QI is the cockroach of the television world. Not because it is a pestilent interloper disseminating disease and effluvia throughout the world – at least not until the episode featuring Jeremy Clarkson. It’s because that it seems impervious to the world surrounding it;...
Did we like it? We feared that transferring Stephen Fry's comedy panel game from BBC2 would be the ruin of a fine show, what with those BBC1 viewers being a lot less erudite and demanding. Yet this first BBC1 outing was every bit as good as any edition we've seen...
QI, BBC2, BBC4 Great blunders in history include the Charge of the Light Brigade and Hitler’s invasion of Russia. Now there’s been another one, as the BBC, under attack from a rattled government and blood-scenting Sky, has given us QI. The programme was billed as the...