QI (H series)
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| QI Series H | |
|---|---|
| File:QI Series H.jpg QI Series H DVD | |
| Starring | Alan Davies Guest panellists |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 17 September 2010 – 14 January 2011 |
| Season chronology | |
The eighth series of QI, the BBC comedy panel game television show hosted by Stephen Fry, started on 17 September 2010. As each series of QI is based around a letter of the alphabet, all questions in the series had themes beginning with the letter "h". Series H was aired on BBC One. It was the first series of the show to be aired in high definition (HD).
Episodes
As with the previous series, series H featured a total of 16 editions. During recordings, there was a return of the game that Stephen Fry had set up for his Twitter followers during the previous series through AudioBoo. As before, the object was to decipher a word the audience shouts out, this time for words beginning with the letter "H". Debutant panellists for this series were; Chris Addison, Clare Balding, Eddie Izzard, John Lloyd, Ross Noble, Daniel Radcliffe, Ruby Wax and Robert Webb. Lloyd is QI's creator and former producer, while Izzard was a panellist in the unaired pilot of the programme, but until this series had yet to feature in the actual televised show. This was also the first series not to feature Clive Anderson as a guest.
Episode 1 "Hodge Podge"
- Broadcast date
17 September 2010
- Recording date
19 May 2010
- Panellists
- Alan Davies (−8 points)
- Jack Dee (winner with 2 points) 3rd appearance
- Phill Jupitus (−10 points) 22nd appearance
- Ross Noble (−6 points) 1st appearance
- Notes
- Sean Lock was originally planned to appear on the panel, but was stranded on the Isle of Man and unable to arrive in time. Phill Jupitus stepped in at the last minute to replace him.
Episode 2 "Hanatomy"
- Broadcast date
24 September 2010
- Recording date
5 May 2010
- Panellists
- Alan Davies (−25 points)
- Bill Bailey (−12 points) 20th appearance
- Gyles Brandreth (joint winner with −8 points) 2nd appearance
- Sue Perkins (joint winner with −8 points) 2nd appearance
Episode 3 "Hoaxes"
- Broadcast date
1 October 2010
- Recording date
1 June 2010
- Panellists
- Alan Davies (−38 points)
- Danny Baker (−14 points) 4th appearance
- Sean Lock (winner with −1 point) 22nd appearance
- David Mitchell (−13 points) 12th appearance
- Theme
Each of the panel have a "Hoax card". If the panel think they have spotted something that is a hoax, they can play their hoax card for bonus points. If they get it wrong they lose points. However, the "hoax" was the concept that one of the questions was a hoax, as the episode was entirely true with the facts stated.
Episode 4 "Humans"
- Broadcast date
8 October 2010
- Recording date
9 June 2010
- Panellists
- Alan Davies (3 points)
- Jo Brand (winner with 4 points) 25th appearance
- Jimmy Carr (−3 points) 16th appearance
- Jack Dee (−2 points) 4th appearance
Episode 5 "H Animals"
- Broadcast date
15 October 2010
- Recording date
7 June 2010
- Panellists
- Alan Davies (−6 points)
- Sean Lock (−5 points) 23rd appearance
- Ross Noble (winner with 7 points) 2nd appearance
- Ruby Wax (−36 points) 1st appearance
Episode 6 "Happiness"
- Broadcast date
22 October 2010
- Recording date
11 May 2010
- Panellists
- Alan Davies (−35 points)
- Rich Hall (1 point) 21st appearance
- Andy Hamilton (−15 points) 6th appearance
- Phill Jupitus (winner with 4 points) 23rd appearance
- Theme
The 'Pleasure Gauge' measures the audience's happiness. If the needle enters the red zone the panellists win points.
Episode 7 "Horrible" (Halloween Special)
- Broadcast date
29 October 2010
- Recording date
25 May 2010
- Panellists
- Alan Davies (−35 points)
- Chris Addison (−13.8 points) 1st appearance
- Sean Lock (−33 points) 24th appearance
- Dara Ó Briain (winner with 2 points) 10th appearance
- Theme
The set is decorated with spiders webs and Halloween themed props.
