The WORST episodes of Whose Line is it Anyway?

Every episode of Whose Line is it Anyway? ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Whose Line is it Anyway?!

An un-scripted comedy show in which four guest performers improvise their way through a series of games, many of which rely on audience suggestions.

Last Updated: 5/30/2026Network: Channel 4Status: Ended
Niall Ashdown, Steve Frost, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles
star
6.00
8 votes

#1 - Niall Ashdown, Steve Frost, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/6/1996

Games performed: Film and Theatre Styles, Sound Effects, Mission: Impossible, Home Shopping, Film Dub, Party Quirks, Moving People.

New York Compilation
star
6.17
6 votes

#2 - New York Compilation

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/10/1991

Performers: Josie Lawrence, Geroge McGrath, Mike McShane, Jim Meskimen, Colin Mochrie, Greg Proops, Christopher Smith, Ryan Stiles, Sandi Toksvig. Games performed: Authors, Songstyles, News Report, Helping Hands, World's Worst, Psychiatrist, Expert, Party Quirks, Psychiatrist, Film Dub, Props, Rap.

Josie Lawrence, Steve Frost, Ryan Stiles, Tony Slattery
star
6.27
37 votes

#3 - Josie Lawrence, Steve Frost, Ryan Stiles, Tony Slattery

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/29/1994

Games performed: Film and Theatre Styles, Helping Hands, Hoedown, Props, Film Dub, Old Job / New Job, Bartender, Party Quirks.

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Brad Sherwood, Debra Wilson, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles
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6.36
11 votes

#4 - Brad Sherwood, Debra Wilson, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles

Season 10 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/21/1999

Games performed: Superheroes, Sound Effects, Let's Make a Date, Scene to Rap, Foreign Film Dub, Animals, Greatest Hits.

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Greg Proops, Chip Esten, Ryan Stiles, Tony Slattery
star
6.50
6 votes

#5 - Greg Proops, Chip Esten, Ryan Stiles, Tony Slattery

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/19/1994

Games performed: Scenes from a Hat, Superheroes, Songstyles, Sound Effects, News Report, Film Dub, Party Quirks, Stand Sit Lie, Bartender.

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Josie Lawrence, Greg Proops, Sandi Toksvig, Mike McShane
star
6.50
6 votes

#6 - Josie Lawrence, Greg Proops, Sandi Toksvig, Mike McShane

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/3/1991

Games performed: March, Alphabet, Tag, Psychiatrist, Props, Party Quirks, Film and Theatre Styles, American Musical.

Stephen Fry, Peter Cook, Josie Lawrence, John Sessions
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6.58
12 votes

#7 - Stephen Fry, Peter Cook, Josie Lawrence, John Sessions

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1988

Episode 3 Host Clive Anderson Players Stephen Fry, Peter Cook, Josie Lawrence, John Sessions Games: Authors Day at the races with Stephen (John Le Carre), Peter (Albert Goldman), Josie (Womens Magazines) & John (Ernest Hemingway) Film & Theatre Styles Stephen seeks Peter's vote: Shakespeare, Farce, Travelogue, and Gangster Movie Josie & John are breaking up: Shakespeare, British War Movie and Blue Movie Props John/Peter vs. Josie/Stephen Panel Smoking Rap Having A Baby Credits Peter as a New York Taxi Driver.

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Greg Proops, Rory Bremner, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles
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6.60
10 votes

#8 - Greg Proops, Rory Bremner, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles

Season 9 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/20/1998

Games performed: Film and Theatre Styles, Press Conference, Film Review, Secret, Party Quirks, Hoedown.

Greg Proops, George McGrath, Ryan Stiles, Mike McShane
star
6.67
6 votes

#9 - Greg Proops, George McGrath, Ryan Stiles, Mike McShane

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/26/1991

Games performed: Storyteller, Film and Theatre Styles, Props, Alphabet, Hoedown, Audition, Helping Hands, Party Quirks, Musical.

Josie Lawrence, Stephen Fry, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles
star
6.69
16 votes

#10 - Josie Lawrence, Stephen Fry, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles

Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/31/1997

Games performed: Questions Only, Sound Effects, Number of Words, Let's Make A Date, Newsflash, Hoedown.

