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The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
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The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
Presented by
Jimmy Carr
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language(s)
English
No. of episodes
26 (as of 26 December 2017) (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)
Anthony Cavenney (2004)
Jane Goldman (2004–06)
Emily Dean (2005–06)
Location(s)
BBC Television Centre (2004–12, 2017-)
Elstree Studios (2013)
The London Studios (2014–16)
Running time
90–130 minutes
Production company(s)
Hotsauce TV
Release
Original network
Channel 4
Picture format
1080i (HDTV)
Original release
28 December 2004 – present
External links
Website
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year is an annual British television programme broadcast in the last or first week of the year on Channel 4. Essentially, the show is a comedy panel game in the style of a pub quiz. Three teams, of two celebrities each, are asked questions relating to the events of the year just gone by, which they write answers to on an electronic board in front of them. At the end of each round, they then display their answers, scoring a point for each correct one.
The first edition was broadcast in December 2004. There has been another at the end of each year, as well as a special edition in November 2007 for Channel 4's 25th anniversary celebrations and three themed special editions in September 2012, to celebrate Channel 4's three decades. A second set of "decades" editions screened in September 2013 as well as a 10th anniversary special in January 2015 and a Big Fat Quiz of Everything in January 2016, followed by a series of three episodes in August 2016. Repeats can usually be found days later on Channel 4's sister-channel E4 and/or 4seven. Stand-up comedian Jimmy Carr has been the host and quizmaster of each edition to date.[1] Channel 4 has made full episodes of The Big Fat Quiz of the Year available to view on All 4.
Contents
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1 Episode guide
1.1 2004
1.2 2005
1.3 2006
1.4 The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz
1.5 2007
1.6 2008
1.7 2009
1.8 2010
1.9 2011
1.10 2012
1.11 2013
1.12 2014
1.13 The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz (2015)
1.14 2015
1.15 2016
1.16 2017
1.17 The Big Fat Quiz of Everything
1.17.1 The Big Fat Quiz of Everything Specials
1.17.1.1 2016 Special
1.17.1.2 2017 Special
1.17.1.3 2018 Special
1.17.2 The Big Fat Quiz of Everything Series
1.17.2.1 Episode 1
1.17.2.2 Episode 2
1.17.2.3 Episode 3
1.18 The Big Fat Quizzes of the Decades
1.18.1 The Big Fat Quiz of the '80s
1.18.2 The Big Fat Quiz of the '90s
1.18.3 The Big Fat Quiz of the '00s
1.19 2013 Decades Specials
1.19.1 The Big Fat Quiz of the '80s (2013)
1.19.2 The Big Fat Quiz of the '90s (2013)
2 Appearances
3 Notes
4 References
5 External links
Episode guide[edit]
No.
Original airdate
Edition
Ratings
(millions)[2]
1 28 December 2004 2004 2.14
2 26 December 2005 2005 2.52
3 27 December 2006 2006 3.07
4 2 November 2007 Anniversary (1st) 1.98
5 30 December 2007 2007 3.59
6 28 December 2008 2008 3.53[nb 1]
7 1 January 2010 2009 4.24[nb 2]
8 3 January 2011 2010 3.85[nb 3]
9 27 December 2011 2011 4.35[nb 4]
10 16 September 2012 80s (1st) 2.27[nb 5]
11 23 September 2012 90s (1st) 2.14[nb 6]
12 30 September 2012 00s 2.04[nb 7]
13 30 December 2012 2012 4.11[nb 8]
14 22 September 2013 80s (2nd) 1.88
15 29 September 2013 90s (2nd) 1.84
16 26 December 2013 2013 3.70[nb 9]
17 26 December 2014 2014 3.49[nb 10]
18 2 January 2015 Anniversary (2nd) 3.19[nb 11]
19 26 December 2015 2015 3.72[nb 12]
20 5 January 2016 Everything (1st) 2.47[nb 13]
21 15 August 2016 Everything (2nd) 1.40
22 22 August 2016 Everything (3rd) 1.44
23 28 August 2016 Everything (4th) 1.46
24 26 December 2016 2016 3.09
25 6 January 2017 Everything (5th) 2.08
26 26 December 2017 2017 3.64
27 12 January 2018 Everything (6th) 1.94
2004[edit]
For the first Big Fat Quiz, broadcast on 28 December 2004, the three teams of celebrities were:
Cut to the Funk: Simon Pegg and Liza Tarbuck (41 points)
BJ and The Bear: David Walliams and Rob Brydon (43 points)
The Winners: June Sarpong and Jonathan Ross (winners with 49 points)
Louis Walsh, Nadia Almada and Dame Kelly Holmes all made live appearances to read out the answers for the months of April, June and August respectively. Recorded questions from Bono, Derren Brown and The Bear from Bo' Selecta! were shown too along with films of Richard and Judy discussing events. The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School in Neasden acted out news stories that happened throughout the year, such as Ricky Gervais winning two Golden Globe Awards for The Office and the Momart fire.
2005[edit]
In 2005, Big Fat Quiz of the Year was shown on Boxing Day. The teams were:
The A-List: Sharon Osbourne and Jonathan Ross (winners with 39 points)
The Double Ds: Denise van Outen and David Mitchell (33 points)
Can't Cook, Don't Need to 'Cos I'm Sat Next to Gordon Ramsay: Gordon Ramsay and Rob Brydon (30 points)
Guest questioners in the studio included Jordan & Peter Andre and David Tennant. There were also recorded questions by several celebrities including Richard and Judy, Charlotte Church, Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Derren Brown and Kevin Pietersen. The mystery guests were Walter Wolfgang and a woman genuinely named Sue Doku. This year's quiz saw the debut of Jon Snow giving fake news stories based on song lyrics, with "I Predict A Riot" and "Crazy Chick". The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School acted out the birth of David and Victoria Beckham's third child and Jacques Chirac insulting British food on the eve of the G8 Summit.
