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 220 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in March 2026.
Last broadcast:06/03/2026 at 22:00
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1:00:00QI XL
Sue 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.
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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
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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.
1:00:00The 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.
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.