List of Insert Name Here episodes

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Insert Name Here is a BBC comedy panel game television show that began in 2016. It is presented by Sue Perkins and features Josh Widdicombe and Richard Osman as team captains. Each episode comprises the two teams of three competing to answer questions about famous people, past and present, who share the same first name or any similar derived name; for example the first episode was titled Frank but Sue said questions will also be asked on people called Francis, Frankie and Fanny. The first episode premiered on BBC Two on 4 January 2016. As of 27 February 2019, 28 episodes have been produced and broadcast across four series, including three Christmas specials. The show was canceled in February 2020 due to low viewership. [1]

Contents

Key

Episodes

Series 1 (2016)

Overall No. Subject Josh's team Richard's team First broadcast Viewers
(millions)
11 Frank 4 January 2016 (2016-January-04)
N/A
22 William 11 January 2016 (2016-January-11)
N/A
33 Kate 18 January 2016 (2016-January-18)
N/A
44 Jo 25 January 2016 (2016-January-25)
N/A
55 Dave 1 February 2016 (2016-February-01)
N/A
66 Chris 8 February 2016 (2016-February-08)
N/A

Series 2 (2016–17)

Overall No. Subject Josh's team Richard's team First broadcast Viewers
(millions)
71Christmas21 December 2016 (2016-December-21)1.29
82 Alex 9 January 2017 (2017-January-09)1.35
93 Mary 16 January 2017 (2017-January-16)
N/A
104 Ben 23 January 2017 (2017-January-23)1.30
115 Charlie 30 January 2017 (2017-January-30)
N/A
126 Steve 6 February 2017 (2017-February-06)
N/A

Series 3 (2017–18)

Overall No. Subject Josh's team Richard's team First broadcast Viewers
(millions)
131 Tom 20 November 2017 (2017-November-20)
N/A
142 Lou 27 November 2017 (2017-November-27)
N/A
153 Anne 4 December 2017 (2017-December-04)
N/A
164 Paul 11 December 2017 (2017-12-11)
N/A
175Christmas21 December 2017 (2017-12-21)1.09
186 John 8 January 2018 (2018-01-08)
N/A
197 Jane 15 January 2018 (2018-01-15)
N/A
208 Jack 22 January 2018 (2018-01-22)
N/A

Series 4 (2018–19)

Overall No. Subject Josh's team Richard's team First broadcast Viewers
(millions)
211Xmas19 December 2018 (2018-12-19)
N/A
222 Mo 2 January 2019 (2019-01-02)TBC
233 Mark 9 January 2019 (2019-01-09)TBC
244 Emma 23 January 2019 (2019-01-23) [lower-alpha 1] TBC
255 Harry 30 January 2019 (2019-01-30)TBC
266 Liz 13 February 2019 (2019-02-13) [lower-alpha 2] TBC
277 Jules 20 February 2019 (2019-02-20)TBC
288 Rob 27 February 2019 (2019-02-27)TBC

Scores

JoshRichard
Series wins (3 drawn)
01
Episode wins (0 drawn)
1315

Notes

  1. This episode was originally to air on 16 January but was postponed due to news coverage.
  2. This episode was originally to air on 6 February but was postponed due to football coverage.

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References

  1. Shakhnazarova, Nika (26 February 2020). "Sue Perkins' game show Insert Name Here axed by BBC Two". mirror. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  2. "Weekly top 30 programmes - BARB". www.barb.co.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2017.