Is QI XL coming back?
QI XL (2009–present) — comedy on BBC Two
The answer: Between seasons — last episode February 3, 2026, no return date announced yet.
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18seasons
273episodes
8.0/ 10
About QI XL
No — QI XL is currently between seasons. The most recent episode aired on February 3, 2026, and there is no confirmed return date.
QI XL was a comedy series that premiered on January 10, 2009, on BBC Two. The show featured comedians and celebrity guests exchanging interesting facts on a wide range of subjects, often with humorous insights. It was known for its lighthearted approach to knowledge and trivia, with new episodes released periodically over the years.
The series starred Alan Davies as himself, Sandi Toksvig as the host, and Stephen Fry also appeared as a host. It was rated 8 on TVMaze and had a typical runtime of 45 minutes per episode.
QI XL episode schedule
273 aired
Aired · 273
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| February 3, 2026 | S18·E14 | Whatnots |
| January 27, 2026 | S18·E13 | Wordmongery |
| January 20, 2026 | S18·E12 | Willy Nilly |
| January 13, 2026 | S18·E11 | Wet and Windy |
| January 6, 2026 | S18·E10 | 'W' Animals |
| December 23, 2025 | S18·E9 | Winter Wonderland |
| December 16, 2025 | S18·E8 | Weird and Wonderful |
| December 9, 2025 | S18·E7 | Who What Why? |
| December 2, 2025 | S18·E6 | Wooing |
| November 25, 2025 | S18·E5 | Wild West |
| November 11, 2025 | S18·E4 | Wavey |
| November 4, 2025 | S18·E3 | Weaponry |
| October 28, 2025 | S18·E2 | Wings and Wheels |
| October 21, 2025 | S18·E1 | Wales, Whales and Wails |
| February 25, 2025 | S17·E14 | Victory |
| January 21, 2025 | S17·E13 | Veggies |
| January 14, 2025 | S17·E12 | Vices and Virtues |
| January 7, 2025 | S17·E11 | Vintage |
| December 31, 2024 | S17·E10 | Vulgar |
| December 17, 2024 | S17·E9 | Variety |
| December 10, 2024 | S17·E8 | Viral |
| December 3, 2024 | S17·E7 | Visionaries |
| November 26, 2024 | S17·E6 | Volatile |
| November 19, 2024 | S17·E5 | Visual |
| November 12, 2024 | S17·E4 | Vets |
| November 5, 2024 | S17·E3 | Very Varied |
| October 29, 2024 | S17·E2 | Vocal |
| October 22, 2024 | S17·E1 | Voyaging |
| April 30, 2024 | S16·E15 | Ulex |
| April 23, 2024 | S16·E14 | Underground & Underwater |
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| April 16, 2024 | S16·E13 | Upbringing |
| April 9, 2024 | S16·E12 | University |
| April 2, 2024 | S16·E11 | Underthings |
| March 26, 2024 | S16·E10 | Upsadaisy |
| February 27, 2024 | S16·E9 | Unrelated |
| February 20, 2024 | S16·E8 | 'U' Animals |
| February 13, 2024 | S16·E7 | Ufology |
| February 6, 2024 | S16·E6 | Ultras |
| January 26, 2024 | S16·E5 | Uncle Sam |
| January 19, 2024 | S16·E4 | Unsavoury |
| January 12, 2024 | S16·E3 | United |
| January 5, 2024 | S16·E2 | Upside Down |
| December 18, 2023 | S16·E1 | All I Want for Christmas is U |
| April 30, 2023 | S15·E14 | Tricks & Treats |
| April 23, 2023 | S15·E13 | Testing |
| April 16, 2023 | S15·E12 | Thrills & Spills |
| April 8, 2023 | S15·E11 | Television |
| March 26, 2023 | S15·E10 | 'T' Animals |
| March 19, 2023 | S15·E9 | Tips and Tools |
| February 17, 2023 | S15·E8 | Tea Time |
| February 10, 2023 | S15·E7 | Tubular |
| February 3, 2023 | S15·E6 | This, That and the Other |
| January 27, 2023 | S15·E5 | Trundling |
| January 20, 2023 | S15·E4 | Telling Tails |
| January 13, 2023 | S15·E3 | Theatrical! |
| January 6, 2023 | S15·E2 | Ticks Tax Toes |
| December 27, 2022 | S14·E14 | Season's Greetings |
| December 19, 2022 | S15·E1 | Toys, Tinsel, and Turkeys |
| June 6, 2022 | S14·E13 | Spooky |
| May 30, 2022 | S14·E12 | Sensational |
| May 23, 2022 | S14·E11 | Sugar & Spice |
