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Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jun 16, 2014 (60 min)
No agenda or script, just rib-tickling improvised chat and amusing anecdotes with Alan Davies and his comic chums Noel Fielding, Jon Ronson, Andrew Maxwell and Kerry Godliman.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jun 16, 2014 (60 min)
No agenda or script, just rib-tickling improvised chat and amusing anecdotes with Alan Davies and his comic chums Noel Fielding, Jon Ronson, Andrew Maxwell and Kerry Godliman.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Jun 17, 2014 (60 min)
Laugh-out-loud comedy chat show in which Alan Davies joins comedians Jason Byrne, Richard Herring, Phill Jupitus and Jessica Hynes for an unscripted, agenda-free conversation.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Jun 18, 2014 (60 min)
QI favourite Alan Davies invites four of his fellow comics to join him for an hilariously unscripted chat. With Bob Mortimer, Marcus Brigstocke, Katherine Ryan and Jon Robins.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Jun 19, 2014 (60 min)
Witty chat show hosted by Alan Davies. The curly-haired one joins Bill Bailey, Kevin Eldon, Isy Suttie and Craig Campbell for an unscripted chinwag, with top laughs guaranteed.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Jun 20, 2014 (60 min)
Fab free-form comedy chat show with master of ceremonies, Alan Davies. Ross Noble, Liza Tarbuck, Colin Lane and Josie Long join Alan for some side-splitting unrehearsed banter.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Mar 15, 2016 (60 min)
Compilation episode - "The Unseen Bits of Series 1".
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Jan 6, 2015 (60 min)
No agenda or script, just side-splitting improvised chat and amusing anecdotes with Alan Davies and his comedic chums Tommy Tiernan, Jimmy Carr, Seann Walsh and Holly Walsh.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Jan 13, 2015 (60 min)
The curly-haired QI favourite hosts a hilarious free-form chat show, where the conversation can go anywhere! With Ben Miller, Lizzie Roper, Felicity Ward and Patrick Kielty.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Jan 20, 2015 (60 min)
Dave's exclusive chat show! Host Alan Davies is joined by gag-loving guests Sarah Millican, Stephen Mangan, Hal Cruttenden and Zoe Lyons for some quality unrehearsed banter.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Jan 27, 2015 (60 min)
The acid test for all comedians - no scripts, no rehearsals and no agenda! David Baddiel, Sharon Horgan, James Brown and Nish Kumar join our Alan for some ad-libbed absurdity.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Feb 3, 2015 (60 min)
Giggles guaranteed as QI's klaxon king invites guests Jo Brand, James Acaster, Ricky Tomlinson and Sara Pascoe to crowd round his table for a completely off-the-cuff chat.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Feb 10, 2015 (60 min)
Anything goes as Alan Davies and guests Ross Noble, Janet Street-Porter, Angela Barnes and Michael Ball are given free reign to chinwag about Cher, crossbows and The Archers!
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Feb 17, 2015 (60 min)
Off the leash and unimpeded by Stephen Fry's points deductions, our Alan muses on Vegas marriages and hit singles with Johnny Vegas, David O'Doherty, Grace Dent and Sean Kelly.
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2015 (60 min)
'Trending' tonight on Alan's own impromptu chat show: kitesurfing, car bombs and Sir Cliff! Jack Dee, Matthew Crosby, Shappi Khorsandi and Julian Clary join him for a natter.
Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Mar 3, 2015 (60 min)
Ardal O'Hanlon, Roisin Conaty, Rob Delaney and Elis James join Alan to chat about all the hot topics - like being heckled by Grandmaster Flash and serenaded by Lionel Richie!
Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Mar 10, 2015 (60 min)
Marvellously meandering chat with Alan Davies and his guests Jonathan Ross, Germaine Greer, Tom Wrigglesworth and Lucy Beaumont. 'Goat punching' is just one of their mad subjects!
Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Mar 17, 2015 (60 min)
A bumper crop of hysterical, previously unseen clips from the ad hoc chat show hosted by Alan Davies. The QI buzzer-baiter is joined by the cream of comedy for some top banter.