2006[edit]
In 2006 the show was broadcast on 27 December. The three teams were:
Raven Spawn/Rod's Progeny/The Goth Detectives: Russell Brand and Noel Fielding (winners with 39 points)
Rob & Dave: Rob Brydon and David Walliams (37 points)
The Conventionally Attractive Team: Jonathan Ross and Cat Deeley (38 points)
Guest questioners in the studio included Boy George, Myleene Klass & Matt Willis and Guy Goma (famous for incorrectly appearing as a guest on BBC News 24). Pre-recorded questions were asked by Lily Allen, Carol Vorderman, Courtney Love, Girls Aloud, and Sacha Baron Cohen (in his Borat guise). Channel 4 News reporter Jon Snow returned to give fake news reports about songs of the year, reporting on "Patience" and "America". The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School acted out The Da Vinci Code plagiarism claim and parents rebelling against Jamie Oliver's school dinners campaign. Ian McKellen gave dramatised readings from the autobiographies of Jade Goody and Kerry Katona.
Russell Brand and Noel Fielding spent much of the show giving deliberately wrong - and surreal - answers, leaving them trailing far behind the other two teams. This was until towards the end when Jimmy Carr bowed to the pressure of the studio audience, and gave them 22 points for answering one question correctly, which was the amount needed to bring them back into contention at the time and ensuring that they subsequently won the quiz. This led Walliams and Brydon, who came last as a result, to exaggerate their chagrin at the turn of events that had seen Brand and Fielding emerge on top.
During a discussion about the Bob Skeleton event at that year's Winter Olympics, the suggestion arose that a character with that name could be the star of Brand and Fielding's next show together. The pair subsequently became known as the Goth Detectives (opposed to their original name, which arose from a joke Jimmy Carr made about their supposed parentage), which was suggested for the show's title. Though it began as a joke, the pair eventually performed a Goth Detectives themed show for the Teenage Cancer Trust event at the Royal Albert Hall on 28 March 2007.
The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz[edit]
A special edition of the show, celebrating Channel 4's 25th anniversary, was broadcast on 2 November 2007. The three teams were:
The CarrDees / CarrJack: Alan Carr and Jack Dee (winners with 34 points)
A&D: Carol Vorderman and Frank Skinner (30 points)
The Speccy Nerdy Fucknuts/ "Team Three" : Richard Ayoade and David Mitchell (26 points)
This show aired on 2 November 2007. Carr and Dee emerged victorious at the climax, and so had to take part in a special challenge which replicated the finale of The Crystal Maze. The pair had to collect silver and gold pieces of paper being blown around in a glass dome.
Vic Reeves and Joanna Fisher, who was a member of 1980s Channel 4 programme Minipops both came into the studio to ask bonus questions. Jon Snow read out a fake news report on The Snowman. Quentin Tarantino, Anna Friel, Jonathan Ross, Ram John Holder, Derren Brown, Jo Frost, Jools Holland and others appeared on pre-recorded filmed questions. The children of Mitchell Brook Primary school acted out classic Channel 4 programmes The Word and TFI Friday.
2007[edit]
The 2007 show aired on 30 December 2007. The teams were:
The Goth Detectives: Russell Brand and Noel Fielding (17 points)
The Shadow Cabinet: Rob Brydon and David Mitchell (winners with 38 points)
Fulham: Jonathan Ross and Lily Allen (36 points)
Guest questioners in the studio were Christopher Biggins, Cerys Matthews and John Smeaton, a baggage handler at Glasgow Airport who helped foil a terrorist attack. Pre-recorded questions were asked by Take That, Gordon Ramsay and Thom Yorke. Jon Snow returned with a faux news report on "Umbrella". John Hurt read out extracts from the autobiographies of Peter Andre and 50 Cent. The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School returned to act out David Beckham's move to LA Galaxy and when a judge criticised The Jeremy Kyle Show. Paul Croft, the man who had a tattoo of Dumbledore done on his back before J.K. Rowling announced that Dumbledore was gay, was the mystery guest.
This was the first time that Rob Brydon had been on the winning team, despite having appeared on the panel every year since the first show in 2004. Also, it was the first time (and, as of the 2016 edition, the only time) that the previous year's winning team - the Goth Detectives - had both returned to defend their title.
2008[edit]
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2008 aired on 28 December on Channel 4 at 9:00 pm. The teams were as follows:
Dara 'n' Dave: Dara Ó Briain and Davina McCall (winners with 36 points)
Normal & Hooch/Chubb Lock: Sean Lock and James Corden (32 points)
Michael McIntyre and Claudia Winkleman/Same Difference: Michael McIntyre and Claudia Winkleman (29 points)
Due to the furore caused by his and Russell Brand's infamous phone call to actor Andrew Sachs, which resulted in his three-month suspension from the BBC at the end of the year, this was the first occasion that Jonathan Ross did not appear. He also declined his customary executive producer credit. Despite Big Fat Quiz not being a BBC programme, Ross himself had thought it inappropriate to do any broadcasting work during the corporation's censure (the same reason that was given for his decision to temporarily concede hosting duties of the British Comedy Awards - broadcast on ITV - around the same time).
This was also the first year that Rob Brydon was absent, leaving host Jimmy Carr as the only regular fixture throughout the Big Fat Quiz of the Year's entire run to date (although neither Brydon nor Ross had been panellists for the special Channel 4 anniversary edition).
