It's Not What You Know (radio series)

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It's Not What You Know
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It's Not What You Know promotional image with Joe Lycett (series 4)
Genre Panel game
Running time30 minutes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Language(s)English
Home station BBC Radio 4
Starring
Created byMiles Jupp
Written byJoe Lycett
James Kettle
Produced bySam Michell (Series 1–2)
Matt Stronge (Series 3–5)
Adnan Ahmed (Series 5)
Recording studioBBC Radio Theatre
Original release23 February 2012 
Present
No. of series5
No. of episodes25
Opening theme "What You Know" by Two Door Cinema Club
Website Official website

It's Not What You Know is a BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show created and originally hosted by Miles Jupp, beginning on 23 February 2012. Series four onwards are hosted by Joe Lycett. The show features three celebrity contestants who have to answer questions based on the knowledge of people that they know personally, such as friends or relatives. Points are scored for how accurately the contestant predicts their counterpart.

Contents

History

It was developed from a round created by Jupp in the first series of the gameshow It's Your Round. In that case the game was called What Does My Dad Know?, in which panellists had to guess what answers Miles Jupp's dad gave to various trivia questions. [1]

Rounds

Episodes

Winners are highlighted in bold.

Series 1

EpisodeFirst broadcastGuests
01x0123 February 2012 Rachel Johnson, Desmond Lynam , Mark Steel
01x021 March 2012 Jason Cook, Simon Day, Rebecca Front
01x038 March 2012 Ed Byrne , Roisin Conaty, Richard Madeley
01x0415 March 2012 Emma Freud, Shaun Keaveny , Tom Wrigglesworth

Series 2

EpisodeFirst broadcastGuests
02x019 July 2013 Frankie Boyle, Alan Johnson , Diane Morgan
02x0216 July 2013 Jonathan Agnew , Grace Dent, Frank Skinner
02x0323 July 2013 Bridget Christie, Ainsley Harriott , Justin Moorhouse
02x0430 July 2013 Dougie Anderson , Nick Helm , Isy Suttie
02x056 August 2013 Andrew Maxwell, Kirsty Wark , Francis Wheen
02x0613 August 2013 Dave Gorman , Joe Lycett, Anneka Rice
02x07 (Edinburgh Special)20 August 2013 Kevin Bridges , Hannah Gadsby, Rory McGrath

Series 3

EpisodeFirst broadcastGuests
03x0130 June 2015 Nathan Caton, Sarah Millican , Richard Osman
03x027 July 2015 Dane Baptiste, Sara Cox, Seann Walsh
03x0314 July 2015 Christopher Biggins , Romesh Ranganathan , Katherine Ryan
03x0421 July 2015 Cornelius Lysaght, Lucy Porter, Tom Wrigglesworth
03x0528 July 2015 Russell Grant , Elis James, Penny Smith
03x064 August 2015 Susan Calman , Vernon Kay, Sara Pascoe

Series 4

First broadcastGuests
04x0129 September 2016 Nish Kumar , Tim Lovejoy, Holly Walsh
04x026 October 2016 Adrian Chiles, Zoe Lyons, Mae Martin
04x0313 October 2016 Aisling Bea, Terry Christian , Jocelyn Jee Esien
04x0420 October 2016 Vanessa Feltz, Tom Parry, Andy Parsons

Series 5

First broadcastGuests
05x017 March 2018 Desiree Burch, Tony Hawks , Rachel Riley
05x0214 March 2018 Gyles Brandreth, Sarah Kendall, Phil Wang
05x0321 March 2018 Jack Carroll , Melanie C, Kerry Godliman
05x0428 March 2018 Fern Britton , Ivo Graham , Russell Kane

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References

  1. "It's Not What You Know - Radio 4 Panel Show". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 4 January 2022.