'' QI'' (short for ''Quite Interesting'') is a

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comedy

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that began in 2003. It was created by John Lloyd, and was hosted by

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until the end of Series 13 after which

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took over, and features permanent panellist

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. Each series covers topics that begin with a different letter of the alphabet; for example, the first series covered topics whose word began with "A". Thus it is referred to as "Series A" instead of "Series One". ''QI'' was given a full series after BBC executives responded well to a nonbroadcast pilot and the first episode, "Adam"

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on 11 September 2003. From the second to the fifth series, episodes aired each week on BBC Two; the second and subsequent episodes were shown first on

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in the time-slot after the previous episode's BBC Two broadcast. When the sixth series of ''QI'' began in 2008, the show moved to

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and the broadcasting of episodes on BBC Four was replaced in favour of an extended repeat broadcast on BBC Two the following day, titled ''QI XL''. From the ninth series, ''QI'' returned to BBC Two on Friday at 10 pm with the XL edition on Saturdays. Lloyd acted as the

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for the first five series.

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became producer starting from Series F. On 11 November 2022, new episodes for "Series T" began airing on BBC Two. As of October 2022, 279 episodes of ''QI'' have aired. This count does not include the unbroadcast pilot, three special episodes, 26 compilation episodes (from "Series G" onwards), and one episode containing

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from "Series E".

Series overview

Episodes

Pilot

Series A (2003)

Series B (2004)

Series C (2005)

Series D (2006)

Series E (2007)

Series F (2008–09)

Beginning with "Fire and Freezing", episodes premiered on BBC One. XL editions were broadcast the following day on BBC Two, from "Flotsam and Jetsam" onwards.

Series overview

Episodes

Pilot

Series A (2003)

Series B (2004)

Series C (2005)

Series D (2006)

Series E (2007)

Series F (2008–09)

Series G (2009–10)

Series H (2010–11)

Comic Relief Special (2011)

Series I (2011–12)

Sport Relief Special (2012)

Series J (2012–13)

Series K (2013–14)

Series L (2014–15)

Series M (2015–16)

Series N (2016–17)

Series O (2017–18)

Series P (2018–19)

Series Q (2019–20)

Series R (2020–21)

Series S (2021–22)

Comic Relief Special (2022)

Series T (2022–23)

Footnotes

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