In-studio guest questions came from Strictly Come Dancing contestants Jodie Kidd and Mark Foster, and 2008 Olympics Team GB gold medalists Christine Ohuruogu and James DeGale. Pre-recorded guest questions came from Katy Perry, the Fonejacker, Alan Carr, Sarah Silverman and Sir Alan Sugar. Jon Snow gave news reports on "That's Not My Name" and "I Kissed A Girl". John Hurt read from the autobiographies of Les Dennis and Christopher Biggins. The children from Mitchell Brook Primary School also returned acting out the divorce of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills and Jay-Z headlining that year's Glastonbury Festival.
2009[edit]
The 2009 show was recorded on 7 December and aired on 1 January 2010.[3] The teams were:
The Moral Minority/Jedward: Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand (28 points)
The Newlyweds: Rob Brydon and Claudia Winkleman (29 points)
Ignorance & Want/Dancing Queens: David Mitchell and Charlie Brooker (winners with 32 points)
Peter Andre appeared as a guest questioner and musical comedian Tim Minchin asked a question in song format about Google Street View. Newsreader Jon Snow again appeared with news reports on "Poker Face" and "Bonkers" and the children of Mitchell Brook Primary School also reprised their regular slot, acting out the Parliament expenses scandal and Kanye West invading the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards. Other guest questioners included Sir David Attenborough, cricketer Stuart Broad, actor David Tennant and rapper 50 Cent. Swansea cagefighters Daniel Lerwell and James Lilley, who successfully fended off a homophobic attack in a nightclub (they were dressed in drag for a stag night), were the mystery guests.
Ross and Brand made a number of references to the Sachsgate scandal of 2008 which occurred last time they appeared together. There was also a discussion about changing Brooker and Mitchell's team name to The Curmudgeons after they refused to dance to the Lady Gaga song "Poker Face".
Mitchell and Brooker were the eventual winners and were asked by Jimmy Carr after their victory if they wanted to do a dance. Despite pressure from the audience, they kept up their premise of not dancing.
2010[edit]
The 2010 show was recorded on 13 December and aired on 3 January 2011.[4] The teams were:
Posh & Specs/ Chatty and Fatty : Michael McIntyre and Alan Carr (25 points)
Wagner: Jonathan Ross and Ruth Jones (winners with 28 points)
The Electric Moccasins / Robson & Jerome: Richard Ayoade and Noel Fielding (12 points)
Guest questions were provided by Nicole Scherzinger, Jack Black, Simon Pegg, Russell Brand, Seth Rogen, the cast of Misfits and Will Ferrell. The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School made their annual appearance acting out news stories, which included The Stig scandal and the Icelandic volcano eruption, as did Jon Snow with his fake news report of Lady Gaga and Beyoncé's "Telephone". Lola, the cat put in a wheelie bin in August by Mary Bale appeared as a mystery guest. Louie Spence posed a question in the form of a dance routine representing the story of the trapped Chilean miners.
2011[edit]
The 2011 show was recorded on 14 December and aired on 27 December 2011.[5] The teams for this year were:
Nexus-6: David Mitchell and Eddie Izzard (winners with 28 points)
Les Be Friends: David Walliams and Miranda Hart (4 points)
The Lisping Ninnies: Jonathan Ross and Jamie Oliver (26 points)
Guest questions were provided by Cee Lo Green, Michael Sheen, Tulisa, Lee Evans, Muppet drummer Animal, Rastamouse, Downton Abbey star Jim Carter, Lenny Kravitz, and Professor Brian Cox. The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School made their annual appearance acting out news stories, which included the arrival of a cat at 10 Downing Street and Cheryl Cole's firing from The X Factor, as did Jon Snow with his fake news reports of popular songs (Rebecca Black's "Friday" and Jessie J's "Price Tag"). "Supergran" Ann Timson, who was seen in a February 2011 viral video fending off four burglars with just her handbag, appeared as a mystery guest. The Only Way Is Essex cast members Lydia Rose Bright, Lauren Goodger, and Kirk Norcross appeared to present a question about the show.
2012[edit]
The 2012 edition aired on 30 December 2012. The teams, which did not take team names, were:[6]
Jack Whitehall and James Corden (9 points)
Russell Howard and Jonathan Ross (30 points)
Richard Ayoade and Gabby Logan (winners with 45 points)
The in-studio final bonus questions were provided by Team GB and Paralympics GB athletes Nicola Adams, Natasha Baker, Sophie Christiansen, Hannah Cockroft, Helen Glover, Ed McKeever, Etienne Stott, and Peter Wilson. The Great British Bake Off finalists Brendan Lynch, James Morton, and John Whaite provided a live guest question. Recorded guest questions were provided by PSY, Gerard Butler, Usain Bolt, Jessica Ennis, Felix Baumgartner, Kylie Minogue, Cheryl Cole, Simon Callow, Jenson Button, Tom Daley, Warwick Davis, and Charles Dance (doing a dramatic reading from Fifty Shades of Grey). The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School once again made an appearance acting out the Diamond Jubilee Concert. Providing the song lyric as news story segment was Jon Snow, reporting on "Call Me Maybe". The mystery guest was Gary Connery, the stunt-double for the Queen, who skydived out of a helicopter during the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony.
During the show, Whitehall and Corden had pizza delivered and ate it with red wine.
