The Big Fat Quiz (2004–present)
Plot
Jimmy Carr hosts the Big Fat comedy panel shows that challenge a dazzling array of celebrity panellists about what they know. And there are a lot of questions that need answering..
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Highest-rated episodes all ranked
- 01
The Big Fat Quiz of EverythingJimmy asks questions from the past 100,000 years of human history with guests Jonathan Ross, Chelsea Peretti, Jack Whitehall, Mel Giedroyc, Richard Ayoade and Noel Fielding. - 02
The Big Fat Quiz of EverythingThe Big Fat Quiz of Everything is back for a second helping with quizmaster Jimmy Carr presiding over proceedings as Jonathan Ross, Noel Fielding, Richard Ayoade, Aisling Bea, Adam Buxton and Rob Beckett fiercely battle it out for the Big Fat Quiz crown. Jimmy asks questions from the last 100,000 years of human history, giving the unique Big Fat Quiz spin on everything from science to music, food and drink to crime and punishment, and TV to politics, with a dollop of celebrity thrown in for good measure. As usual, Jimmy will be ably assisted by Big Fat Quiz favourites Jon Snow, the children of Mitchell Brook Primary School and Joey Essex, as well as a whole host of famous question setters, and a Mariachi band who drop by to liven up the party. So, what was in Pandora's Box? What did President Bush ban from the White House? And can you name three things Right Said Fred were too sexy for? - 03
The Big Fat Quiz 10 Year AnniversaryJimmy Carr hosts this 10-year anniversary special with Russell Brand, Noel Fielding, Jonathan Ross, Jack Whitehall, Warwick Davis and Claudia Winkleman, who take on the events of the last decade
Episodes by season
Season2004
- S2004E01
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2004December 28, 2004
Season2005
- S2005E01
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2005December 26, 2005Host Jimmy Carr with celebrity teams made up of Jonathan Ross, Sharon Osbourne, Gordon Ramsay and Rob Brydon battle it out to see who knows
Season2006
- S2006E01
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2006December 27, 2006Host Jimmy Carr and his celebrity teams - including Jonathan Ross, Russell Brand, Rob Brydon, David Walliams, Noel Fielding and Cat Deeley -
Season2007
- S2007E01
The Big Fat Anniversary QuizNovember 2, 2007Join Jimmy Carr and team-mates Frank Skinner, Jack Dee, Alan Carr, David Mitchell, Carol Vorderman and Richard Ayoade for a very special edi - S2007E02
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2007December 30, 2007Jimmy Carr hosts the annual star-studded quiz with Jonathan Ross, Rob Brydon, Russell Brand, Noel Fielding, David Mitchell and Lily Allen. F
Season2008
- S2008E01
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2008December 28, 2008A star-studded line up of celebrities including Davina McCall, Claudia Winkleman, Dara O'Briain, Michael McIntyre, Sean Lock and James Corde
Season2010
- S2010E01
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2009January 1, 2010The biggest, fattest and funniest quiz of the year returns with a stellar line-up including David Mitchell, Charlie Brooker, Claudia Winklem
Season2011
- S2011E01
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2010January 3, 2011Jimmy Carr puts Jonathan Ross, Ruth Jones, Alan Carr, Noel Fielding, Michael McIntyre and Richard Ayoade to the test to see who remembers th - S2011E02
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2011December 27, 2011Jimmy Carr puts a panel of celebrities to the test including Miranda Hart, Eddie Izzard and Jamie Oliver alongside veteran quizzers Jonathan
Season2012
- S2012E01
Season's bestThe Big Fat Quiz of the 80'sSeptember 16, 2012Jimmy Carr is joined by three teams of top celebrities for another fiendishly difficult pub quiz about news, music, telly and fashions of th - S2012E02
The Big Fat Quiz of the 90'sSeptember 23, 2012The Big Fat Quiz is back with an all-new look back at the 1990s. Host Jimmy Carr is joined by Jonathan Ross, Jo Brand, Sue Perkins, Lee Mack - S2012E03
The Big Fat Quiz of the 00'sSeptember 30, 2012Jimmy Carr hosts the third and final of the special decade editions. Why did the US briefly rename French Fries? How did the Crazy Frog caus - S2012E04
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2012December 30, 2012Jimmy Carr puts celebrities to the test as they battle it out to see who remembers most about 2012. A host of big names such as Jonathan Ros
Season2013
- S2013E01
The Big Fat Quiz of the 80'sSeptember 22, 2013Jimmy Carr is joined by three teams of top celebrities for another fiendishly difficult pub quiz about news, music, telly and fashions of th - S2013E02
Season's bestThe Big Fat Quiz of the 90'sSeptember 29, 2013The Big Fat Quiz is back with an all-new look back at the 1990s. Host Jimmy Carr is joined by Jonathan Ross, Jo Brand, Sue Perkins, Lee Mack - S2013E03
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2013December 26, 2013Jimmy Carr puts a panel of A-List celebrity teams to the test. This year's teams are Jack Whitehall with Jonathan Ross, Dara O Briain with K
Season2014
- S2014E01
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2014December 26, 2014Host :: Jimmy Carr Panelists :: Micky Flanagan, Mel B, Sarah Millican, Kevin Bridges, Richard Ayoade and David Mitchell
Season2015
- S2015E01The Big Fat Quiz 10 Year AnniversaryJanuary 2, 2015Jimmy Carr hosts this 10-year anniversary special with Russell Brand, Noel Fielding, Jonathan Ross, Jack Whitehall, Warwick Davis and Claudi
- S2015E02