Episode 8 "Hypothetical"
- Broadcast date
5 November 2010
- Recording date
26 May 2010
- Panellists
- Alan Davies (−27 points)
- John Lloyd (−1 point) 1st appearance
- Sandi Toksvig (winner with 2 points) 3rd appearance
- Johnny Vegas (−7 points) 4th appearance
(Stephen introduces the episode as the 99th recorded episode and to celebrate, the show's creator John Lloyd joins the panel. Because Stephen saved John's name for last, Alan accidentally applauded for himself.)
- Theme
The questions are supposed to be hypothetical and without any "correct" answer.
Episode 9 "House and Home"
- Broadcast date
12 November 2010
- Recording date
4 May 2010
- Panellists
- Alan Davies (−19 points)
- Bill Bailey (winner with 3 points) 21st appearance
- Danny Baker (−17 points) 5th appearance
- Eddie Izzard (−16 points) 1st appearance excluding the pilot episode
Episode 10 "Health and Safety"
- Broadcast date
26 November 2010
- Recording date
28 May 2010
- Panellists
- Alan Davies (−6 points)
- Jeremy Clarkson (−4 points) 8th appearance
- David Mitchell (winner with 6 points) 13th appearance
- Ross Noble (2 points) 3rd appearance
- Theme
There are safety warning signs decorating the set and the panellists wear safety goggles, high-visibility vests and hard hats. Stephen wears a lab coat.
- Notes
This was the 100th (not including the pilot) recorded episode of QI.
Episode 11 "Highs and Lows"
- Broadcast date
3 December 2010
- Recording date
18 May 2010
- Panellists
- Alan Davies (−39 points)
- Rob Brydon (1 point) 11th appearance
- Fred MacAulay (winner with 8 points) 2nd appearance
- Sandi Toksvig (6 points) 4th appearance
Episode 12 "Horses and Hunting"
- Broadcast date
10 December 2010
- Recording date
2 June 2010
- Panellists
- Alan Davies (−6 points)
- Clare Balding (winner with 5 points) 1st appearance
- Jimmy Carr (−13 points) 17th appearance
- Dara Ó Briain (4 points) 11th appearance
- Theme
Stephen wears traditional fox hunting attire including a scarlet jacket.
Episode 13 "Holidays"
- Broadcast date
17 December 2010
- Recording date
12 May 2010
- Panellists
- Alan Davies (−28 points)
- Bill Bailey (−22 points) 22nd appearance
- Rob Brydon (winner with 7 points) 12th appearance
- Rich Hall (−5 points) 22nd appearance
- Notes
This is the fourth instance of a complete panel appearing twice. Bailey, Brydon and Hall all appeared together in episode 1 of series C.
- Theme
Stephen and the panel all wore Hawaiian shirts and leis.
Episode 14 "Hocus Pocus" (Christmas Special)
- Broadcast date
24 December 2010
- Recording date
4 June 2010
- Panellists
- Alan Davies (−19 points)
- Lee Mack (−18 points) 2nd appearance
- Graham Norton (4 points) 2nd appearance
- Daniel Radcliffe (winner with 10 points) 1st appearance
- Theme
Stephen wears a magicians cloak, and a Tommy Cooper-esque red fez on his head, The other panellists have black hooded-robes.
- Notes
To end the show the panel perform their own magic tricks. Alan saws Lee in half successfully. Graham guillotines Daniel but actually gets the trick wrong and cuts off Daniel's head (this is revealed to be, of course, an illusion at the end of the credits).
Episode 15 "Hypnosis, Hallucinations & Hysteria"
- Broadcast date
7 January 2011
- Recording date
14 May 2010
- Panellists
- Alan Davies (−8 points)
- Ronni Ancona (−17 points) 4th appearance
- Phill Jupitus (winner with −2 points) 24th appearance
- Robert Webb (−32 points) 1st appearance
Episode 16 "History"
- Broadcast date
14 January 2011
- Recording date
21 May 2010
- Panellists
- Alan Davies (−29 points)
- Rob Brydon (winner with 2 points) 13th appearance
- David Mitchell (−4 points) 14th appearance
- Sandi Toksvig (−27 points) 5th appearance
- Notes
Jo Brand was originally planned to be a panellist for this episode but she was taken ill and Sandi Toksvig agreed to step in at short notice.
References
- General
- Wolf, Ian. "QI – Episode Guide: Series H". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 3 June 2010.