2013[edit]
The 2013 edition was recorded on 10 December and aired on 26 December 2013.[7] The teams, which did not take team names, were:
Jack Whitehall and Jonathan Ross (12 points)
Dara Ó Briain and Kristen Schaal (joint winners with 30 points)
Richard Ayoade and Noel Fielding (joint winners with 30 points)
Danny Dyer appeared in the studio to provide a live guest question. Pre-recorded guest questions were provided by Russell Brand, Anchorman 2 stars Steve Carell, Will Ferrell, and Paul Rudd, Olly Murs, Christine Ohuruogu, Louis Walsh, Richard Osman, The Great Gonzo (promoting Muppets Most Wanted), Harry Hill, Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Educating Yorkshire teachers Mr Mitchell and Mr Burton, The Great British Bake Off series 4 runner-up Ruby Tandoh, Rizzle Kicks, and astronaut Chris Hadfield. The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School returned to act out Edward Snowden's spy leaks. Jon Snow reported on "Wrecking Ball" and Charles Dance read from the autobiography of Lauren Goodger. The mystery guest was Natalie Holt, who threw eggs at Simon Cowell on the final of Britain's Got Talent.
The show was dedicated to comedy agent and producer Addison Cresswell, who died on 22 December 2013.
Also, Jonathan Ross brought most of a turkey, a loaf of bread and champagne. He ended up making sandwiches for the others.
2014[edit]
The 2014 edition was recorded on 1 December and aired on 26 December 2014.[8] The teams were:
The Its: Micky Flanagan and Mel B (25 points)
Mother & Son: Sarah Millican and Kevin Bridges (winners with 36 points)
Two Nasal Men / Global Issues: Richard Ayoade and David Mitchell (31 points)
Pre-recorded guest questions came from Michael Palin, Tom Daley, the cast of The Inbetweeners, Game of Thrones actress Natalie Dormer, Lily Allen, Rio Ferdinand, Pixie Lott and Status Quo members Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt. Paralympic gold medallists Kelly Gallagher and Charlotte Evans provided the in-studio guest question. Charles Dance read from the autobiography of Joey Essex. The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School acted out the Bernie Ecclestone trial. Jon Snow gave his news report about "All About That Bass". The mystery guest was Dean Farley, the jogger who ran into David Cameron.[9]
Mel B's performance received notable negative attention on social media and in the press as having brought down the show by being perceived as sour and humourless.[10]
The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz (2015)[edit]
The second Big Fat Anniversary Quiz was recorded on 29 September 2014 and aired on 2 January 2015, to mark the tenth anniversary of the series.[8] The teams that took part were:
The Goth Detectives: Russell Brand and Noel Fielding (29 points)
Jonathan Ross and Warwick Davis (winners with 39 points)
Jack Whitehall and Claudia Winkleman (22 points)
Pre-recorded guest questions came from Ian McKellen, Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry, Chico, Gregg Wallace, Ellie Simmonds, Peter Andre and Abbey Clancy. Louie Spence provided the in-studio guest question in the form of an interpretive dance about the 2013 horse meat scandal. Charles Dance read from the autobiography of Jay-Z. The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School acted out the launch of the Large Hadron Collider in 2008. Jon Snow gave his news report about "Sex on Fire". The mystery guest was Jon Morter, who started the Facebook campaign to make Rage Against The Machine's "Killing in the Name" the Christmas number 1 in 2009. A Dalek also appeared in the studio to ask the final bonus question, and to "exterminate" Carr at the end of the quiz. Brand and Fielding referenced their past name as the "Goth Detectives" several times. They got many of their correct answers from an ongoing text conversation with members of the live studio audience. The ruse was discovered when Carr took Brand's phone, called one of the numbers, and an audience member answered. Chico also appeared via text, responding to Jack Whitehall.
2015[edit]
The 2015 edition was recorded on 14 December 2015[11] and aired on 26 December 2015. The teams, which did not take names, were:
Rob Brydon and Jo Brand (winners with 43 points)
Richard Ayoade and Greg Davies (31 points)
Claudia Winkleman and David Mitchell[12] (35 points)
Pre-recorded guest questions came from Quentin Tarantino, Rita Ora, Simon Pegg, Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, Josh Groban, Olly Murs, Katie Price and Heston Blumenthal. The Great British Bake Off winner, Nadiya Hussain, provided the in-studio guest question. The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School acted out Jeremy Clarkson's dismissal from Top Gear. Jon Snow reported on Drake's "Hotline Bling". Charles Dance read from "List of the Lost", the debut novel by Morrissey. The mystery guest was Cecilia Bleasdale, who took a photo of a black and blue dress which appeared white and gold on the photo, leading to the dress becoming an internet meme.
2016[edit]
The 2016 edition was recorded on 5 December 2016 and aired on 26 December 2016.[13] The teams, which did not take names, were:
David Mitchell and Sarah Millican (winners with 45 points)
Romesh Ranganathan and Mel Giedroyc (28 points)
Rob Delaney and Richard Ayoade (40 points)
Pre-recorded guest questions came from Professor Green, Bryan Cranston and James Franco, The Vamps, Sadiq Khan, Ryan Tedder and Zach Filkins from OneRepublic, Miranda Hart, Gemma Chan, Michelle Keegan and Rick Astley. In-studio guest questions were provided by Mark-Francis Vandelli from Made in Chelsea and Pamela Anderson. The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School acted out Traingate. Jon Snow reported on Justin Timberlake's "Can't Stop the Feeling". Charles Dance read from Rylan's autobiography. The mystery guest was Zac Alsop, who posed as a fencer and blagged his way on to one of Team GB's 2016 Olympics victory parade floats in Manchester.
A running gag on the episode was host Jimmy Carr inquiring about contestant Romesh's father, not realising that the latter has already died, and the other contestants repeatedly chiding Carr about not checking beforehand. There was also a running gag with Mel Giedroyc's obsession with the Crossrail project currently going on in and around London.
