The BEST episodes of QI XL
Every episode of QI XL ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of QI XL!
Extended version of the comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
#1 - Odds and Ends
Season 15 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/1/2017
Sandi Toksvig considers various Odds and Ends. Ever wondered how to tell a schnauzerorgan from a paddywhack? Sandi has the answer. With Romesh Ranganathan, Matt Lucas, Liza Tarbuck and Alan Davies.
#2 - House and Home
Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/29/2011
Stephen Fry asks unanswerable questions about house and home, with Bill Bailey, Eddie Izzard, Danny Baker and Alan Davies.
#3 - Quests: Part II
Season 17 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/4/2020
Sandi Toksvig goes on the second part of QI's quest for knowledge with Susan Calman, Joe Lycett, Holly Walsh and Alan Davies.
#4 - Quagmire
Season 17 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/17/2020
Sandi Toksvig and Alan Davies are joined by Aisling Bea, Sally Phillips and Sindhu Vee.
#5 - Quills
Season 17 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/24/2020
Sandi Toksvig and Alan Davies are joined by Tom Allen, Jimmy Carr and Lou Sanders.
#6 - Queens
Season 17 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/31/2020
Sandi Toksvig and Alan Davies are joined by Colin Lane, Sarah Millican and David Mitchell
#7 - Quantity and Quality
Season 17 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/7/2020
Sandi Toksvig and Alan Davies are joined by Joe Lycett, James Acaster and Bridget Christie.
#8 - Quads and Quins
Season 17 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/14/2020
Sandi Toksvig and Alan Davies are joined by Aisling Bea, Nish Kumar and David Mitchell.
#9 - Rude
Season 18 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/28/2020
Sandi and Alan consider how rude one can be, with Aisling Bea, John Barrowman, and Phill Jupitus
#10 - Panimals
Season 16 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/13/2018
Sandi Toksvig looks at animals which start with a P with Alan Davies, Phill Jupitus, Danny Baker and Teri Hatcher.
#11 - Ologies
Season 15 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/22/2017
Sandi Toksvig sets out in search of Ologies and Odoxies - and meets an amusement arcade that helped to win the Cold War, and a lizard with three eyes. The guests are Bill Bailey, Phill Jupitus and Claudia Winkleman.
#12 - Organisms
Season 15 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/27/2017
Sandi Toksvig looks at multiple Organisms. Where else are you going to meet the world's deadliest hunter, a photographer hidden inside an ox, and a juggling otter, all in the same room? With Nish Kumar, Cariad Lloyd and Holly Walsh.
#13 - Oceans
Season 15 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/3/2017
Sandi Toksvig looks at the Oceans. See one publisher's suggestion for a radical improvement to Moby Dick. With Aisling Bea, Joe Lycett, David Mitchell and Alan Davies.
#14 - Over and Ova
Season 15 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/10/2017
Sandi Toksvig looks at Over and Ova. Learn tricks you can do with eggs, meet a flying pig, and join in as the studio audience sings along with western film themes. With Bill Bailey, Jan Ravens, Grayson Perry and Alan Davies.
#15 - Odorous and Odious
Season 15 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/24/2017
Sandi Toksvig considers all things Odorous and Odious. Why is the world's second-smelliest man so frustrated? Sandi has the answer. With Sally Phillips, Ross Noble, Nish Kumar and Alan Davies.
#16 - Hypothetical
Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/22/2011
Stephen Fry considers some hypothetical questions with panellists Sandi Toksvig, John Lloyd, Johnny Vegas and Alan Davies.
#17 - Opposites
Season 15 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/8/2017
Sandi Toksvig looks at Opposites. Find out how to sort the sheep from the goats, discover the opposite of Tarzan, as well as meet the telescope that points straight through the Earth. With Sara Pascoe, Colin Lane, Jimmy Carr and Alan Davies.
#18 - Operations
Season 15 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/15/2017
Sandi Toksvig looks at Operations. If you've ever wondered how to turn a muffin into an offensive weapon, this is the show for you. With Bill Bailey, Katherine Ryan, Rhod Gilbert and Alan Davies.
#19 - O Christmas
Season 15 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/26/2017
Sandi Toksvig hosts the QI Christmas special, with Jason Manford, Romesh Ranganathan, Holly Walsh and Alan Davies. Learn the best way to wrap an awkwardly shaped present and how to get wine stains out of the carpet.
#20 - Origins and Openings
Season 15 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/5/2018
Sandi Toksvig looks into some Origins and Openings, with Josh Widdicombe, Susan Calman, Rich Hall, and Alan Davies. What did Mr First think of Mr Second?
#21 - Objects and Ornaments
Season 15 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/12/2017
Sandi Toksvig looks at some Objects and Ornaments. Along the way, you'll discover where you can find an actual UFO, and meet the world's best-dressed crab. With Sarah Millican, Alice Levine and Cariad Lloyd.
#22 - The Occult
Season 15 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/19/2018
Sandi Toksvig looks into the occult. Ever wondered how a Hand of Glory can make you rich? Sandi has the answer. With Aisling Bea, Russell Brand, Noel Fielding and Alan Davies.
#23 - Omnishambles
Season 15 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/26/2018
Sandi goes all over the place, finding out who was the last monarch to be crowned at the abbey in Westminister, with Josh Widdicombe, Stephen K Amos, Cally Beaton, and Alan Davies
#24 - Oddballs
Season 15 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/2018
Sandi Toksvig looks at some Oddballs. Watch for the odd ball games, but be sure to stay for the vegetarian goatsuckers - you won't regret it. With Jason Manford, Jimmy Carr, Victoria Coren Mitchell, and Alan Davies.
#25 - Occupations and Offices
Season 15 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/9/2018
Sandi Toksvig looks into Occupations and Offices with Deirdre O'Kane, Richard Osman, David Mitchell, and Alan Davies.
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