QI (2003)

Comedy · Game-Show

Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.

IMDb rating: 8.6 (35,800 votes)
Episode average: 7.1 -1.5 vs IMDb
Seasons: 23
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 23 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2003)

7.48 avg 13 episodes 7.2 → 7.4 30 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Pilot	7.2	132
1	Adam	7.4	239
2	Astronomy	7.8	205
3	Aquatic Animals	7.6	188
4	Atoms	7.4	180
5	Advertising	7.7	180
6	Antidotes	7.4	171
7	Arthropods	7.6	177
8	Albania	7.4	166
9	Antelopes	7.4	158
10	Aviation	7.3	156
11	Arts	7.6	160
12	Advent	7.4	150

Season 2 (2004)

7.65 avg 12 episodes 7.9 → 7.9 30 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Blue	7.9	164
2	Birds	7.7	151
3	Bombs	7.8	155
4	Bible	7.4	154
5	Bears	8.0	161
6	Beavers	7.7	154
7	Biscuits	7.6	151
8	Bees	7.6	151
9	Bats	7.5	143
10	Bills	7.4	142
11	Beats	7.3	144
12	Birth	7.9	142

Season 3 (2005)

7.57 avg 12 episodes 7.7 → 7.7 30 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Campanology	7.7	144
2	Cummingtonite	7.5	140
3	Common Knowledge	7.5	149
4	Cheating	7.6	138
5	Cat's Eyes	7.4	133
6	Cockneys	7.4	135
7	Constellations	7.8	139
8	Corby	7.7	135
9	Creatures	7.6	131
10	Cleve Crudgington	7.5	128
11	Carnival	7.5	136
12	Combustion	7.7	140

Season 4 (2006)

7.55 avg 13 episodes 7.7 → 7.7 30 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Danger	7.7	134
2	Discoveries	7.6	130
3	Dogs	7.3	129
4	Dictionaries	7.5	130
5	Death	7.5	132
6	Drinks	7.7	132
7	Differences	7.6	127
8	Descendants	7.6	120
9	Doves	7.4	122
10	Divination	7.2	124
11	Denial and Deprivation	7.5	124
12	Domesticity	7.8	126
13	December	7.7	122

Season 5 (2007)

7.62 avg 13 episodes 7.8 → 7.6 30 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Engineering	7.8	132
2	Electricity	8.0	137
3	Eating	7.7	133
4	Exploration	7.8	129
5	Europe	7.4	128
6	Everything, Etc.	7.6	126
7	Espionage	7.5	121
8	Eyes and Ears	7.8	133
9	Entertainment	7.4	110
10	England	7.4	117
11	Endings	7.4	121
12	Empire	7.7	134
13	Elephants: Series E Compilation Show	7.6	108

Season 6 (2008)

7.63 avg 12 episodes 7.1 → 7.8 28 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Families	7.1	127
2	Fire and Freezing	7.6	125
3	Flotsam and Jetsam	7.6	134
4	Fight or Flight	7.6	131
5	France	7.3	132
6	Fakes and Frauds	7.5	128
7	Fingers and Fumbs	8.1	135
8	Fashion	7.4	126
9	The Future	8.1	150
10	Flora and Fauna	7.5	118
11	Film	7.9	141
12	Food	7.8	132

Season 7 (2009)

7.51 avg 18 episodes 7.7 → 7.0 29 min avg

Bad finale

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Gardens	7.7	129
2	G-Animals	7.4	125
3	Games	7.7	120
4	Geography	7.7	126
5	Groovy	7.8	140
6	Genius	7.7	128
7	Girls and Boys	7.3	129
8	Germany	7.7	128
9	Gallimaufrey	7.6	116
10	Greats	7.5	128
11	Gifts	7.4	117
12	Gravity	7.5	117
13	Gothic	7.5	122
14	Greeks	7.6	114
15	Green	7.3	113
16	Geometry	7.6	120
17	QI VG: Series G Compilation - Part 1	7.2	73
18	QI VG: Series G Compilation - Part 2	7.0	71

Season 8 (2010)