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Nov 3, 2015 (60 min)
Impromptu patter with the curly-maned chinwagger and guests Katherine Jakeways, Lee Mack, Nick Helm and Olivia Lee, whose chat veers from Red Rum to a grandma's love advice.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Nov 10, 2015 (60 min)
The superior chat show where the guests aren't just appearing to plug a new film. Matt Lucas and John Thomson join Alan to discuss upsetting rock legends and impressions.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Nov 17, 2015 (60 min)
Aisling Bea, Justin Moorhouse, Jo Enright and Jim Moir join QI's serial klaxon-baiter for witty off-the-cuff chat, veering from befriending old men to working with pigs!
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Nov 24, 2015 (60 min)
Free-form witty chat. Alan tackles the hot political issues with Russell Howard and Reece Shearsmith: Freddie Mercury's phallic birthday cake, animal mishaps and nudist beaches.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Dec 1, 2015 (60 min)
Featuring guests Bill Bailey, Diane Morgan, Steve Pemberton and Romesh Ranganathan.
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Dec 23, 2015 (60 min)
Jason Manford, Jo Joyner, Joe Lycett and Rev Richard Coles join Alan to chew the fat over Christmas.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Feb 2, 2016 (60 min)
Alan, Bob Mortimer, Russell Kane, Lucy Montgomery and Miles Jupp discuss such sneaky cockroaches, Iranian fruit and how one can `show off' in the gym a little too much.
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Feb 9, 2016 (60 min)
Alan is joined by Jo Brand, Tommy Tiernan, Alun Cochrane and Chris Martin to discuss male grooming and dating men who aren't suitable.
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Feb 16, 2016 (60 min)
Alan was joined by Phill Jupitus and Stuart Maconie to discuss gleeking, bizarre music myths and Nelly Furtado in a lift.
Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Feb 23, 2016 (60 min)
With guests Jason Byrne, Denise Van Outen, Josh Widdicombe and Alice Levine.
Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Mar 1, 2016 (60 min)
Charlie Higson, Sally Phillips, Johnny Vaughan and Ellie Taylor take their seats at the table with Alan to discuss such varied topics as Josh Hartnett and escapes from oil rigs.
Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Mar 8, 2016 (60 min)
Unseen clips and best bits from the past series of the show.
Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Jun 11, 2016 (60 min)
A triple whammy for QI fans, as Alan is joined by long-time sparring partner Stephen Fry and future host Sandi Toksvig for some offbeat chat. With Sara Pascoe and Alex Edelman.
Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Jun 12, 2016 (60 min)
Ainsley Harriott, who definitely isn't Lenny Henry, sees the funny side of mistaken identities with Catherine Tate, Bryony Kimmings and Milton Jones. Witty, offhand chat.
Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Jun 13, 2016 (60 min)
Mr Burns himself - the great Harry Shearer - joins The IT Crowd's Richard Ayoade and Katherine Parkinson, comic Lou Sanders and our Alan for a wonderfully witty yak. Excellent!
Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Jun 14, 2016 (60 min)
Chat that's agenda-free but heavy on humour. David Mitchell gets crabby as he opens up about his fear of crustaceans to Alan, Liza Tarbuck, Dane Baptiste and Lolly Adefode.
Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Jun 15, 2016 (60 min)
Jon Richardson, Mark Olver, Jenny Eclair and Alexei Sayle join the QI favourite for a comical chat about female pattern baldness, Marxism and punk poetry. Anything goes!
Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Jun 16, 2016 (60 min)
Rob Beckett, Al Murray, Victoria Coren Mitchell and Luisa Omielan cover all the hot topics with our hirsute host - wacky weddings, anger management and abnormal nipples!
Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Jun 17, 2016 (60 min)
Marathon man Eddie Izzard has a well-earned sit down with Stephen K Amos, Bridget Christie, Josh Howie and our Alan. The chat veers from Shirley Bassey to Chris Tarrant!
Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Jun 18, 2016 (60 min)
Hear top tips on how to deal with brash Americans in the witty, agenda-free chat show guided very loosely by QI linchpin Alan Davies. With Jessica Hynes and Chris Addison.
Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Jun 19, 2016 (60 min)
Jim Moir - Vic Reeves to you and me - is right at home in the spontaneous chat show where anything goes, no matter how surreal. With Mark Watson, Katy Wix and Karen Taylor.
Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Jun 20, 2016 (60 min)
No topic is off-limits as stars share hilarious tales of sex, drugs and fame. A must-see with Shaun Ryder on board! Omid Djalili, Kathy Burke and Alex Horne also join Alan.
Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Feb 21, 2017 (60 min)
Davina McCall, Jimmy Carr, Alice Levine and Reginald D. Hunter join Alan to discuss heroes, crisps, queues and Davina's 90s dating show, Streetmate!
Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Feb 28, 2017 (60 min)
Bob Mortimer, Gemma Whelan, Tom Rosenthal and Lizzie Roper join Alan for amusingly aimless banter, which veers from Game of Thrones to shoplifting and mistaken identity.
Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Mar 7, 2017 (60 min)
No agenda or films to plug, just witty celebrity chat. Annie Siddons, Patrick Kielty, Katherine Ryan and Joe Lycett join Alan to muse on parking tickets and plane crashes.
Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Mar 14, 2017 (60 min)
Melanie C, Jamali Maddix, Jessica Knappett and Ardal O'Hanlon join Alan to chat about, well, whatever they fancy. The Nazis, bad funerals and the Spice Girls, for instance.
Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Mar 21, 2017 (60 min)
David Baddiel joins Alan to relive those glory days of Euro '96. The witty chat doesn't end there as Sindhu Vee, Elis James and Beattie Edmondson discuss celebs and B&Bs.
Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Mar 28, 2017 (60 min)
Katy Brand, Ian Stone, Jack Dee and Lou Sanders pull up a chair at Alan's table to talk chocolate, stag and hen dos, bomb scares - and private parts. Witty, offhand chat.
Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Apr 4, 2017 (60 min)
Hello, Dave. Reece Shearsmith joins Lucy Porter, Gemma Cairney, Dave Johns and Alan to see the mirth in bad super glue and weird celeb encounters. Droll, agenda-free chat.
Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Apr 11, 2017 (60 min)
Susan Calman, Sophie Willan, Ivo Graham and Sanjeev Bhaskar join Alan to tackle all the pressing issues: Scotland, tin foil pants and instant mash.
Episode: 6x01 | Airdate: Jul 27, 2021 (60 min)
Hosted by Alan Davies and featuring an eclectic mix of A-list and up-and-coming comics. Swapping stories tonight are Darren Harriott, Sarah Keyworth, Angela Scanlon and Dara Ó Briain discussing, well, anything funny.
Episode: 6x02 | Airdate: Aug 3, 2021 (60 min)
Helen Bauer, Rachel Fairburn, Phil Wang and Harry Hill oin Alan Davies to dish the dirt on a petulant MP; a brusque burlesque dancer from Essex; a salacious encounter against the wall; and a room of rowdy revellers desperate for BEDS.
Episode: 6x03 | Airdate: Aug 10, 2021 (60 min)
Laura Smyth, Tez Ilyas, Sara Pascoe and Adrian Edmondson join Alan to swap stories about beating Jagger, being too handsome for Jemima, snogging Joni and the lowdown Hugh Grant's exclusive parties.
Episode: 6x04 | Airdate: Aug 17, 2021 (60 min)
Alan Davies is joined by Catherine Bohart, Chris McCausland, Thanyia Moore and Joe Lycett. Tonight's revelations include problematic gingers, feet fetishes, and mountaineering mishaps.
Episode: 6x05 | Airdate: Aug 24, 2021 (60 min)
Alan Davies plays host to stand-up comics Babatundé Aléshé, Sara Barron, Grace Campbell and Lee Mack. The conversation ricochets between revelations about R.E.M. Darius Vassell, Transport for London and Tony Blair's New Labour.
