<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> <P> The Big Fat Quiz of the Year is an annual British television programme broadcast in the last or first week of the year on Channel 4 . Essentially, the show is a comedy panel game in the style of a pub quiz . Three teams, of two celebrities each, are asked questions relating to the events of the year just gone by, which they write answers to on an electronic board in front of them . At the end of each round, they then display their answers, scoring a point for each correct one . </P> <P> The first edition was broadcast in December 2004 . There has been another at the end of each year, as well as a special edition in November 2007 for Channel 4's 25th anniversary celebrations and three themed special editions in September 2012, to celebrate Channel 4's three decades . A second set of "decades" editions screened in September 2013 as well as a 10th anniversary special in January 2015 and a Big Fat Quiz of Everything in January 2016, followed by a series of three episodes in August 2016 . Repeats can usually be found days later on Channel 4's sister - channel E4 and / or 4seven . Stand - up comedian Jimmy Carr has been the host and quizmaster of each edition to date . Channel 4 has made full episodes of The Big Fat Quiz of the Year available to view on All 4 . </P>

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