<P> QI (short for Quite Interesting) is a BBC comedy panel game television show that began in 2003 . It was created by John Lloyd, and was hosted by Stephen Fry until the end of Series 13 (M) after which Sandi Toksvig took over, and features permanent panellist Alan Davies . Each series covers topics that begin with a different letter of the alphabet; for example, the first series covered topics whose word began with "A". Thus it is referred to as "Series A" instead of "Series One". </P> <P> QI was given a full series after BBC executives responded well to a nonbroadcast pilot and the first episode, "Adam" premiered on BBC Two on 11 September 2003 . From the second to the fifth series, episodes aired each week on BBC Two; the second and subsequent episodes were shown first on BBC Four in the time - slot after the previous episode's BBC Two broadcast . When the sixth series of QI began in 2008, the show moved to BBC One and the broadcasting of episodes on BBC Four was replaced in favour of an extended repeat broadcast on BBC Two the following day, titled QI XL . From the ninth series, QI returned to BBC Two on Friday at 10 pm with the XL edition on Saturdays . Lloyd acted as the producer for the first five series . Piers Fletcher became producer starting from Series F . </P> <P> As of 16 February 2018, 217 episodes of QI have aired, concluding "Series O". This count does not include the unbroadcast pilot, the 2011 Comic Relief live special, the 2012 Sport Relief special and 18 compilation episodes . On 1 March 2018, it was announced that the show will return for "Series P" in late 2018 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Series </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Episodes </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Originally aired </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> First aired </Th> <Th> Last aired </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="3"> Pilot </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Unaired </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 12 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 11 September 2003 (2003 - 09 - 11) </Td> <Td> 23 December 2003 (2003 - 12 - 23) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 12 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 8 October 2004 (2004 - 10 - 08) </Td> <Td> 17 December 2004 (2004 - 12 - 17) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 12 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 30 September 2005 (2005 - 09 - 30) </Td> <Td> 9 December 2005 (2005 - 12 - 09) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 13 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 29 September 2006 (2006 - 09 - 29) </Td> <Td> 15 December 2006 (2006 - 12 - 15) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 13 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 21 September 2007 (2007 - 09 - 21) </Td> <Td> 14 December 2007 (2007 - 12 - 14) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 12 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 14 November 2008 (2008 - 11 - 14) </Td> <Td> 21 March 2009 (2009 - 03 - 21) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 18 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 26 November 2009 (2009 - 11 - 26) </Td> <Td> 16 April 2010 (2010 - 04 - 16) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 18 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 17 September 2010 (2010 - 09 - 17) </Td> <Td> 2 May 2011 (2011 - 05 - 02) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="3"> Comic Relief </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 6 March 2011 (2011 - 03 - 06) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 18 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 9 September 2011 (2011 - 09 - 09) </Td> <Td> 19 May 2012 (2012 - 05 - 19) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="3"> Sport Relief </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 23 March 2012 (2012 - 03 - 23) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 18 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 14 September 2012 (2012 - 09 - 14) </Td> <Td> 25 August 2013 (2013 - 08 - 25) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 18 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 6 September 2013 (2013 - 09 - 06) </Td> <Td> 31 January 2014 (2014 - 01 - 31) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 18 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 3 October 2014 (2014 - 10 - 03) </Td> <Td> 31 January 2015 (2015 - 01 - 31) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 18 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 16 October 2015 (2015 - 10 - 16) </Td> <Td> 25 March 2016 (2016 - 03 - 25) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 18 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 21 October 2016 (2016 - 10 - 21) </Td> <Td> 24 February 2017 (2017 - 02 - 24) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 18 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 20 October 2017 (2017 - 10 - 20) </Td> <Td> 2 March 2018 (2018 - 03 - 02) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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