The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (2014)

Ruu

These are normally tremendous fun. One airs Dec 26th and the other on Jan. 2nd. Guaranteed a rant from David Mitchell at least.

Quizzers, get your thinking caps on: there are going to be two "Big Fat Quiz"'s on over the festive period!

The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2014 is due to air on Channel 4 on Boxing Day at 9pm, and will star teams made up of Richard Ayoade, David Mitchell, Mel B, Micky Flanagan, Sarah Millican and Kevin Bridges, with host as usual Jimmy Carr. The quiz will look back, on a month-by-month basis, at 2014.

But that's not all as, on January 2, Carr will host the Big Fat Anniversary Quiz to mark the 10th anniversary of the series. The celebrities taking part will be Russell Brand, Noel Fielding, Jonathan Ross, Warwick David, Jack Whitehall and Claudia Winkleman, and they will look at everything from Chico-time and the horsemeat scandal to sexy spies. It will also air on Channel 4 at 9pm.

Skid X

Russell Brand and Noel Fielding aka The Goth Detectives reunited at last!

I didn't enjoy the more recent shows as much as the old ones, but they have decent guests lined up there so fingers crossed. Always a good show to record, and watch when there is a lull over Christmas.

MakeEmLaugh

Surprised no one's started a thread about this.

Thoughts?

Mel B seems a bit out of place among six comedians and comedic actors.

The clip of Jon Snow dancing to Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass will have no doubt gone viral by tomorrow.

Not the worst ever stuff on telly but Sarah Millican irks me.

deise08

John snow is class

castletownman

Mel B is trying to hard to be out there. Don't like Sarah either. Have a lot of time for the four lads though. Doing shocking on the quiz though

sunbabe08

ugh sarah Millican on this show, but she's after ruining it for me

Gee_G

Mel is so out of place on this show, she has the personality of a door knob!

danrua01

Would be good without Mel and Sarah. Get Russell Brand and Noel Fielding back on!

TheBody

danrua01 wrote: »

Would be good without Mel and Sarah. Get Russell Brand and Noel Fielding back on!

Noel is always great on these types of shows. Mel is a disaster.

deise08

Don't they have to have a quota now?
Millican is ruining it for me
God bring back Russell and Noel.

MakeEmLaugh

danrua01 wrote: »

Would be good without Mel and Sarah. Get Russell Brand and Noel Fielding back on!

They'll be on The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz on 2nd January.

So will Claudia Winkleman, Jack Whitehall, Jonathan Ross and Warwick Davis.

TheBody

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

They'll be on The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz on 2nd January.

So will Claudia Winkleman, Jack Whitehall, Jonathan Ross and Warwick Davis.

That sounds like a much better lineup. Think I'll set a reminder for that.

Lady Chatterton

Threads merged.

deise08

Oh my God. 10 years!
lookin forward to that one.

TheBody

Overall, I didn't think the show was great. Bit disappointed.

Mars Bar

Mel was a disaster! Poor Mickey having to deal with her.

The song title puns were fantastic though.

deise08

That was the only part I actually laughed at.
I like the lads, the girls ruined it for me. That Sarah wan would want to just stop.

Mars Bar

I used to really like Sarah but she gets old fairly quickly.

Really disappointed David and Richard didn't get more airtime.

Basq

Just starting it now..

.. decent line-up with Micky, Kevin, David and Richard - but f*ck me, Mel B is an absolute train-wreck!

tampopo

I loved it.

Ruu

Someones knickers in a twist! Needed more David Mitchell.

GerB40

deise08 wrote: »

Jon snow is class

Despite the fact that he knows nothing...

lertsnim

Mel B made Sarah Millican bareable. A fine achievement. I hope she never graces my television screen again. Richard Ayoade shut her down brilliantly a few times.

Meangadh

I didn't mind Sarah, I know she's not everyone's cup of tea comedy-wise but she's not a total pain in the neck as a person unlike Mel B. She was awful. I didn't expect her to be funny but she was so gobby and stupid in a lot of her comments.

It was overall enjoyable though- can't wait for the anniversary one though, brilliant lineup!

miamee

I like Sarah but Mel B was awful. Seemed like she was on another planet half the time.

Toto Wolfcastle

Mel B seems to have no sense of humour. She didn't really seem to get any of the jokes and she was just nasty at times. They all seemed sick of her by the first break.

The rest of them were pretty funny. I enjoyed it.

Penn

Why do they always have to have one non-comedian in it? Mel B, Gabby Logan, Jamie Oliver... And now Warwick Davis is in the 10th Anniversary one despite not being on any of the previous ones.

It's a comedy program. Book people who actually have something of a reputation for being funny.

lertsnim

Warwick Davis is also a bit of an arsehole imo. He has the potential to ruin this for me.

Basq

To be fair to Warwick Davis.. he's not hilarious but he can take the piss out of himself.. as proven by 'Life's Too Short'..

.. Mel B just seemed like she's never seen the show, and seemed really out-of-sorts by the whole thing. Unfunny, lazy and just downright lost at the best of times.

The 2014 Quiz wasn't terrible, but am expecting more from the Anniversary Quiz.

Schwiiing

Jonathan Ross' production company makes these programs so he was guaranteed to appear on at least 1 this year.

The insufferable Claudia Winkleman seems to appear every time he does. Unfortunately.

Jack Whitehalls 'comedy' career is a triumph of nepotism.

My dream line up would be: Jack Dee, Sean Locke, Noel Fielding, Russel Brand, David Mitchell and Charlie Brooker.

Penn

Schwiiing wrote: »

Jonathan Ross' production company makes these programs so he was guaranteed to appear on at least 1 this year.