7.14 avg 18 episodes 7.4 → 6.2 28 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hodge Podge	7.4	132
2	Hanatomy	7.2	126
3	Hoaxes	7.4	127
4	Humans	7.2	122
5	H Animals	7.2	122
6	Happiness	7.2	118
7	Horrible	7.1	115
8	Hypothetical	7.2	120
9	House and Home	7.3	116
10	Health and Safety	7.5	123
11	Highs and Lows	7.2	117
12	Horses and Hunting	7.0	117
13	Holidays	7.0	108
14	Hocus Pocus	7.8	135
15	Hypnosis, Hallucinations and Hysteria	7.2	116
16	History	7.4	119
17	QI VG: Series H Compilation - Part 1	6.1	35
18	QI VG: Series H Compilation - Part 2	6.2	35

Season 9 (2011)

7.31 avg 18 episodes 7.4 → 7.1 29 min avg

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	I-Spy	7.4	150
2	International	7.7	140
3	Imbroglio	7.5	135
4	Indecision	7.3	134
5	Invertebrates	7.4	130
6	Inventive	6.9	129
7	Incomprehensible	7.9	145
8	Inequality and Injustice	7.3	121
9	Illness	7.3	122
10	Inland Revenue	7.0	121
11	Infantile	7.3	117
12	Illumination and Invisibility	7.3	120
13	Intelligence	7.7	125
14	QI VG: Series I Compilation - Part 1	6.7	69
15	QI VG: Series I Compilation - Part 2	6.7	69
16	Ice	7.7	131
17	The Immortal Bard	7.3	128
18	Idleness	7.1	113

Season 10 (2012)

7.17 avg 18 episodes 8.1 → 7.0 29 min avg

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Jargon	8.1	166
2	Jam, Jelly and Juice	7.4	135
3	Journeys	7.1	127
4	Jack and Jill	7.4	130
5	J-Places	7.2	131
6	Joints	7.3	133
7	Journalism	7.0	123
8	Jumble	7.0	123
9	Jeopardy	7.1	121
10	Jungles	7.3	120
11	Jumpers	7.2	120
12	Justice	7.3	129
13	Jobs	7.2	124
14	Jingle Bells	7.4	121
15	QI VG: Series J Compilation - Part 1	6.5	68
16	QI VG: Series J Compilation - Part 2	6.4	64
17	Jolly	7.1	121
18	Just the Job	7.0	112

Season 11 (2013)

7.23 avg 18 episodes 7.3 → 6.4 29 min avg

Bad finale

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Knees and Knockers	7.3	139
2	Kit and Kaboodle	7.5	132
3	K-Folk	7.2	123
4	Knits and Knots	7.5	117
5	Kings	7.5	136
6	Killers	7.5	129
7	Knowledge	7.5	124
8	Keys	7.4	119
9	Kinetic	7.3	118
10	Keeps	7.3	111
11	Kinky	7.0	109
12	Knights and Knaves	7.4	113
13	Kitchen Sink	7.3	112
14	Kris Kringle	7.4	102
15	Kitsch	7.1	104
16	Kaleidoscope	7.1	99
17	QI VG: Series K Compilation - Part 1	6.5	54
18	QI VG: Series K Compilation - Part 2	6.4	53

Season 12 (2014)

7.27 avg 18 episodes 7.3 → 6.5 43 min avg

Bad finale

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	L-Animals	7.3	110
2	Location, Location, Location	7.2	102
3	Literature	7.3	107
4	Levity	7.3	101
5	Lenses	7.4	100
6	Liblabble	7.4	99
7	Lethal	7.4	102
8	Lovely	7.2	102
9	Ladies and Gents	7.2	101
10	Lying	7.3	99
11	Lumped Together	7.3	101
12	No-L	7.8	110
13	Lucky Losers	7.5	105
14	Little and Large	7.4	96
15	Long Lost	7.4	99
16	Landmarks	7.4	98
17	QI VG: Series L Compilation - Part 1	6.6	51
18	QI VG: Series L Compilation - Part 2	6.5	48

Season 13 (2015)

