This is a list of the panellists that have appeared on the BBC television programme QI. The show premiered in September 2003, with Stephen Fry as its host. Fry continued hosting until March 2016, when "Series M" concluded and Sandi Toksvig took over. With very few exceptions, each episode features three guest panellists who alongside permanent panellist Alan Davies answer extremely obscure questions.
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Number of appearances per guest panellist
The table below lists all guest appearances up to 3 February 2026. It does not include appearances in the unbroadcast pilot, three special episodes, 34 compilation episodes, and one episode containing outtakes from Series E.
+NameSeriesTotalABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWAaron Simmonds
| 1Adam Hills
| 1Ade Adepitan
| 1Ahir Shah
| 4Aisling Bea
| 19Al Murray
| 1Alan Carr
| 1Alex Brooker
| 1 1Alex Edelman
| 1Alexander Armstrong
| 1Alice Levine
| 4Andrew Maxwell
| 1 2Andy Hamilton
| 7Andy Parsons
| 1Anneka Rice
| 1Anuvab Pal
| 1Arthur Smith
| 3Barry Cryer
| 1Barry Humphries
| 1Ben Goldacre
| 1Ben Miller
| 1Benjamin Zephaniah
| 1Bill Bailey
| 47Bonnie Langford
| 1Brendan O'Carroll
| 1Brian Blessed
| 1Brian Cox
| 2Bridget Christie
| 6Cal Wilson
| 2Cally Beaton
| 1 8Cariad Lloyd
| 1 16Carrie Fisher
| 1Catherine Bohart
| 1 1Charlie Higson
| 2Chris Addison
| 3Chris McCausland
| 1 6Clare Balding
| 1Claudia O'Doherty
| 1Claudia Winkleman
| 2Clive Anderson
| 16Colin Lane
| 7Corey Taylor
| 1Daliso Chaponda
| 1 7Dan Tiernan
| 1Daniel Radcliffe
| 1Danny Baker
| 9Danny Bhoy
| 1Dara Ó Briain
| 14Dave Gorman
| 2David Baddiel
| 1David Mitchell
| 33David O'Doherty
| 1David Tennant
| 1Deborah Frances-White
| 1Deirdre O'Kane
| 2Dermot O'Leary
| 1Desiree Burch
| 4Dom Joly
| 1Doon Mackichan
| 2Ed Balls
| 1Ed Byrne
| 1 1 4Ed Gamble
| 2Eddie Izzard
| 1Eddie Kadi
| 1Elis James
|1Ellie Taylor
| 1Emma Thompson
| 1Emmanuel Sonubi
| 2Eshaan Akbar
| 1 6Fatiha El-Ghorri
| 1 1Frank Skinner
| 2Frankie Boyle
| 1Fred MacAulay
| 2Graeme Garden
| 1Graham Linehan
| 1Graham Norton
| 2Grayson Perry
| 1Greg Davies
| 1Greg Proops
| 1Griff Rhys Jones
|1Guz Khan
| 2Gyles Brandreth
| 1 10Hank Green
|1Hannah Gadsby
| 1Hannah Waddingham
| 1Helen Atkinson-Wood
| 1Henning Wehn
| 2Holly Walsh
| 1 18Howard Goodall
| 2Hugh Dennis
| 2Hugh Laurie
| 1Ignacio Lopez
| 1Isy Suttie
| 1Ivo Graham
| 1Jack Carroll
| 1Jack Dee
| 9Jack Whitehall
| 4Jackie Clune
| 1Jamali Maddix
| 1James Acaster
| 3Jamie MacDonald
| 1Jan Ravens
| 2Janet Street-Porter
| 1Jason Manford
| 19Jen Brister
| 1Jenny Eclair
| 1Jeremy Clarkson
| 14Jeremy Hardy
| 4Jerry Springer
| 1Jessica Fostekew
| 2Jessica Stevenson
| 1Jimmy Carr
| 1 1 44Jo Brand
| 1 43Joanne McNally
| 1 1Joe Lycett
| 1 11John Barrowman
| 2John Bishop
| 1John Hodgman
| 1John Lloyd
| 1John Sergeant
| 1John Sessions
| 10Johnny Vaughan
| 1Johnny Vegas
| 14Jonathan Ross
| 1Jordan Gray
| 1Josh Pugh
| 1Josh Widdicombe
| 1 20Josie Lawrence
| 1Judi Love
| 1 2Julia Morris
| 1Julia Zemiro
| 3Julian Clary
| 1 3Justin Moorhouse
| 2Katherine Ryan
| 2Kathy Lette
| 1Katy Brand
| 2Kemah Bob
| 1Kiri Pritchard-McLean
| 3Lara Ricote
| 2Larry Dean
| 1 1Laura Smyth
| 1Lee Mack
| 8Linda Smith
| 3Liza Tarbuck
| 6Lloyd Langford
| 1Lolly Adefope
| 1Lou Sanders
| 1 | 7Loyiso Gola
| 1Lucy Beaumont
| 1Lucy Porter
| 3Lulu
| 1Maggie Aderin-Pocock
| 1Maisie Adam
| 1 6Marcus Brigstocke
| 2Mark Gatiss
| 1Mark Steel
| 4Mark Watson
| 3Matt Lucas
| 6Meera Syal
| 1Melanie Bracewell
| 1 2Michael Odewale
| 1 1Michelle Wolf
| 1Miles Jupp
| 1Morgana Robinson
| 1Nabil Abdulrashid
| 1 1 3Neil Delamere
| 1Neil Mullarkey
| 1Nikki Bedi
| 1Nina Conti
| 1Nish Kumar
| 10Noel Fielding
| 8Olga Koch
| 1Pam Ayres
| 1Patrick Kielty
| 1 1Paul Sinha
| 1Peter Serafinowicz
| 1Phil Kay
| 2Phil Wang
| 1 2Phill Jupitus
| 46Prue Leith
| 1Rachel Parris
| 1Reginald D. Hunter
| 3Rhod Gilbert
| 7Rhys Darby
| 1Rhys James
| 1Ria Lina
| 1Rich Hall
| 25Richard Coles
| 3Richard E. Grant
| 1Richard Osman
| 7Rob Beckett
| 2Rob Brydon
| 15Robert Webb
| 1Roger McGough
| 1Roisin Conaty
|| 3Romesh Ranganathan
| 6Ronni Ancona
| 7Rory Bremner
| 1Rory McGrath
| 2Rose Matafeo
| 2Rosie Jones
| 1 5Ross Noble
| 1 20Ruby Wax
| 1Russell Brand
| 1Russell Kane
| 1 1Sally Phillips
| 1 1 9Sam Campbell
| 1 1Sami Shah
| 1Sandi Toksvig
| 16Sara Cox
| 1Sara Pascoe
| 1 1 17Sarah Millican
| 12Sean Lock
| 27Shappi Khorsandi
| 1Shazia Mirza
| 1Sheila Hancock
| 1Sindhu Vee
| 3Stephen K. Amos
| 5Sue Perkins
| 15Suggs
| 1Susan Calman
| 1 13Suzi Ruffell
| 2Teri Hatcher
| 1Terry Wogan
| 1Tim Minchin
| 1Tim Vine
| 1Tom Allen
| 1 7Tom Ward
| 1Tommy Tiernan
| 1Tony Hawks
| 1Trevor Noah
| 1Urzila Carlson
| 1Vic Reeves
| 4Victoria Coren Mitchell
| 9Victoria Wood
| 1Zoe Lyons
| 1 7
Notes
References
External links QI official website QI cast and crew on IMDb