The insufferable Claudia Winkleman seems to appear every time he does. Unfortunately.

Jack Whitehalls 'comedy' career is a triumph of nepotism.

My dream line up would be: Jack Dee, Sean Locke, Noel Fielding, Russel Brand, David Mitchell and Charlie Brooker.

I actually really like Claudia Winkleman on them. She's kinda the exception to the rule when it comes to non-comedy people.

That being said, you'd never get that dream line-up. Have to have at least one woman on it, obviously.

Mars Bar

Schwiiing wrote: »

Jonathan Ross' production company makes these programs so he was guaranteed to appear on at least 1 this year.

The insufferable Claudia Winkleman seems to appear every time he does. Unfortunately.

Jack Whitehalls 'comedy' career is a triumph of nepotism.

My dream line up would be: Jack Dee, Sean Locke, Noel Fielding, Russel Brand, David Mitchell and Charlie Brooker.

I don't mind Jack all that much but he was crowned King Of Comedy at the British Comedy Awards 3 years running. That's just madness!

My line up would be: David Mitchell, Richard Ayoade, Dara O' Briain, Stephen Fry (it's a dream line up after all), Sean Lock and Miranda Hart.

Schwiiing

Penn wrote: »

I actually really like Claudia Winkleman on them. She's kinda the exception to the rule when it comes to non-comedy people.

That being said, you'd never get that dream line-up. Have to have at least one woman on it, obviously.

Why? There isn't a decent female comedian out there. I'd take Aisling Bea at a push.

Penn

Schwiiing wrote: »

Why? There isn't a decent female comedian out there. I'd take Aisling Bea at a push.

I don't agree that they should HAVE to have a female comedian, but they open themselves up to criticism if they don't. Same way BBC decided that from now on, all panel shows have to have at least one female panellist.

That being said, Kristen Schaal was really good the time she was on. She'd be my pick. Would love to see Isy Suttie get a shot too. But a lot of the time these shows tend to come down to what agent you have.

FouxDaFaFa

I'm watching this now and it's pretty bad, jesus. Mel B is an absolute disaster. It's never going to be a case where everyone is firing on all cylinders but she's actually making it uncomfortable.

The rest are grand (Ayoade in particular is always strong) but it's weak enough and I think Jimmy is doing a poor job hosting.

Looking forward to the one coming up in a few days. I think Winkleman is very quick and funny and I think she'll be good despite not being a "comedian".

Would love to see Kristen Schaal back. And Aisling Bea is a good suggestion for the future. Maybe Sara Pascoe too. Or Trevor Noah, maybe even Bo Burnham but I don't think he does these kinds of shows.

Mars Bar

Hugh Dennis would be great

I wish Greg Davies would do more panel shows. He stood in for Lee Mack on Would I Lie To You once and he was very good!

Fred Swanson

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Schwiiing

Mars Bar wrote: »

Hugh Dennis would be great

I wish Greg Davies would do more panel shows. He stood in for Lee Mack on Would I Lie To You once and he was very good!

Off topic I know but Lee Mack should have got NMTB host ahead of Rhod Gilbert.

On topic: Channel 4 don't have a host better then Jimmy Carr. Jimmy is an excellent host when he has good comedians to work with.

Mars Bar

FouxDaFaFa wrote: »

maybe even Bo Burnham but I don't think he does these kinds of shows.

He wouldn't know a lot of "affairs" relating to Britain though

FouxDaFaFa

Mars Bar wrote: »

He wouldn't know a lot of "affairs" relating to Britain though

Even better!

That's part of what made Schaal good.

Ruu

Anniversary should be better. Would like Bill Bailey in place of one of the others, see him on Qi a few times this series. I have a lot of time for Henning Wehn as well.

ThisRegard

danrua01 wrote: »

. Get Russell Brand and Noel Fielding back on!

Russell Brand is enough for me to avoid the anniversary show.

deise08

Ah yes henning wehnn is funny.
Mickey flanning
Richard Ayode
sean locke
Johnny Vegas
Frankie Boyle but I think he's banned. throw in Armstrong and fry.
Danny dyer and I'm in heaven

Mars Bar

Thank god Frankie Boyle has been banished.
Johnny Vegas used to do my nut in altogether but he is improving with less shouting.

Mr.Prodston

Just seen it now and glad I was far from the only one to find Mel a massive pain. It was clear the rest were completely sick of her but it was nearly worth it when the ripped her at the end.

I love Richard and David while Mickey has grown on me a lot recently. When Mel made Millican bearable it says a lot.

Stevecw

Watched it this evening, first chance I got. After reading all about Mel B etc, I thought it'd be crap. It was pretty good I thought. Helped that I was able to fly thru all the breaks maybe, but was a good laugh.

tampopo

Stevecw wrote: »

Watched it this evening, first chance I got. After reading all about Mel B etc, I thought it'd be crap. It was pretty good I thought. Helped that I was able to fly thru all the breaks maybe, but was a good laugh.

yeah, I didn't understand the ganging up on Mel B. I watched most of the repeat on Ch 4 a few days later and was again mystified as to why people were criticising her. I thought it was very good. I'll keep an eye out for it on E4 too.

mloc123

lertsnim wrote: »

Warwick Davis is also a bit of an arsehole imo. He has the potential to ruin this for me.

Came across as a real arsehole in 'An Idiot Abroad'.

Aimeee

I wonder if Mel b knew what she signed up for there? Doesn't she live in US most of the year? I really think she didn't have a clue on most of the questions. There's been a lot in the press lately too about her marriage etc. Possibly has other things on her mind or was very anti men that particular week?

Ruu

Anniversary quiz had some good bits. Chris the fly!