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QI Christmas Special episode, aired on the 22 of December series nine. It aired at ten in the evening. On BBC 2.

The genre of this program is a panel or quiz show

The host name was Sandi Toksvig the other panellists included Josh Widdicombe, Susan Calman, Matt Lucas and Alan Davies.

The host Sandi talks to Alan and explains many of the answers to him as he is seen as the genial fall guy. He always has the funny sounding buzzer yet is not fazed by this at all. He is seen as the “common guy” who answers the way the audience is thinking. He always laughs when he is made fun of.  The panellists and the host have very quick smart and witty humour. Always answering questions with a joke.

The episode I watched theme was all about Christmas as it was the Christmas Special, all questions were Christmas themed and often to do with Holland.

There is a funny moment when they choose to do Christmas games, they have to blindfold themselves and hit each other. Alan takes off his blind fold and knows exactly where to hit Josh. He hits him on the head five times while Josh fly’s his arms around trying to hit Alan. Alan however can see this and dodges him. This makes the other panellists laugh and the audience feel involved in the joke.

Toskvigs extended knowledge is shown when she is quick and on the point. She always seems to know a lot about everything and if a guest brings up a subject she can often add interesting facts and insights to the conversation in an educational and informative way.

They are active as they laugh at all the right moments and occasionally join in with singing or shouting at Alan Davies. As the genial fall guy he is set up to fall into the traps of the question that the audience is thinking and make that mistake for us. Not only does this give comedic effect as he often says the answer in a very funny way like when he imitates the partridge ‘blowing off’ into flight

Being a panel how the informative and educational sides are very easy to put into the show. Rounds that talk about specific topic like for instance ‘Parlour games’ are very good to entertain.