2017[edit]
The 2017 edition was recorded at Television Centre on 6 December 2017 and aired on 26 December 2017.[14] The teams were:
The Tinsel Sisters: David Mitchell and Roisin Conaty (winners with 35 points)
Team Pain: Big Narstie and Katherine Ryan (33 points)
Cakes in the Maze: Richard Ayoade and Noel Fielding (19 points)
Pre-recorded guest questions came from Kurupt FM, Vince Vaughn, Nadiya Hussain, Clare Balding, Ed Balls and The Script. The in-studio guest question was asked by Great British Bake Off contestant Liam Charles. The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School acted out the silencing of Big Ben during its renovation. Jon Snow reported on Taylor Swift's "Look What You Made Me Do". Charles Dance read from the autobiography of Geordie Shore star Charlotte Crosby. The mystery guest was Liam Smyth, the student whose date got stuck between two windows trying to throw her poo out after it failed to flush. Helping Jimmy with the final question were some real penguins and an animatronic polar bear.
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything[edit]
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything is a spin-off series to the annual. These quizzes ask questions based on various subjects including history, geography, films, television, music, science, technology, art, literature, sports and games.
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything Specials[edit]
2016 Special[edit]
The first special was recorded in October 2015[15] and aired on 5 January 2016. The teams were:
Cops and Wobbers: Jonathan Ross and Chelsea Peretti (winners with 41 points)
The Custard Junkies: Jack Whitehall and Mel Giedroyc (30 points)
The Ladder Collars: Noel Fielding and Richard Ayoade (38 points)
Pre-recorded guest questions came from Little Mix, Gareth Malone, Paul Whitehouse, Joey Essex, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Dom and Steph Parker from Gogglebox, Kevin McCloud, Darcey Bussell and Alesha Dixon. Chris Kamara provided the in-studio guest question. The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School acted out The Great Fire of London. Jon Snow reported on Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody".
2017 Special[edit]
The second New Year special was recorded in October 2016 and aired on Friday 6 January 2017.[16] The teams were:
Walliams: Jonathan Ross and David Walliams (winners with 39 points)
Foreign Twerkers: Katherine Ryan and Aisling Bea (34 points)
Humanity's Last Hope: Noel Fielding and Richard Ayoade (32 points)
Pre-recorded guest questions came from Joe Wicks, Nick Hewer, Joey Essex, Laura and Jason Kenny, Derren Brown, Ollie Locke from Made in Chelsea and Darcey Bussell. Jonnie Peacock provided the in-studio guest question in the form of sporting celebrations. The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School acted out the Napster lawsuits. Jon Snow reported on The Weather Girls' "It's Raining Men". Charles Dance read confusing movie reviews from Amazon customers. The London Philharmonic Choir appeared to sing popular hip-hop and rap tunes in a choral style for the final question.
2018 Special[edit]
The third New Year special was recorded on 11 December 2017 at Television Centre[17] and aired on Friday 12 January 2018. The teams were:
The British Asians: Jonathan Ross and Nish Kumar (winners with 46 points)
Ladies Who Lunch, Breakfast, Dinner, Snack and Tea: Claudia Winkleman and Miranda Hart (37 points)
Strike Force One: Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer (37 points)
Pre-recorded guest questions came from Luke Evans, Ore Oduba, Dynamo, Christian Slater, Judy Murray and Reverend Kate Bottley. The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School acted out Garry Kasparov's defeat to Deep Blue. Jon Snow reported on Billy Ray Cyrus' "Achy Breaky Heart". Charles Dance read confusing online film reviews. The mystery guests were John Cornelius, Robbie Humphries and Anthony Eden, who all played The Milkybar Kid as children. The Big Fat Question featured several football team mascots for the teams to identify.
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything Series[edit]
A three-part series of The Big Fat Quiz of Everything was recorded in June and July 2016 at The London Studios.
Episode 1[edit]
The first episode aired on 15 August 2016.[18]
The teams for this episode were:
David & Claudia: Claudia Winkleman and David Mitchell (winners with 38 points)
The Awesome Clams: Mel Giedroyc and Kristen Schaal (31 points)
One and a Half Condoms: Jonathan Ross and Bob Mortimer (31 points)
Pre-recorded guest questions came from Buzz Aldrin, Deborah Meaden from Dragons' Den, Joey Essex, Rylan Clark, Warwick Davis and David Haye. The in-studio guest questions were asked by First Dates maitre d' Fred Sirieix (who proceeded to open a large bottle of champagne and serve it to the contestants and the studio audience) and Strictly Come Dancing pair Kevin and Karen Clifton, who performed a series of dances in a minute for the contestants to guess. The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School acted out the Watergate scandal. Jon Snow reported on the Village People's "YMCA".
Episode 2[edit]
The second episode aired on 22 August 2016.[19]
The teams for this episode were:
The Sultans of Bhunai: Noel Fielding and Richard Ayoade (winners with 25 points)
TGGTTB :) "Two Great Guys Trying Their Best"/ "The Ancient Fucks": Adam Buxton and Jonathan Ross (23 points)
Tits and Teeth: Aisling Bea and Rob Beckett (20 points)
Pre-recorded guest questions came from Jodie Kidd, Dr. Christian Jessen, Joey Essex, Ronan Keating, Jerry Springer and Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards. The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School acted out the Wars of the Roses. Jon Snow reported on The B-52's "Love Shack". The Mariachis appeared to play TV themes in a mariachi style for the final question.
Episode 3[edit]
The third episode aired on 28 August 2016.[20]
The teams for this episode were:
The Twins: Alan Carr and Romesh Ranganathan (24 points)
Darsea O Perettiain: Dara Ó Briain and Chelsea Peretti (joint winners with 27 points)
The Phrologists: Noel Fielding and Eddie Izzard (joint winner with 27 points)
Pre-recorded guest questions came from Jess Glynne, Made in Chelsea's Jamie Laing, Ricky Wilson, Ray Mears and Joey Essex. The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School acted out Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries. Jon Snow reported on Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back". Two sloths appeared in the studio for a question about the seven deadly sins, and three human statues replicated famous historical statues for the final question.