7.18 avg 18 episodes 7.6 → 6.9 39 min avg

Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Medley of Maladies	7.6	115
2	Military Matters	7.4	112
3	M-Places	7.1	99
4	Miscellany	7.5	105
5	Maths	6.8	110
6	Marriage and Mating	7.5	107
7	Middle Muddle	7.4	106
8	Merriment	7.1	99
9	Messing with Your Mind	7.5	95
10	Meals	7.4	94
11	Menagerie	7.2	95
12	Medieval	7.2	92
13	Monster	7.0	90
14	Messy	7.0	91
15	Mix and Match	7.1	92
16	Misconceptions	7.0	95
17	QI VG: Series M Compilation - Part 1	6.5	43
18	QI VG: Series M Compilation - Part 2	6.9	46

Season 14 (2016)

6.88 avg 18 episodes 7.4 → 5.7 29 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 14 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Naming Names	7.4	139
2	North Norse	7.6	122
3	Noisy Noses	7.4	113
4	Noble Rot	7.1	107
5	Not Nearly	7.2	108
6	Night	7.2	114
7	Naked Truth	7.0	107
8	Non-Sequiturs	6.9	100
9	Noel	7.2	98
10	Nature and Nurturism	7.0	92
11	Nonsense	7.1	100
12	Noodles	6.8	101
13	Naval Navigation	6.7	97
14	Numbers	6.7	95
15	Next	6.7	99
16	New	6.7	92
17	QI VG: Series N Compilation - Part 1	5.4	42
18	QI VG: Series N Compilation - Part 2	5.7	40

Season 15 (2017)

6.77 avg 18 episodes 7.7 → 5.5 30 min avg

Bad finale

Season 15 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Ologies	7.7	125
2	Organisms	7.0	104
3	Oceans	7.0	105
4	Over and Ova	6.8	95
5	Odorous and Odious	6.9	96
6	Odds and Ends	6.7	98
7	Opposites	6.8	96
8	Operations	6.8	103
9	O Christmas	6.8	93
10	Origins and Openings	6.8	103
11	Objects and Ornaments	6.9	99
12	The Occult	6.7	99
13	Omnishambles	6.8	94
14	Oddballs	7.2	96
15	Occupations and Offices	6.8	91
16	Overseas	6.8	91
17	QI VG: Series O Compilation - Part 1	5.8	42
18	QI VG: Series O Compilation - Part 2	5.5	39

Season 16 (2018)

6.75 avg 18 episodes 7.0 → 5.9 29 min avg

Bad finale

Season 16 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Panimals	7.0	103
2	Peril	7.1	94
3	Piecemeal	7.4	104
4	Parts	6.9	90
5	Public & Private	7.0	94
6	Pictures	6.5	100
7	Picnics	7.0	92
8	Plants	7.0	92
9	Pubs	6.6	94
10	Pain and Punishment	7.0	89
11	Potpourri	6.9	88
12	Procrastination	6.5	90
13	Phenomena	6.6	86
14	Pathology	6.8	89
15	Past Times	6.6	80
16	Post	6.8	83
17	QI VG: Series P Compilation - Part 1	5.9	41
18	QI VG: Series P Compilation - Part 2	5.9	42

Season 17 (2019)

6.98 avg 18 episodes 6.8 → 6.0 29 min avg

Season 17 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Quirky	6.8	97
2	Quintessential	7.3	97
3	Quarrels	7.0	85
4	Queasy Quacks	6.9	91
5	Questions and Qualifications	6.9	82
6	Quests: Part I	7.1	87
7	Quests: Part II	7.6	90
8	Q Animals	7.0	80
9	Quizmas	7.1	78
10	Quiet	7.2	73
11	Quaffing	7.0	81
12	Quagmire	7.0	81
13	Quills	7.2	76
14	Queens	7.2	75
15	Quantity and Quality	7.1	77
16	Quads and Quins	7.2	71
17	QI VG: Series Q Compilation Show 1	6.0	36
18	QI VG: Series Q Compilation Show 2	6.0	37

Season 18 (2020)

6.88 avg 18 episodes 7.6 → 5.5 29 min avg

Season 18 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Rude	7.6	98
2	Ruff and Reddy	7.1	88
3	Road and Rail	7.1	86
4	Restaurants	7.3	88
5	Rubbish	7.0	83
6	Ridiculous	7.0	80
7	Revolutions	7.8	84
8	Reflections	6.9	77
9	Radioactive	7.0	79
10	Rest & Recreation	7.0	78
11	Roaming	6.6	75
12	Rejoice!	7.1	70
13	R Animals	6.8	69
14	Rogue	6.6	68
15	Random	6.9	68
16	Rock 'n' Roll	6.8	63
17	QI VG: Series R Compilation - Part 1	5.8	38
18	QI VG: Series R Compilation - Part 2	5.5	29