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2015December 26, 2015Jimmy Carr is joined by Rob Brydon, Richard Ayoade, David Mitchell, Claudia Winkleman, Greg Davies and Jo Brand to test their knowledge of t
Season2016
- S2016E01Season's bestThe Big Fat Quiz of EverythingJanuary 5, 2016Jimmy asks questions from the past 100,000 years of human history with guests Jonathan Ross, Chelsea Peretti, Jack Whitehall, Mel Giedroyc,
- S2016E02
The Big Fat Quiz of EverythingAugust 14, 2016The Big Fat Quiz of Everything returns and is bigger, fatter, and quizzier than ever - letting loose on not just the year-gone-by but well.. - S2016E03The Big Fat Quiz of EverythingAugust 21, 2016The Big Fat Quiz of Everything is back for a second helping with quizmaster Jimmy Carr presiding over proceedings as Jonathan Ross, Noel Fie
- S2016E04
The Big Fat Quiz of EverythingAugust 28, 2016The Big Fat Quiz of Everything is back for the last in this brand new series, with Jimmy Carr in the driving seat, as Noel Fielding, Eddie I - S2016E05
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2016December 26, 20162016 might have been one of the craziest news years in memory, but don't panic - The Big Fat Quiz of the Year is back to help you make sense
Season2017
- S2017E01
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything 2017January 6, 2017The Big Fat Quiz of Everything returns and it's bigger, fatter, and quizzier than ever - letting loose on not just the year-gone-by but well - S2017E02
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2017December 26, 20172017 is almost over, so what better way to make sense of the past 12 months than via the Big Fat Quiz of the Year? What calamities befell Th
Season2018
- S2018E01
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything 2018January 12, 2018The Big Fat Quiz of Everything is back - letting loose on not just the past year but, well... everything. Quizmaster Jimmy Carr asks questio - S2018E02
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2018December 26, 2018Who stole the show at the Royal Wedding? What does Danny Dyer think about David Cameron? What is Kanye West's passcode? All of these questio
Season2019
- S2019E01
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything 2019January 4, 2019What was Pierce Brosnan banned from doing while he played James Bond? Which film was released in Poland as Electronic Murderer? And who is D - S2019E02
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2019December 26, 2019What meal did Donald Trump serve a visiting football team at the White House? Who is Andy King and what is he now known as? What did rapper
Season2020
- S2020E01
The Big Fat Quiz of the DecadeJanuary 2, 2020Jimmy Carr puts Claudia Winkleman, Nish Kumar, Joe Lycett, Alan Carr, Stacey Solomon and Jonathan Ross through their paces in a supersized B - S2020E02
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2020December 26, 2020Jimmy Carr quizzes James Acaster, Stacey Solomon, David Mitchell, Maya Jama, Richard Ayoade and Joe Lycett on the hot topics of the past 12
Season2021
- S2021E01
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything 2021January 7, 2021Rob Beckett, Roisin Conaty, Nish Kumar, Katherine Ryan, Oti Mabuse and Rob Brydon join Jimmy Carr as he poses questions on anything and ever - S2021E02
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2021December 26, 2021The annual year-end quiz, hosted by Jimmy Carr. Guests including Sarah Millican, James Acaster, Jonathan Ross and Judi Love look back on the
Season2022
- S2022E01
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything 2022April 3, 2022Jimmy Carr hosts the panel show, joined by celebrity guests including Rob Beckett, Richard Ayoade, Rosie Jones, Roisin Conaty, Mawaan Rizwan - S2022E02
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2022December 26, 2022The annual year-end quiz, hosted by Jimmy Carr. Stephen Merchant, Katherine Ryan, Richard Ayoade, Maisie Adam, Jonathan Ross and Rose Matafe
Season2023
- S2023E01
The Big Fat Quiz of SportMay 14, 2023Jimmy Carr hosts a big fat night of pointless sports trivia, with panellists Roisin Conaty, Judi Love, Joel Dommett, Dane Baptiste, Kerry Go - S2023E02
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2023December 26, 2023Jimmy Carr presents his annual quiz rounding up the last year with Richard Ayoade, Katherine Ryan, Mel Giedroyc, Mo Gilligan, Rosie Jones an
Season2024
- S2024E01
The Big Fat Quiz of TellyAugust 23, 2024Jimmy Carr acts as quizmaster as Babatunde Aléshé, Daisy May Cooper, Natasia Demetriou, Jamie Demetriou, Judi Love and Russell Howard compet - S2024E02
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2024December 27, 2024Question master Jimmy Carr is joined by a panel of comedians as they battle it out to see who knows the most about the year that's been. Wha
Season2025
- S2025E01
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything 2025January 2, 2025Question master Jimmy Carr invites Harry Hill, David Mitchell, Roisin Conaty, Sophie Willan, Josh Pugh and Fatiha El-Ghorri to battle it out - S2025E02
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2025December 26, 2025What was the first thing that Katy Perry did when she returned from space? Why did two members of the public go viral for attending a Coldpl
Season2026
- S2026E01
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly 2026January 9, 2026Jimmy Carr acts as quizmaster as Harry Hill, Judi Love, Tom Allen, Joanne McNally, Sam Campbell and Susan Wokoma compete to see who knows th
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