The Big Fat Quizzes of the Decades[edit]
In 2012, three Big Fat Quizzes were recorded as part of Channel 4's 30th anniversary celebrations, each representing one of the past decades. The shows were recorded on 30 August, 12 September and 19 September.[21]
The Big Fat Quiz of the '80s[edit]
The show was recorded on 12 September 2012 and aired on 16 September 2012.[22] The teams, which did not take team names for this special, were:
Jason Manford and Stephen Mangan (joint winners with 29 points)
Jonathan Ross and Adam Buxton (joint winners with 29 points)
Micky Flanagan and Carol Vorderman (28 points)
In-studio guest questions were provided by Kriss Akabusi and Samantha Fox, who presented the final bonus question. Recorded guest questions were provided by Su Pollard, Michael Fish, Clare Grogan, Roland Rat, Nik Kershaw, The Proclaimers, Anne Charleston, Charles Dance (doing a dramatic reading from the autobiography of The Krankies), and Sonia. The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School made an appearance acting out Live Aid. Providing the song lyric as news story segment was original Newsround anchor John Craven, reporting on "Thriller". Bunty Bailey, the actress who played the female love interest in a-ha's "Take on Me", appeared as a mystery guest. The four winners were "presented" a Sinclair C5 by Samantha Fox.
The Big Fat Quiz of the '90s[edit]
The show was recorded on 19 September 2012 and aired on 23 September 2012.[23] The teams, which did not take team names for this special, were:
Phill Jupitus and Alan Davies (winners with 42 points)
Dara Ó Briain and Claudia Winkleman (31 points)
Jack Whitehall and Denise van Outen (28 points)
The in-studio final bonus questions were provided (after a fashion) by Mr Blobby. Recorded guest questions were provided by Zig and Zag, Chesney Hawkes, B*Witched members Lindsay Armaou and Keavy Lynch, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Vic and Bob (Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer), Linford Christie, and Charles Dance (doing a dramatic reading from the autobiography of Melanie Brown). The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School made an appearance acting out the launch and repair of the Hubble Space Telescope. Providing the song lyric as news story segment was former BBC Nine O'Clock News presenter Michael Buerk, reporting on "I'm Too Sexy". John Simmit and Nikky Smedley, the portrayers of Teletubbies Dipsy and Laa-Laa (respectively), appeared as mystery guests.
The Big Fat Quiz of the '00s[edit]
The show was recorded on 30 August 2012 and aired on 30 September 2012. The teams were:
Big Gay Al and His Big Scottish Pal: Kevin Bridges and Alan Carr (20 points)
Team Three: Sarah Millican and David Mitchell (winners with 24 points)
The Indoor Kites/Hot Shame: Richard Ayoade and Noel Fielding (14 points)
The in-studio final bonus questions were provided by the Cheeky Girls. Dragons' Den dragon Duncan Bannatyne provided a live guest question. Recorded guest questions were provided by Gregg Wallace, Nick Bateman, Peter Andre, half of McFly, Gareth Gates, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, and Charles Dance (doing a dramatic reading from the autobiography of Katie Price). The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School made an appearance acting out the cheating scandal on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Providing the song lyric as news story segment was Channel 4 News presenter and Big Fat Quiz regular Jon Snow, reporting on "It Wasn't Me". Howard Davies-Carr and his two sons Harry and Charlie, stars of the popular viral video Charlie Bit My Finger appeared as mystery guests. Big Brother voiceover announcer Marcus Bentley read the final scores.
2013 Decades Specials[edit]
Due to the success of the Decades specials in 2012, Channel 4 commissioned two additional Decades specials to air in the autumn of 2013.
The Big Fat Quiz of the '80s (2013)[edit]
The show aired on 22 September 2013. The teams, which did not take team names for this special, were:
David Mitchell and Phill Jupitus (winners with 30 points)
Alan Carr and Sarah Greene (20 points)
Jack Dee and Jason Donovan (19 points)
Anneka Rice provided a live guest question. The mystery guest was Stelios Havatzios, the 1980s Athena Baby in the L'Enfant poster. Recorded guest questions were provided by Toyah Willcox, Kim Wilde, Jim Bowen, Bob Carolgees, Carol Decker, Trevor and Simon (Going Live!), Tony Robinson, Gordon Burns and Charles Dance (doing a dramatic reading from the autobiography of Chas & Dave's Chas). The children of Goldsmith Community Hall made an appearance acting out Operation Deepscan. Providing the song lyric as news story segment was John Craven, reporting on "Total Eclipse of the Heart".
The Big Fat Quiz of the '90s (2013)[edit]
The show aired on 29 September 2013. The teams, which did not take team names for this special, were:
Jonathan Ross and Jo Brand (29 points)
Sue Perkins and Lee Mack (winners with 36 points)
Bob Mortimer and Richard Ayoade (26 points)
Diane Youdale (the one-time Gladiator Jet) provided a live guest question. The mystery guest was Todd Watkins, who gained fame for kissing a 77-year-old woman on a The Word segment called "The Hopefuls". Recorded guest questions were provided by Mr. Motivator, Goldie, Andi Peters, Tony Mortimer, Melinda Messenger, Daniela Nardini, Sally Gunnell, The Shamen's Mr. C, the members of Hanson and Charles Dance (doing a dramatic reading from the autobiography of Vanilla Ice). The children of Goldsmith Community Hall made an appearance acting out the cloning of Dolly the sheep played by Hannah MacDonald. Providing the song lyric as news story segment was Martyn Lewis, reporting on "Livin' la Vida Loca". In the penultimate round, Carr announced that he had hired the gunge tank from Noel's House Party and the losers would be gunged, however Ross convinced Carr himself to go in it and was gunged by Jet.