Season 19 (2021)

6.62 avg 16 episodes 7.0 → 5.6 35 min avg

Season 19 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sick	7.0	84
2	Secrets, Spies & Sleuths	6.8	79
3	Shady & Shaky	6.9	83
4	Sideshows, Stunts & Scavenger Hunts	6.4	79
5	Sugar & Spice	7.0	75
6	Sensational	6.8	70
7	Spooky	6.9	75
8	Season's Greetings	6.6	75
9	'S' Animals	6.7	67
10	Smörgåsbord	7.0	77
11	Saints & Sinners	6.8	74
12	Silly Season	6.8	71
13	Sun, Sea & Sandi	6.6	66
14	Sexed-Up	6.6	63
15	QI VG: Series S Compilation - Part 1	5.5	30
16	QI VG: Series S Compilation - Part 2	5.6	31

Season 20 (2022)

6.62 avg 17 episodes 4.5 → 5.7 35 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 20 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Comic Relief Special	4.5	19
1	Tips and Tools	7.5	76
2	T Animals	7.2	74
3	Television	7.5	73
4	Thrills & Spills	6.9	68
5	Testing	7.2	75
6	Tricks & Treats	6.7	74
7	Toys, Tinsel and Turkeys	7.4	74
8	Ticks Tax Toes	7.1	67
9	Theatrical!	7.0	66
10	Telling Tails	6.8	65
11	Trundling	6.7	65
12	This, That and the Other	6.8	60
13	Tubular	6.2	60
14	Tea Time	5.4	61
15	QI VG: Series T Compilation - Part 1	6.0	28
16	QI VG: Series T Compilation - Part 2	5.7	26

Season 21 (2023)

6.71 avg 17 episodes 7.3 → 5.7 37 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 21 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	All I Want for Christmas is U	7.3	61
2	Upside Down	6.9	60
3	United	7.1	59
4	Unsavoury	7.0	58
5	Uncle Sam	5.7	78
6	Ultras	7.0	54
7	Ufology	7.3	55
8	U Animals	7.5	52
9	Unrelated	7.3	53
10	Upsadaisy	6.9	45
11	Underthings	6.7	47
12	University	7.1	52
13	Upbringing	6.5	53
14	Underground and Underwater	6.6	45
15	Ulex	6.2	51
16	QI VG: Series U Compilation - Part 1	5.3	20
17	QI VG: Series U Compilation - Part 2	5.7	19

Season 22 (2024)

7.14 avg 16 episodes 7.6 → 6.0 29 min avg

Season 22 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Voyaging	7.6	56
2	Vocal	7.2	49
3	Very Varied	7.3	49
4	Vets	7.2	51
5	Visual	7.4	51
6	Volatile	7.4	52
7	Visionaries	7.4	47
8	Viral	7.4	50
9	Variety	7.6	49
10	Vulgar	7.2	54
11	Vintage	7.2	46
12	Vices and Virtues	7.1	45
13	Veggies	7.2	43
14	Victory	7.2	40
15	QI VG: Series V Compilation - Part 1	5.9	13
16	QI VG: Series V Compilation - Part 2	6.0	14

Season 23 (2025)

6.83 avg 16 episodes 7.4 → 6.1 30 min avg

Season 23 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Wales, Whales and Wails	7.4	35
2	Wings and Wheels	7.2	35
3	Weaponry	6.9	31
4	Wavey	6.8	29
5	Wild West	6.9	29
6	Wooing	6.6	30
7	Who What Why?	6.7	25
8	Weird and Wonderful	7.0	26
9	Winter Wonderland	6.9	35
10	W Animals	7.0	26
11	Wet and Windy	6.8	27
12	Willy Nilly	7.0	23
13	Wordmongery	7.0	24
14	Whatnots	7.1	24
15	QI VG: Series W Compilation - Part 1	5.9	14
16	QI VG: Series W Compilation - Part 2	6.1	14