QI: Series W
Season 23 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 22.
- 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 23 Progress Shield
Wales, Whales and Wails
Oct 21, 2025 · 45 min
Sandi Toksvig considers Wales, whales, and wails with Elis James, Griff Rhys Jones, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Alan Davies.
Wings and Wheels
Oct 28, 2025 · 45 min
Sandi Toksvig takes a look at wings and wheels with Aisling Bea, Hank Green, Desiree Burch and Alan Davies.
Weaponry
Nov 4, 2025 · 44 min
Sandi and Alan take a look at some weaponry with Nish Kumar, Lou Sanders and Roisin Conaty.
Wavey
Nov 11, 2025 · 45 min
Sandi Toksvig has a wavey episode of QI with Phil Wang, Sara Pascoe, Tom Allen and Alan Davies.
Wild West
Nov 25, 2025 · 45 min
Sandi Toksvig takes a QI look at the Wild West with Alex Brooker, Jo Brand, Eshaan Akbar and Alan Davies.
Wooing
Dec 2, 2025 · 45 min
Sandi Toksvig goes a-wooing with Rosie Jones, Larry Dean, Maisie Adam and Alan Davies.
Who What Why?
Dec 9, 2025 · 44 min
Sandi Toksvig wonders who, what and why with Daliso Chaponda, Susan Calman, Cariad Lloyd and Alan Davies.
Weird and Wonderful
Dec 16, 2025 · 45 min
Sandi Toksvig has a weird and wonderful episode of QI featuring Melanie Bracewell, Patrick Kielty, Roisin Conaty and Alan Davies.
Winter Wonderland
Dec 23, 2025 · 45 min
Julian Clary, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Jimmy Carr and Alan Davies visit Sandi Toksvig's winter wonderland for the QI Christmas special.
‘W’ Animals
Jan 6, 2026 · 45 min
Sandi Toksvig looks at animals which start with a W with Nabil Abdulrashid, Holly Walsh, Sam Campbell and Alan Davies.
Wet and Windy
Jan 13, 2026 · 44 min
Chris McCausland, Zoe Lyons, Ed Byrne and Alan Davies join Sandi Toksvig for a wet and windy episode of QI.
Willy Nilly
Jan 20, 2026 · 45 min
QI goes willy-nilly through the letter W as Sandi and Alan are joined by Josh Widdicombe, Catherine Bohart and Russell Kane.
Wordmongery
Jan 27, 2026 · 44 min
Michael Odewale, Cally Beaton and Gyles Brandreth join Sandi and Alan for a bit of QI wordmongery.
Whatnots
Feb 3, 2026 · 45 min
What’s not to like about Sandi Toksvig’s look at a welter of QI 'whatnots' With Sally Phillips, Andrew Maxwell, Joanne McNally and Alan Davies.
VG: Part 1
Feb 10, 2026 · 29 min
A selection of the best moments from the W series of QI, hosted by Sandi Toksvig with Alan Davies and their guests.
VG: Part 2
Feb 17, 2026 · 30 min
More of the best moments from the W series of QI, hosted by Sandi Toksvig with Alan Davies and their guests.