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Jimmy Carr (host) 26 N/A
Jonathan Ross 16 8
Richard Ayoade 13 3
David Mitchell 12 8
Noel Fielding 11 4
Rob Brydon 6 2
Claudia Winkleman 6 1
Alan Carr 5 1
Jack Whitehall 5 0
Russell Brand 4 1
Dara Ó Briain 4 3
David Walliams 4 1
Mel Giedroyc 3 0
Sarah Millican 3 3
Aisling Bea 2 0
Jo Brand 2 1
Kevin Bridges 2 1
Adam Buxton 2 1
James Corden 2 0
Jack Dee 2 1
Micky Flanagan 2 0
Eddie Izzard 2 2
Phill Jupitus 2 2
Michael McIntyre 2 0
Bob Mortimer 2 0
Chelsea Peretti 2 2
Romesh Ranganathan 2 0
Katherine Ryan 2 0
Kristen Schaal 2 1
Carol Vorderman 2 0
Denise van Outen 2 0
Warwick Davis 1 1
Lily Allen 1 0
Mel B 1 0
Rob Beckett 1 0
Charlie Brooker 1 1
Roisin Conaty 1 1
Alan Davies 1 1
Greg Davies 1 0
Cat Deeley 1 0
Rob Delaney 1 0
Jason Donovan 1 0
Sarah Greene 1 0
Miranda Hart 1 0
Russell Howard 1 0
Ruth Jones 1 1
Sean Lock 1 0
Gabby Logan 1 1
Lee Mack 1 1
Jason Manford 1 1
Stephen Mangan 1 1
Davina McCall 1 1
Big Narstie 1 0
Jamie Oliver 1 0
Sharon Osbourne 1 1
Simon Pegg 1 0
Sue Perkins 1 1
Gordon Ramsay 1 0
June Sarpong 1 1
Frank Skinner 1 0
Liza Tarbuck 1 0
Notes[edit]
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References[edit]
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Jump up ^ "Big Fat Quiz - Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2012". Channel 4. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
Jump up ^ "Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2013 on Channel 4 at 9:00 pm December 26th, 2013". Digiguide.tv. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
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Jump up ^ Barrett, David; Collins, Nick (27 October 2014). "Jogger who bumped into Prime Minister David Cameron named as Dean Farley". Telegraph. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
Jump up ^ Dowell, Ben (27 December 2014). "Mel B on The Big Fat Quiz of the Year". Radio Times. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
Jump up ^ "The Big Fat Quiz of the Year - Free audience tickets". SRO Audiences. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
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Jump up ^ "The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2016". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
Jump up ^ "Free audience tickets for THE BIG FAT QUIZ OF THE YEAR from SRO Audiences". SRO Audiences. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Big Fat Quiz Of...Everything". The Velvet Onion. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
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Jump up ^ "The Big Fat Quiz of Everything - what time is it on TV? Episode 1 Series 1 cast list and preview". Radio Times. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
Jump up ^ "The Big Fat Quiz of Everything - what time is it on TV? Episode 1 Series 2 cast list and preview". Radio Times. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
Jump up ^ "The Big Fat Quiz of Everything - what time is it on TV? Episode 1 Series 3 cast list and preview". Radio Times. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
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The Northern Renaissance was the Renaissance that occurred in Europe north of the Alps. Before 1497, Italian Renaissance humanism had little influence outside Italy. From the late 15th century, its ideas spread around Europe. This influenced the German Renaissance, French Renaissance, English Renaissance, Renaissance in the Low Countries, Polish Renaissance and other national and localized movements, each with different characteristics and strengths.
In France, King Francis I imported Italian art, commissioned Venetian artists (including Leonardo da Vinci), and built grand palaces at great expense, starting the French Renaissance. Trade and commerce in cities like Bruges in the 15th century and Antwerp in the 16th increased cultural exchange between Italy and the Low Countries, however in art, and especially architecture, late Gothic influences remained present until the arrival of Baroque even as painters increasingly drew on Italian models.[1]
Universities and the printed book helped spread the spirit of the age through France, the Low Countries and the Holy Roman Empire, and then to Scandinavia and finally Britain by the late 16th century. Writers and humanists such as Rabelais, Pierre de Ronsard and Desiderius Erasmus were greatly influenced by the Italian Renaissance model and were part of the same intellectual movement. During the English Renaissance (which overlapped with the Elizabethan era) writers such as William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe composed works of lasting influence. The Renaissance was brought to Poland directly from Italy by artists from Florence and the Low Countries, starting the Polish Renaissance.
In some areas the Northern Renaissance was distinct from the Italian Renaissance in its centralization of political power. While Italy and Germany were dominated by independent city-states, most of Europe began emerging as nation-states or even unions of countries. The Northern Renaissance was also closely linked to the Protestant Reformation with the resulting long series of internal and external conflicts between various Protestant groups and the Roman Catholic Church having lasting effects.
Contents
1 Overview
2 Age of Discovery
3 Art
4 The Renaissance
5 References
6 Bibliography
6.1 Further reading
7 External links
Overview[edit]
Feudalism had dominated Europe for a thousand years, but was on the decline at the beginning of the Renaissance. The reasons for this decline include the post-plague environment, the increasing use of money rather than land as a medium of exchange, the growing number of serfs living as freemen, the formation of nation-states with monarchies interested in reducing the power of feudal lords, the increasing uselessness of feudal armies in the face of new military technology (such as gunpowder), and a general increase in agricultural productivity due to improving farming technology and methods. As in Italy, the decline of feudalism opened the way for the cultural, social, and economic changes associated with the Renaissance in Europe.
Reproduction of Johann Gutenberg-era Press on display at the Printing History Museum in Lyon, France.