| May 16, 2022 | S14·E10 | Sideshows, Stunts & Scavenger Hunts |
| March 4, 2022 | S14·E9 | Shady & Shaky |
| February 25, 2022 | S14·E8 | Secrets, Spies & Sleuths |
| February 18, 2022 | S14·E7 | Sick |
| February 11, 2022 | S14·E6 | Sexed-Up |
| February 4, 2022 | S14·E5 | Sun, Sea & Sandi |
| January 28, 2022 | S14·E4 | Silly Season |
| January 21, 2022 | S14·E3 | Saints & Sinners |
| January 14, 2022 | S14·E2 | Smörgåsbord |
| January 7, 2022 | S14·E1 | 'S' Animals |
| April 1, 2021 | S13·E16 | Rock 'n' Roll |
| March 20, 2021 | S13·E15 | Random |
| March 13, 2021 | S13·E14 | Rogue |
| February 12, 2021 | S13·E13 | Roaming |
| February 2, 2021 | S13·E12 | Rest and Recreation |
| January 30, 2021 | S13·E11 | Revolutions |
| January 7, 2021 | S13·E10 | R Animals |
| December 27, 2020 | S13·E9 | Rejoice! A Christmas Special |
| November 21, 2020 | S13·E8 | Radioactive |
| November 7, 2020 | S13·E7 | Reflections |
| October 10, 2020 | S13·E6 | Ridiculous |
| October 3, 2020 | S13·E5 | Rubbish |
| September 26, 2020 | S13·E4 | Restaurants |
| September 12, 2020 | S13·E3 | Road and Rail |
| September 5, 2020 | S13·E2 | Ruff and Reddy |
| August 29, 2020 | S13·E1 | Rude |
| May 4, 2020 | S12·E16 | Quads and Quins |
| April 4, 2020 | S12·E15 | Quantity and Quality |
| February 29, 2020 | S12·E14 | Queens |
| February 22, 2020 | S12·E13 | Quills |
| February 15, 2020 | S12·E12 | Quagmire |
| February 8, 2020 | S12·E11 | Quaffing |
| February 1, 2020 | S12·E10 | Quiet |
| January 25, 2020 | S12·E9 | Qanimals |
| January 4, 2020 | S12·E8 | Quests: Part Two |
| December 27, 2019 | S12·E7 | Quizmas |
| December 15, 2019 | S12·E6 | Quests: Part One |
| December 7, 2019 | S12·E5 | Questions and Qualifications |
| November 30, 2019 | S12·E4 | Queasy Quacks |
| November 9, 2019 | S12·E3 | Quarrels |
| November 2, 2019 | S12·E2 | Quintessential |
| September 21, 2019 | S12·E1 | Quirky |
| August 16, 2019 | S11·E16 | Post |
| August 9, 2019 | S11·E15 | Past Times |
| May 18, 2019 | S11·E14 | Pathology |
| May 11, 2019 | S11·E13 | Phenomena |
| May 4, 2019 | S11·E12 | Procrastination |
| March 16, 2019 | S11·E11 | Potpourri |
| January 12, 2019 | S11·E10 | Pain & Punishment |
| December 29, 2018 | S11·E9 | Pubs |
| December 1, 2018 | S11·E8 | Plants |
| November 24, 2018 | S11·E7 | Picnics |
| November 17, 2018 | S11·E6 | Pictures |
| November 10, 2018 | S11·E5 | Public & Private |
| November 3, 2018 | S11·E4 | Parts |
| October 27, 2018 | S11·E3 | Piecemeal |
| October 20, 2018 | S11·E2 | Peril |
| October 13, 2018 | S11·E1 | Panimals |
| March 10, 2018 | S10·E15 | Occupations and Offices |
| February 17, 2018 | S10·E17 | Overseas |
| February 3, 2018 | S10·E14 | Oddballs |
| January 27, 2018 | S10·E13 | Omnishambles |
| January 20, 2018 | S10·E12 | The Occult |
| January 13, 2018 | S10·E11 | Objects and Ornaments |
| January 6, 2018 | S10·E10 | Origins and Openings |
| December 29, 2017 | S10·E9 | O Christmas |
| December 16, 2017 | S10·E8 | Operations |
| December 9, 2017 | S10·E7 | Opposites |
| December 2, 2017 | S10·E6 | Odds and Ends |
| November 25, 2017 | S10·E5 | Odorous and Odious |
| November 11, 2017 | S10·E4 | Over and Ova |
| November 4, 2017 | S10·E3 | Oceans |
| October 28, 2017 | S10·E2 | Organisms |
| October 21, 2017 | S10·E1 | Ologies |
| February 11, 2017 | S9·E16 | New |
| February 4, 2017 | S9·E15 | Next |
| January 29, 2017 | S9·E14 | Numbers |
| January 22, 2017 | S9·E13 | Naval Navigation |
| January 15, 2017 | S9·E12 | Noodles |
| January 8, 2017 | S9·E11 | Nonsense |
| January 2, 2017 | S9·E10 | Nature/Nurture |
| December 25, 2016 | S9·E9 | Noël |
| December 17, 2016 | S9·E8 | Non Sequiturs |
| December 11, 2016 | S9·E7 | Naked Truth |
