alan Davies, pooh-poohing everything they thought they knew.
Sandi Toksvig takes a look at wings and wheels with Aisling Bea, Hank Green, Desiree Burch and Alan Davies.
Series 13
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1:00:00Old scrooge Stephen Fry docks Jenny Eclair, Johnny Vegas, Bill Bailey and Alan Davies points in this XL-mas special. And can you spot the Morse code in Morse?
1:00:00Stephen Fry reveals everything you know is wrong. Guests Aisling Bea, Danny Bhoy, Jimmy Carr and Alan Davies muddle through questions on monocles and manholes.
1:00:00The stimulating panel show that weds comedy and knowledge. Stephen Fry enlightens Jo Brand, Greg Davies, Bill Bailey and Alan Davies on the joys of sex.
1:00:00Stephen Fry dispels the factoids that don't quite add up in the panel show that's tougher than algebra. With Sandi Toksvig, Aisling Bea, Susan Calman and Alan Davies.
1:00:00Smart aleck Stephen Fry chairs the quiz that revels in ignorance. Cariad Lloyd, Rhod Gilbert, Noel Fielding and Alan Davies are enlightened on moths and moss.
Sandi Toksvig considers Wales, whales, and wails with Elis James, Griff Rhys Jones, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Alan Davies.
Series 13 1:00:00
1:00:00Sue Perkins, Sami Shah, David Mitchell and Alan Davies join Stephen Fry on a trip to the Mountains of Kong, Mummerset and Brown Willy. Stop sniggering at the back.
1:00:00Before the Sandi Toksvig coup, general of knowledge Stephen Fry soldiered on to fire posers at Sheila Hancock, Jeremy Clarkson, Jimmy Carr and Alan Davies.
1:00:00What did Typhoid Mary die of? Stephen Fry poses the klaxon-baiting questions on medical matters to Lucy Porter, Ross Noble, Matt Lucas and Alan Davies.
Series 7 1:00:00
1:00:00Stephen Fry hosts the learned quiz show in which contestants have 'quite interesting' answers rewarded. The panel try to prove they are not obtuse when it comes to geometry.
1:00:00Witty quiz. Stephen Fry urges Jeremy Clarkson, Bill Bailey, Danny Baker and Alan Davies to eat their greens - and their words - as he entraps them with commonly confused facts.
1:00:00It's all Greek to Alan Davies as the god-like Stephen Fry hosts the much-loved quiz and is joined by living legends Clive Anderson, Phill Jupitus, and Rich Hall.
1:00:00Fact-filled fun in the informative quiz. Stephen Fry goes all Gothic as he considers gargoyles and grotesques with help from Sue Perkins, Jimmy Carr, Jack Dee and Alan Davies.
1:00:00Points are awarded for simply being interesting in this hit panel quiz. Barry Humphries, Bill Bailey, Rich Hall, Alan Davies and host Stephen Fry float some ideas on gravity.
1:00:00Stephen Fry bestows his knowledge in the quick-witted quiz. Our genial host hands out point-based presents to guests Jan Ravens, Jimmy Carr, Clive Anderson and Alan Davies.