Finally, the Renaissance in Europe would also be kindled by a weakening of the Roman Catholic Church. The slow demise of feudalism also weakened a long-established policy in which church officials helped keep the population of the manor under control in return for tribute. Consequently, the early 15th century saw the rise of many secular institutions and beliefs. Among the most significant of these, humanism, would lay the philosophical grounds for much of Renaissance art, music, and science. Desiderius Erasmus, for example, was important in spreading humanist ideas in the north, and was a central figure at the intersection of classical humanism and mounting religious questions. Forms of artistic expression which a century ago would have been banned by the church were now tolerated or even encouraged in certain circles.
The velocity of transmission of the Renaissance throughout Europe can also be ascribed to the invention of the printing press. Its power to disseminate information enhanced scientific research, spread political ideas and generally impacted the course of the Renaissance in northern Europe. As in Italy, the printing press increased the availability of books written in both vernacular languages and the publication of new and ancient classical texts in Greek and Latin. Furthermore, the Bible became widely available in translation, a factor often attributed to the spread of the Protestant Reformation.
Age of Discovery[edit]
Main article: Age of Discovery
One of the most important technological development of the Renaissance was the invention of the caravel. This combination of European and African ship building technologies for the first time made extensive trade and travel over the Atlantic feasible. While first introduced by the Italian states and the early captains, such as Giovanni Caboto, Giovanni da Verrazzano and Columbus, who were Italian explorers, the development would end Northern Italy's role as the trade crossroads of Europe, shifting wealth and power westwards to Spain, Portugal, France, England, and the Netherlands. These states all began to conduct extensive trade with Africa and Asia, and in the Americas began extensive colonisation activities. This period of exploration and expansion has become known as the Age of Discovery. Eventually European power spread around the globe.
Art[edit]
The Ghent Altarpiece (interior view) by Hubert and Jan van Eyck, painted 1432. Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium. Early Netherlandish painting often included complicated iconography, and art historians have debated the "hidden symbolism" of works by artists like Hubert and Jan van Eyck.
See also: Early Netherlandish painting, Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, and Northern Mannerism
The detailed realism of Early Netherlandish painting was greatly respected in Italy, but there was little reciprocal influence on the North until nearly the end of the 15th century.[2] Despite frequent cultural and artistic exchange, the Antwerp Mannerists (1500–1530)—chronologically overlapping with but unrelated to Italian Mannerism—were among the first artists in the Low Countries to clearly reflect Italian formal developments.
Around the same time, Albrecht Dürer made his two trips to Italy, where he was greatly admired for his prints. Dürer, in turn, was influenced by the art he saw there. Other notable painters, such as Hans Holbein the Elder and Jean Fouquet, retained a Gothic influence that was still popular in the north, while highly individualistic artists such as Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel the Elder developed styles that were imitated by many subsequent generations. Northern painters in the 16th century increasingly looked and travelled to Rome, becoming known as the Romanists. The High Renaissance art of Michelangelo and Raphael and the late Renaissance stylistic tendencies of Mannerism that were in vogue had a great impact on their work.
Renaissance humanism and the large number of surviving classical artworks and monuments encouraged many Italian painters to explore Greco-Roman themes more prominently than northern artists, and likewise the famous 15th-century German and Dutch paintings tend to be religious. In the 16th century, mythological and other themes from history became more uniform amongst northern and Italian artists. Northern Renaissance painters, however, had new subject matter, such as landscape and genre painting.
As Renaissance art styles moved through northern Europe, they changed and were adapted to local customs. In England and the northern Netherlands the Reformation brought religious painting almost completely to an end. Despite several very talented Artists of the Tudor Court in England, portrait painting was slow to spread from the elite. In France the School of Fontainebleau was begun by Italians such as Rosso Fiorentino in the latest Mannerist style, but succeeded in establishing a durable national style. By the end of the 16th century, artists such as Karel van Mander and Hendrik Goltzius collected in Haarlem in a brief but intense phase of Northern Mannerism that also spread to Flanders.
The Renaissance[edit]
The Renaissance is one of the most interesting and disputed periods of European history. Many scholars see it as a unique time with characteristics all its own. A second group views the Renaissance as the first two to three centuries of a larger era in European history usually called early modern Europe, which began in the late fifteenth century and ended on the eve of the French Revolution (1789) or with the close of the Napoleonic era (1815). Some social historians reject the concept of the Renaissance altogether. Historians also argue over how much the Renaissance differed from the Middle Ages and whether it was the beginning of the modern world, however defined. It is also said that group views the Renaissance as the first two to three centuries of a larger era in European history usually called early modern Europe.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Janson, H.W.; Anthony F. Janson (1997). History of Art (5th, rev. ed.). New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. ISBN 0-8109-3442-6.
Jump up ^ Although the notion of a north to south-only direction of influence arose in the scholarship of Max Jakob Friedländer and was continued by Erwin Panofsky, art historians are increasingly questioning its validity: Lisa Deam, "Flemish versus Netherlandish: A Discourse of Nationalism," in Renaissance Quarterly, vol. 51, no. 1 (Spring, 1998), pp. 28–29.
Bibliography[edit]
Chipps Smith, Jeffrey (2004). The Northern Renaissance. Phaidon Press. ISBN 978-0-7148-3867-0.
Campbell, Gordon, ed. (2009). The Grove Encyclopedia of Northern Renaissance Art. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-533466-1.

Further reading[edit]
O'Neill, J, ed. (1987). The Renaissance in the North. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Bezrucka, Yvonne (2017). The Invention of Northern Aesthetics in 18th-Century English Literature. Cambridge Scholars Press. ISBN 978-1-5275-0302-1.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Northern Renaissance paintings and Renaissance by country.
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