Question Team

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Question Team
Genre
Created byJamie Ormerod
Written by
  • Matt Hulme
  • Matthew Crosby
Directed byBarbara Wiltshire
Presented by Richard Ayoade
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes16
Production
Production location Television Centre
Running time60 minutes
Production companyInterstellar
Original release
Network Dave
Release12 October 2021 (2021-10-12) 
31 October 2022 (2022-10-31)[ citation needed ]

Question Team is a British television comedy panel show presented by Richard Ayoade. The show features three different comedian guests each episode, who each present a round of their own questions. Question Team was first broadcast on Dave on 12 October 2021, with episodes airing at 10pm on Tuesdays for the first series, and at 10pm on Mondays for the second. [1]

Contents

Accompanying the release of the second season was a YouTube series called Question Team: Interrogations. [2] Comedians Abi Clarke and Huge Davies interrogated the soon-to-be Question Team guests on their chosen topic before their appearance on the show.

It was cancelled in 2023. [3]

Format

Question Team flips the traditional panel show format by inviting each of the three comedian guests to bring their own round of questions about their own chosen specialist topic. The other two guests, as well as Ayoade, must answer these questions—which often involve the utilization of props, people, and/or the large in-studio screen. [4] Each episode features three comedians, but after each has presented their round, Ayoade delegates his round to be presented by a fourth comedian. The comedians' chosen topics of interest range greatly, from topics such as DIY to animation.

Rounds are out of up to 5 points, and the winner at the end of each episode receives a mystery prize in a manila envelope, and a Question Team-branded bomber jacket and travel mug (in Series 1) or tote bag (in Series 2). [5]

Episodes

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 812 October 2021 (2021-10-12)30 November 2021 (2021-11-30)
2 812 September 2022 (2022-09-12)31 October 2022 (2022-10-31)

Series 1 (2021)

No.
overall
No. in
series
GuestsAyoade's guestOriginal air date
11 Bob Mortimer (DIY), Thanyia Moore (Music), Kerry Godliman (Camping)Rob Carter12 October 2021 (2021-10-12)
22 Katherine Ryan (Social Media), Desiree Burch (Astrology), Ivo Graham (Music Festivals) Nick Helm 19 October 2021 (2021-10-19)
33 Nish Kumar (Movies), Rosie Jones (Dictators), Maisie Adam (Driving Test) Mat Ewins 26 October 2021 (2021-10-26)
44 James Acaster (People), Kemah Bob (Art of Attraction), Olga Koch (Role-playing Games) Flo and Joan 2 November 2021 (2021-11-02)
55 Johnny Vegas (General Knowledge), Sophie Duker (Women), Rachel Parris (Leicester) Lost Voice Guy 9 November 2021 (2021-11-09)
66 Ria Lina (Forensics), Alex Brooker (Language and Words), Sarah Kendall (Karate) David O'Doherty 16 November 2021 (2021-11-16)
77 Kiri Pritchard-McLean (True Crime), Toussaint Douglass (Film), Lou Sanders (World Records) The Delightful Sausage 23 November 2021 (2021-11-23)
88 Sara Pascoe (Hen Dos), Jessica Knappett (Board Games), Darren Harriott (Conspiracy Theories) Isy Suttie 23 November 2021 (2021-11-23)

Series 2 (2022)

No.
overall
No. in
series
Guests (and topic)Ayoade's guestOriginal air date
91 Josh Pugh (The World's Strongest Man), Jo Brand (Chocolate), Thanyia Moore (Movies) Bill Bailey 12 September 2022 (2022-09-12)
102 Jonathan Ross (Superheroes), Holly Walsh (Homemade Games), Desiree Burch (Animation) Rachel Riley 19 September 2022 (2022-09-19)
113 Nish Kumar (Takeaway), Helen Bauer (Drama), Katherine Parkinson (Elvis) Marc Wootton 26 September 2022 (2022-09-26)
124 Joel Dommett (Fitness), Janine Harouni (Staten Island), Harriet Kemsley (Children's Books) Joe Wilkinson 3 October 2022 (2022-10-03)
135 James Acaster (People), Jen Brister (The 90s), Lara Ricote (Lipreading) Rosie Jones 10 October 2022 (2022-10-10)
146 Stephen Mangan (Horror), Katherine Ryan (Excuses), Dana Alexander (Drag) Adam Kay 17 October 2022 (2022-10-17)
157 Ellie Taylor (Doppelgängers), Reginald D. Hunter (Controversy), Sue Perkins (General Knowledge) Nick Helm 24 October 2022 (2022-10-24)
168 Dane Baptiste (the Mafia), Angela Barnes (Formula 1), Lou Sanders (Roller Skating) Tim Vine 31 October 2022 (2022-10-31)

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