| December 4, 2016 | S9·E6 | Night |
| November 27, 2016 | S9·E5 | Not Nearly |
| November 20, 2016 | S9·E4 | Noble Rot |
| November 6, 2016 | S9·E3 | Nosey Noisy |
| October 30, 2016 | S9·E2 | North Norse |
| October 23, 2016 | S9·E1 | Naming Names |
| April 4, 2016 | S8·E15 | Mix and Match |
| March 28, 2016 | S8·E16 | Misconceptions |
| February 29, 2016 | S8·E14 | Messy |
| February 22, 2016 | S8·E13 | Monster Mash |
| January 23, 2016 | S8·E12 | Medieval and Macabre |
| January 16, 2016 | S8·E11 | Menagerie |
| January 9, 2016 | S8·E10 | Making a Meal of It |
| January 2, 2016 | S8·E9 | Messing with Your Mind |
| December 19, 2015 | S8·E8 | Merriment |
| December 12, 2015 | S8·E7 | Middle Muddle |
| November 28, 2015 | S8·E6 | Marriage and Mating |
| November 21, 2015 | S8·E5 | Maths |
| November 14, 2015 | S8·E4 | M-Places |
| November 7, 2015 | S8·E3 | Miscellany |
| October 24, 2015 | S8·E2 | Military Matters |
| October 17, 2015 | S8·E1 | Medley of Maladies |
| April 18, 2015 | S7·E16 | Landmarks |
| April 4, 2015 | S7·E15 | Long Lost |
| February 7, 2015 | S7·E14 | Ladies and Gents |
| January 11, 2015 | S7·E13 | Little and Large |
| January 4, 2015 | S7·E12 | Lucky Losers |
| December 27, 2014 | S7·E11 | No L |
| December 20, 2014 | S7·E10 | Lumped Together |
| December 13, 2014 | S7·E9 | Lying |
| November 29, 2014 | S7·E8 | Lovely |
| November 22, 2014 | S7·E7 | Lethal |
| November 8, 2014 | S7·E6 | Liblabble |
| November 1, 2014 | S7·E5 | Lenses |
| October 25, 2014 | S7·E4 | Levity |
| October 18, 2014 | S7·E3 | Literature |
| October 11, 2014 | S7·E2 | Location, Location, Location |
| October 4, 2014 | S7·E1 | L Animals |
| January 18, 2014 | S6·E16 | Kaleidoscope |
| January 11, 2014 | S6·E15 | Kitsch |
| December 24, 2013 | S6·E14 | Kris Kringle |
| December 23, 2013 | S6·E13 | Keeps |
| December 15, 2013 | S6·E12 | Kitchen Sink |
| December 7, 2013 | S6·E11 | Knights and Knaves |
| November 30, 2013 | S6·E10 | Kinky |
| November 3, 2013 | S6·E9 | Kinetic |
| October 27, 2013 | S6·E8 | Keys |
| October 20, 2013 | S6·E7 | Knowledge |
| October 13, 2013 | S6·E6 | Killers |
| October 6, 2013 | S6·E5 | Kings |
| September 29, 2013 | S6·E4 | Knits & Knots |
| September 22, 2013 | S6·E3 | K-Folk |
| September 15, 2013 | S6·E2 | Kit and Kaboodle |
| September 8, 2013 | S6·E1 | Knees & Knockers |
| August 31, 2013 | S5·E16 | Just the Job |
| January 12, 2013 | S5·E15 | Jolly |
| December 29, 2012 | S5·E14 | Jingle Bells |
| December 15, 2012 | S5·E13 | Jobs |
| December 8, 2012 | S5·E12 | Justice |
| December 1, 2012 | S5·E11 | Jumpers |
| November 24, 2012 | S5·E10 | Jungles |
| November 10, 2012 | S5·E9 | Jeopardy |
| November 3, 2012 | S5·E8 | Jumble |
| October 27, 2012 | S5·E7 | Journalism |
| October 20, 2012 | S5·E6 | Joints |
| October 13, 2012 | S5·E5 | J-Places |
| October 6, 2012 | S5·E4 | Jack and Jill |
| September 29, 2012 | S5·E3 | Journeys |
| September 22, 2012 | S5·E2 | Jam, Jelly and Juice |
| September 15, 2012 | S5·E1 | Jargon |
| May 24, 2012 | S4·E16 | Idleness |
| May 19, 2012 | S4·E15 | Immortal Bard |
| December 30, 2011 | S4·E14 | Ice |
| December 3, 2011 | S4·E13 | Intelligence |
| November 26, 2011 | S4·E12 | Illumination |
| November 19, 2011 | S4·E11 | Infantile |
| November 12, 2011 | S4·E10 | Inland Revenue |
| November 5, 2011 | S4·E9 | Illness |
| October 29, 2011 | S4·E8 | Inequality |
| October 22, 2011 | S4·E7 | Incomprehensible |
| October 15, 2011 | S4·E6 | Inventive |
| October 8, 2011 | S4·E5 | Invertebrates |
| October 1, 2011 | S4·E4 | Indecision |
| September 24, 2011 | S4·E3 | Imbroglio |
| September 17, 2011 | S4·E2 | International |
…and 43 earlier episodes not shown. Long-running show.
