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Big Fat Quiz

  • 2004 – 2025
  • Returning Series
  • Comedy
  • ~1h 56m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 7.7/10

Presenter Jimmy Carr oversees a panel of top-name celebrities in this year end quiz show where they compete to see who can answer the most questions correctly.

Latest: The Big Fat Quiz of the Year · 2004

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  1. E1. The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2004

    Dec 27, 2004 · 100m

    The host, Jimmy Carr, read out questions relating to events of 2004 to three teams of celebrities: Simon Pegg & Liza Tarbuck, David Walliams & Rob Brydon, June Sarpong & Jonathan Ross. Louis Walsh, Nadia Almada and Kelly Holmes all made live appearances to read out the questions for the months of April, June, and August respectively. Recorded questions from Bono and The Bear from Bo' Selecta were shown too along with films of Richard and Judy discussing events.

  2. E2. The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2005

    Dec 26, 2005 · 100m

    The host, Jimmy Carr, read out questions relating to events of 2005 to three teams of celebrities: Sharon Osbourne & Jonathan Ross, Denise van Outen & David Mitchell, and Gordon Ramsay & Rob Brydon. Guest questioners in the studio included Jordan & Peter Andre and David Tennant and there were also recorded questions by several celebrities including Richard and Judy, Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette and Kevin Pietersen.

  3. E3. The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2006

    Dec 27, 2006 · 100m

    The host, Jimmy Carr, read out questions relating to events of 2006 to three teams of celebrities: Russell Brand & Noel Fielding, Rob Brydon & David Walliams, and Jonathan Ross & Cat Deeley. Guest questioners in the studio included Boy George, Myleene Klass and Matt Willis and Guy Goma. Pre-recorded questions were asked by Sir Ian McKellen, Lily Allen, Carol Vorderman, Courtney Love, Girls Aloud, and Sacha Baron Cohen in his guise as Borat.

  4. E4. The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2007

    Dec 30, 2007 · 100m

    The host, Jimmy Carr, read out questions relating to events of 2007 to three teams of celebrities: Russell Brand & Noel Fielding, Rob Brydon & David Mitchell, and Jonathan Ross & Lily Allen. Guest questioners in the studio were Christopher Biggins and Cerys Matthews. Pre-recorded questions were asked by Take That, Gordon Ramsay, Thom Yorke and Jon Snow. John Hurt read out extracts of the year's best selling autobiographies.

  5. E5. The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2008

    Dec 28, 2008 · 100m

    The host, Jimmy Carr, read out questions relating to events of 2008 to three teams of celebrities: Dara Ó Briain & Davina McCall, Rob Sean Lock & James Corden, and Michael McIntyre & Claudia Winkleman. Guest appearances included Alan Carr, Katy Perry, the Fonejacker, Sarah Silverman, John Hurt and Sir Alan Sugar along with regulars Jon Snow and the children from Mitchell Brook Primary School, with another selection of topical school plays.

  6. E6. The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2009

    Dec 29, 2009 · 100m

    Why was Christian Bale so angry in January? What made NASA so happy in December? And which scandal prompted President Obama to call Kanye West a "jackass" in September? The biggest, fattest and funniest quiz of the year returns with a stellar line-up including David Mitchell, Charlie Brooker, Claudia Winkleman, Rob Brydon, Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross. Jimmy Carr does the quizzing, Peter Andre drops in for a surprise visit and as usual there's a glittering host of A-listers popping up to ask questions about the year's events.

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