QI - Second Series?
Dang and blast the BBC. It seems whenever I try and get information out of them, it's wrong. When I e-mailed them about the excellent Stephen-Fry-hosted (and indeed, John-Lloyd-produced, and Howard-Goodall-composed/guested) quiz QI, the BBC told me "There are currently no plans for a further series of...QI". This UPSET ME GREATLY, until Shanine pointed out in the comments that tickets were in fact being advertised. Ahem.
Checking today, it appears that recordings have slipped until March - but definite dates are now given, for the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 8th of March (with more dates planned), at The London Studios - and tickets are avaliable now. But only if you're over 18. Ha! to Ian. Anyway, this is obviously excellent news, and I might try and get down to one of the recordings...
There's probably some amusing BBC corruption gag you can do here, but I'll let someone else do it.
Comments
Perhaps by "further series" the BBC were assuming you knew about the second and were talking about a third.
Posted by Francis Bottomley at February 8, 2004 01:31 PM
I don't think so. I did ask before the Christmas Special was aired - so it would have been fairly obvious I meant a second series.
Posted by John Hoare at February 8, 2004 01:36 PM
QI = good.
Incidentally, is there *anyone* other than me who bothered taping them all? And will they call the second series QII (leading to trouble with Spike Milligan's estate come the fifth series, forcing a rename to 'There's a Lot of QI About!')?
Posted by Darrell Jones at February 8, 2004 03:52 PM
I kept missing the bloody thing. What a fanny I am. I'll make a point of watching the second series, though.
Posted by Cappsy at February 8, 2004 04:41 PM
I imagine the BBC, like any company, has lousy internal communication. Damn them! Still, it's good QI's got a second series.
Posted by Tanya Jones at February 8, 2004 04:48 PM
I now have tickets for the 5th. Hooray!
Also: the BBC still smell of my bum.
Posted by John Hoare at February 16, 2004 03:47 PM
People I want to see on QI:
Ben Elton
Griff Rhys-Jones
Neil Innes
Clive James
Chris Langham
Tony Robinson
They're the sort who *should* be on it. People like Jimmy Carr and Jackie pissing Clune are useless.
Posted by Darrell Jones at February 16, 2004 07:26 PM
The wonderful Jackie Clune did comedy cabaret on Jammin'(Radio 2)last week and I must have listened to my tape of that programme a dozen times!In particular,her swinging rendition of 'Fat Bottomed Girls' was a chart topper of a song!
Posted by Dot at May 13, 2004 11:53 AM
I admit that Clune was bearable on Jammin' 5.6, save for that embarrassing Dido parody. But she really isn't QI material.
They've not learned from series 1, and are still bringing in all these Never Mind the Buzzcocks-y nobodies. All they do on these programmes are badly-inserted bits of their standup act, or just sit there quietly - that's not what the programme should have to revolve around.
Posted by Darrell Jones at May 13, 2004 03:54 PM
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