London Compilation
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6.71
7 votes

#11 - London Compilation

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/28/1992

In Authors, Pant and Ethel Where Are You with Jim as sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Paul as the AA Handbook, Steve Steen as Jacques Cousteau and Tony as Dr Alex Comfort's Joy of Sex. In Old Job New Job, Tony, Jim and Steve Frost are plumbers but Steve used to be in advertising. In World's Worst, Jim, Steve Steen, Steve Frost and Tony perform the worst person to be Prime Minister. In Narrate, Jim and Steve Steen are in a betting shop. In Scene With A Prop, Paul and Tony have a Stop Children sign. In Psychiatrist, Dr. Chip has advice for Greg scared of water, Tony in love with himself and Ryan who smells of horses. In Props, it's Greg and Josie vs. Ryan and Paul. In Alphabet, Tony and Jim are in the changing room. In Song Styles, Josie is on the M25 wondering who stole the sausages in the style of Jimi Hendrix. In Expert, Greg talks to Ryan about taxidermy and paper clips. In Every Other Line, Tony reads from Murder By The Book as Paul looks for his false teeth.

Josie Lawrence, Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Mike McShane
star
6.75
8 votes

#12 - Josie Lawrence, Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Mike McShane

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/8/1994

In Film and Theatre Styles, Josie and Ryan are at the stables, in the styles Chinese horror, science fiction and chase film. Then Mike and Greg fix a motorbike, in the styles biker movie, Starsky and Hutch, Biblical epic and disaster movie. In Old Job New Job, Greg and Josie are broken down in a car, and AAman Ryan used to be an astronaut. In Funeral Oration, Greg leads the service for Frederick the trampolinist. In Stand Sit Lie, Josie is visiting Greg in hospital with Ryan as a doctor. In Props, it's Greg and Ryan vs. Mike and Josie. In Song Styles, Mike and Josie sing a love song about a cat litter tray. In Helping Hands, Josie gets an ice cream from Ryan with Greg providing Ryan's hands. In Party Quirks, Greg hosts with Josie as an Olympic skater, Mike as a car, and Ryan going down a plughole. Josie and Mike win, so they read the credits as a bickering couple.

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Series 8 Compilation 1
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6.78
9 votes

#13 - Series 8 Compilation 1

Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/13/1996

Performers: Niall Ashdown, Stephen Frost, Josie Lawrence, Colin Mochrie, Greg Proops, Caroline Quentin and Ryan Stiles. Games performed: Questions Only, Film and Theatre Styles, Sound Effects, Song Styles, Fixed Expressions, World's Worst, Props, Whose Line, Newsflash, Superheroes, Greatest Hits.

Steve Frost, Colin Mochrie, Brad Sherwood, Ryan Stiles
star
6.80
10 votes

#14 - Steve Frost, Colin Mochrie, Brad Sherwood, Ryan Stiles

Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/11/1997

Games performed: Questions Only, Let's Make a Date, Remember That Song, Press Conference, Party Quirks, Hoedown.

Greg Proops, Niall Ashdown, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles
star
6.80
5 votes

#15 - Greg Proops, Niall Ashdown, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/9/1996

Games performed: Superheroes, Secret, Song Styles, Changing Emotions, Number of Words, Director, Sports Commentators, Barroom Scene.

Lee Simpson, Jan Ravens, Tony Slattery, Mike McShane
star
6.80
5 votes

#16 - Lee Simpson, Jan Ravens, Tony Slattery, Mike McShane

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/19/1990

Games performed: Authors, That Will Be Charlie Now, Film Dub, Songstyles, World's Worst, Props, Rap, Party Quirks, American Musical.

Mike McShane, Mark Cohen, Greg Proops, John Sessions
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6.83
6 votes

#17 - Mike McShane, Mark Cohen, Greg Proops, John Sessions

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/29/1991

Games performed: Authors, Film and Theatre Styles, World's Worst, Props, Songstyles, Party Quirks, Gospel.

Greg Proops, Brad Sherwood, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles
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6.85
13 votes

#18 - Greg Proops, Brad Sherwood, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles

Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/9/1998

Games performed: Superheroes, Sound Effects, Hey You Down There, World's Worst, Props, Three of a Kind, Scene to Rap, Weird Newscasters.

