List of Insert Name Here episodes

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]

Key

• The column headed "Overall" contains the episode number for the whole show, while the column headed "No." contains the episode number within that series.
• The number in the "Viewers (millions)" column are sourced from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB). ^[2]
  •  'N/A'  indicates the viewing figures for this episode were outside the Top 30 for the week
  •  TBC  indicates the viewing figures have not been released for the week the episode aired
•   Episodes with this background were won by Josh Widdicombe's team
•   Episodes with this background were won by Richard Osman's team

Episodes

Series 1 (2016)

Overall	No.	Subject	Josh's team	Richard's team	First broadcast	Viewers (millions)
1	1	Frank	Stephen Mangan Kate Williams	Rob Beckett Roisin Conaty	4 January 2016 (2016-01-04)	N/A
2	2	William	Hugh Dennis Alice Roberts	Omid Djalili Lucy Porter	11 January 2016 (2016-01-11)	N/A
3	3	Kate	Suzannah Lipscomb Jennifer Saunders	Jessica Hynes Romesh Ranganathan	18 January 2016 (2016-01-18)	N/A
4	4	Jo	Danny Baker Kate Williams	Aisling Bea Robert Webb	25 January 2016 (2016-01-25)	N/A
5	5	Dave	Ruth Goodman Jon Richardson	Adil Ray Holly Walsh	1 February 2016 (2016-02-01)	N/A
6	6	Chris	Paul Hollywood Sara Pascoe	Joe Lycett Kate Williams	8 February 2016 (2016-02-08)	N/A

Series 2 (2016–17)

Overall	No.	Subject	Josh's team	Richard's team	First broadcast	Viewers (millions)
7	1	Christmas	Deborah Meaden Kate Williams	Danny Baker Sara Pascoe	21 December 2016 (2016-12-21)	1.29
8	2	Alex	Danny Baker Kate Williams	Gabby Logan Adil Ray	9 January 2017 (2017-01-09)	1.35
9	3	Mary	Suzannah Lipscomb Stephen Mangan	Mel Giedroyc Nish Kumar	16 January 2017 (2017-01-16)	N/A
10	4	Ben	Paul Feig Kate Williams	Chris Packham Jon Richardson	23 January 2017 (2017-01-23)	1.30
11	5	Charlie	James Acaster Suzannah Lipscomb	Rob Beckett Steph McGovern	30 January 2017 (2017-01-30)	N/A
12	6	Steve	Chris Addison Kate Williams	Al Porter Lucy Porter	6 February 2017 (2017-02-06)	N/A

Series 3 (2017–18)

Overall	No.	Subject	Josh's team	Richard's team	First broadcast	Viewers (millions)
13	1	Tom	Nish Kumar Kate Williams	Gabby Logan Katherine Ryan	20 November 2017 (2017-11-20)	N/A
14	2	Lou	Hugh Dennis Suzannah Lipscomb	Rebecca Front Phil Wang	27 November 2017 (2017-11-27)	N/A
15	3	Anne	James Acaster Kate Williams	Ed Balls Lauren Laverne	4 December 2017 (2017-12-04)	N/A
16	4	Paul	Ed Gamble Suzannah Lipscomb	Katy Brand Amol Rajan	11 December 2017 (2017-12-11)	N/A
17	5	Christmas	Jack Dee Suzannah Lipscomb	Liz Bonnin Martin Kemp	21 December 2017 (2017-12-21)	1.09
18	6	John	Miles Jupp Kate Williams	Roisin Conaty Sally Phillips	8 January 2018 (2018-01-08)	N/A
19	7	Jane	Adrian Chiles Suzannah Lipscomb	Sara Pascoe Anita Rani	15 January 2018 (2018-01-15)	N/A
20	8	Jack	Tom Davis Kate Williams	Aisling Bea Robert Peston	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)
21	1	Xmas	Suzannah Lipscomb Chris Packham	James Acaster Carol Vorderman	19 December 2018 (2018-12-19)	N/A
22	2	Mo	Tom Allen Kate Williams	Griff Rhys Jones Angela Scanlon	2 January 2019 (2019-01-02)	TBC
23	3	Mark	Suzannah Lipscomb Al Murray	Stephen Mangan Ellie Taylor	9 January 2019 (2019-01-09)	TBC
24	4	Emma	Desiree Burch Kate Williams	Katy Brand Nish Kumar	23 January 2019 (2019-01-23) [a]	TBC
25	5	Harry	Angela Barnes Suzannah Lipscomb	Paul Feig Jon Richardson	30 January 2019 (2019-01-30)	TBC
26	6	Liz	Kerry Godliman Kate Williams	Tom Davis Gabby Logan	13 February 2019 (2019-02-13) [b]	TBC
27	7	Jules	Andy Hamilton Suzannah Lipscomb	Reginald D. Hunter Naga Munchetty	20 February 2019 (2019-02-20)	TBC
28	8	Rob	Chris Harris Kate Williams	Lucy Porter Joe Wilkinson	27 February 2019 (2019-02-27)	TBC

Scores

Josh	Richard
Series wins (3 drawn)
0	1
Episode wins (0 drawn)
13	15

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.

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.

External links

• Insert Name Here at IMDb
• Insert Name Here at epguides.com
• Insert Name Here at British Comedy Guide