Episode: 6x06 | Airdate: Aug 31, 2021 (60 min)
Jason Manford opens up about how he became a stand-up and the time he got a dressing down from showbiz royalty, Bruce Forsyth. Toussaint Douglass, who is currently taking the stand-up scene by storm, chats about slipping down the pecking order. While New Yorker, Desiree Burch, discusses what life is really like on the streets of the city that never sleeps; And award-winning comic Suzi Ruffell reveals how she's still reeling over the time she was
left holding her neighbour's tool.
Episode: 6x07 | Airdate: Sep 7, 2021 (60 min)
Pulling up a chair at Alan's table this week are Joel Dommett, Rosie Jones, Sophie Duker and John Kearns who swap stories about pulling, proposals and being unapologetic, plus insider secrets about the Houses of Parliament.
Episode: 6x08 | Airdate: Sep 14, 2021 (60 min)
Alan invites Munya Chawawa, Nina Conti, Morgana Robinson and Bill Bailey to join him for an evening of swapping funny stories and sharing interesting anecdotes. Tonight's tales range from Panthers to plastic surgery, practical jokes and impersonations.
Episode: 6x09 | Airdate: Sep 21, 2021 (60 min)
Andy Field, Geoff Lloyd, Lou Sanders and Guz Khan keep Alan Davies and the audience entertained with revelations ranging from pill popping to party pooping, and mini mistakes with mega consequences.
Episode: 6x10 | Airdate: Sep 28, 2021 (60 min)
Joining Alan for the final show are Harriet Kemsley, Jonny Pelham, Joanne McNally and Richard Ayoade who humour us with stories about bikini beach babes, psycho-exs, getting arrested and problems at a massage parlour.
Episode: 7x01 | Airdate: Mar 14, 2023 (60 min)
Pulling up a chair at Alan Davies' table is actor, comedian, writer and presenter, Sue Perkins, award winning hot shot comic, Lara Ricote, cutting edge stand-up, Jamali Maddix and the Mancunian ray of sunshine that is Josh Jones. The conversation ricochets between revelations about nuns, nun chucks, Mexican soap royalty, hallucinogens, sun beds and foam parties.
Episode: 7x02 | Airdate: Mar 14, 2023 (60 min)
Jason Byrne, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Helen Bauer and Alex Jones join Alan to discuss everything from favours for Bono and Uncle David's funeral to the beastly one-armed bandit.
Episode: 7x03 | Airdate: Mar 14, 2023 (60 min)
Stephen Mangan, Isy Suttie, Jordan Gray and Seann Walsh join Alan Davies to discuss everything from time keeping, bathroom habits, mistaken identity, and Jesus Christ.
Episode: 7x04 | Airdate: Mar 14, 2023 (60 min)
Swapping stories with Alan tonight are Jessica Hynes, Emmanuel Sonubi, Amy Gledhill and Patrick Kielty. Jessica opens up about the pains of turning fifty; Amy brings tales of a trip to Reunion Island; cutting-edge stand-up Emmanuel recalls meeting his hero, Denzel Washington, and Patrick compares life in the US to the UK and what really happened to Harry Kane's shirts.
Episode: 7x05 | Airdate: Mar 14, 2023 (60 min)
With guests Al Murray, Fern Brady, London Hughes and Russell Kane.
Episode: 7x06 | Airdate: Mar 14, 2023 (60 min)
With guests Ola Labib, Jack Rooke, Darren Harriott and Jo Brand.
Episode: 7x07 | Airdate: Mar 14, 2023 (60 min)
With guests Archie Maddocks, Ed Byrne, Matt Edmondson and Steph McGovern.
Episode: 7x08 | Airdate: Mar 14, 2023 (60 min)
With guests Johnny Vegas, Rachel Parris, Ellie Taylor and Josh Pugh.
Episode: 7x09 | Airdate: May 9, 2023 (60 min)
Unseen footage from the series with guests including Rachel Parris, Jason Byrne, London Hughes, Seann Walsh, Jessica Hynes, Ola Labib and Russell Kane.