Josie Lawrence, Caroline Quentin, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles
star
6.86
7 votes

#19 - Josie Lawrence, Caroline Quentin, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles

Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/6/1996

Games performed: Questions Only, Film and Theatre Styles, Foreign Film Dub, Props, Sound Effects, Press Conference, Fainting Bodies, Greatest Hits.

Greg Proops, Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Brad Sherwood
star
6.86
7 votes

#20 - Greg Proops, Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Brad Sherwood

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/6/1992

Games performed: Emotion Option, Old Job / New Job, Props, Whose Line, Party Quirks, Scenes from a Hat, Sound Effects, Helping Hands, Superheroes.

Steve Frost, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles, Tony Slattery
star
6.88
8 votes

#21 - Steve Frost, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles, Tony Slattery

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/1/1994

In Film and Theatre Styles, Colin teaches Ryan to ski, in the styles Baywatch, Japanese, science fiction and Hitchcock. Then Tony and Steve are dustmen looking for rubbish in the styles disaster movie, cartoon, school nativity play and Busby Barclay. In Old Job New Job, Tony and Ryan are passengers in an aeroplane with air hostess Steve who used to be a bus conductor. In Changing Emotions, Colin is a coach, with Ryan and Tony players after a lost game, changing betwen paranoia, conceit and anger. In Questions Only, it's the front desk of a hotel. In Fixed Expressions, barbers Steve and Ryan cut Tony and Colin's hair, with Steve devastated, Ryan shocked, Colin happy and Tony anxious. In Narrate, Colin and Ryan are hunting. In Film Dub, Tony and Steve prepare for surgery. In Party Quirks, Tony hosts with Steve as a tabloid headline writer, Colin as a hamster, and Ryan is attached to the door by elastic. In Hoedown, the four sing about donkey riding.

London Compilation
star
6.88
8 votes

#22 - London Compilation

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/15/1991

Performers: Josie Lawrence, Mike McShane, Paul Merton, Colin Mochrie, Greg Proops, Tony Slattery, Jim Sweeney, Sandi Toksvig. Games performed: Props, Duet, Tag, Songstyles, Film Dub, March, (Outtakes), Songstyles, World's Worst, Party Quirks, American Musical.

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Greg Proops, Sandi Toksvig, Tony Slattery, Mike McShane
star
6.88
8 votes

#23 - Greg Proops, Sandi Toksvig, Tony Slattery, Mike McShane

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/8/1991

Games performed: Film and Theatre Styles, Props, That Will Be Charlie Now, Gospel, World's Worst, Songstyles, One-Minute Alphabet, Party Quirks, Musical Film Review.

Josie Lawrence, Paul Merton, Julian Clary, Mike McShane
star
6.89
9 votes

#24 - Josie Lawrence, Paul Merton, Julian Clary, Mike McShane

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/8/1991

Games performed: Film and Theatre Styles, Film Dub, Interview, Songstyles, Props, Alphabet, Expert Translation, Gospel.

Series 6 Compilation 1
star
6.89
9 votes

#25 - Series 6 Compilation 1

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/2/1994

In Film and Theatre Styles, Ryan and Colin are businessmen playing squash in the styles ninja turtles, Agatha Christie, Film Noir and Biblical epic. In News Report, it's Adam and Eve in Nicaragua with Greg hosting, Ryan as the expert, Tony as the reporter and Mike as the serpent and Eve. In Superheroes, trapped in a fridge are Colin as Rubber Band Boy, Ryan as Mesmerised by Arm Movement Man, Tony as Suicide Guy, and Steve as Laughing Nymphomaniac Woman. In Remote Control, Josie is Coronation Street, Rory is Question Time, Tony is GMTV, and Mike is The Muppets, with the subject chicken rearing. In Song Styles, Mike sings a grunge song about coal. In Questions Only, Mike, Josie, Greg and Ryan are at the circus auditions. In Scene to Music, Steve sends Tony to get washing powder. In Film Dub, Ryan helps telephone sex line addict Steve. In Helping Hands, Tony is interviewed by Ryan with Colin providing hands at the police station. In Stand Sit Bend, Greg, Ryan and Tony are cowboys.

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