QI: Series P
Season 16 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of QI Season 15.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 16 Progress Shield
P-animals
Sep 10, 2018
Sandi, Alan, Phill Jupitus, Danny Baker, and Teri Hatcher (yep, that's right, Lois Lane!!) poke around the penguin pen.
Peril
Sep 17, 2018
Viewer discretion advised. Watch at your own risk. Programme may contain small parts and sharp edges.
Piecemeal
Sep 24, 2018
Sandi and Alan poke holes in the patchwork with Sally Philips, Jimmy Carr and Gyles Brandreth.
Parts
Oct 1, 2018
Some assembly required. Connect joint Q to bracket I and secure with Alan key.
Public & Private
Oct 8, 2018
Sandi Toksvig, Alan Davies, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Phill Jupitus and Bridget Christie put their private matters on public record.
Pictures
Oct 15, 2018
Say cheese! Posing for portraits with Sandi and Alan are Joe Lycett, Noel Fielding and Hannah Gadsby.
Picnics
Oct 22, 2018
Sandi and Alan perigrinate through the QI park with Romesh Ranganathan, Rachel Parris and Richard Osman. Bring a packed lunch.
Plants
Oct 29, 2018
A potter around the potting shed with Sandi, Alan, Stephen K Amos, Sarah Pascoe and Jason Manford.
Pubs
Dec 18, 2018
Sandi Toksvig has a Christmas knees-up in the pub with Alan Davies, Cariad Lloyd, Josh Widdicombe and Noel Fielding.
Pain & Punishment
Jan 11, 2019
Sandi Toksvig considers pain and punishment with Jimmy Carr, Lee Mack, Alice Levine and Alan Davies.
Potpourri
Jan 18, 2019
Sandi Toksvig looks at a pot pourri of topics with Phill Jupitus, Cally Beaton, Rhod Gilbert and Alan Davies.
Procrastination
Jan 25, 2019
Sandi Toksvig finally gets round to a bit of procrastination with Aisling Bea, Holly Walsh, Nikki Bedi and Alan Davies.
Phenomena
Feb 1, 2019
Sandi Toksvig considers various phenomena with Alan Davies, Josh Widdicombe, Cariad Lloyd and Paul Sinha.
Pathological
Feb 8, 2019
Sandi Toksvig looks at pathology with Sindhu Vee, Rhod Gilbert, Ed Byrne and Alan Davies.
Past Times
Feb 15, 2019
Prehistoric payground pranks with Sandi, Alan, Joe Lycett, Phil Wang and Ellie Taylor.
Post
Feb 22, 2019
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