QI XL Full Episode: Revolutions | Series R With Jessica Fostekew, Gyles Brandreth and Susan Calman

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  • QI XL Series R | Season R Episode 7 | With Jessica Fostekew, Gyles Brandreth and Susan Calman
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  • @AlwaysBolttheBird
    @AlwaysBolttheBird ปีที่แล้ว +329

    The thing I like the most about Gyles is he knows he doesn’t shut up and does not take himself seriously at all and laughs at himself

    • @ghomerhust
      @ghomerhust ปีที่แล้ว +24

      he is an absolute riot! witty and educated, and an incredible sense of humor!

    • @Mar032891
      @Mar032891 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Haha I love that the office jombstare he does after he gets burned or cracks one

    • @leenoel6152
      @leenoel6152 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I love me some Gyles

    • @ripdbtpoo1441
      @ripdbtpoo1441 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, ok, but you implied that there was something else you liked about the tedious, show - ruining fart, which would be...?

    • @christianboehlefeld5168
      @christianboehlefeld5168 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      You must not know about his world record for longest on screen kiss with Cheryl Baker. Granted that's his second world record after longest after-diner speach that clocked in at twelve and a half hours. So swings and roundabouts.

  • @Ndotra
    @Ndotra ปีที่แล้ว +168

    I think the QI elves just went through Giles’ family tree, and based the questions on it 😂

    • @ronniebillhicks
      @ronniebillhicks 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I honestly thought the same!!!

    • @jonnaughton
      @jonnaughton 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Agreed. I can’t think of any other explanation.

    • @namewithheld129
      @namewithheld129 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      producers need to produce. A+ to the elves.

    • @juliannechan7282
      @juliannechan7282 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You mean his family f**king forest 😂

  • @hydos019
    @hydos019 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Not even 2 minutes in and Sandy already gave up 😂😂😂 i love this constellation, so much fun 😊

  • @paulgardner6239
    @paulgardner6239 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    Love Gyles. He has a succession of funny stories that make him ideal for panel shows and his own stage show. He's a wonderful writer too with 50 books to his name. A national treasure.

    • @satorarepo744
      @satorarepo744 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Being incredibly interesting is no failure of humility.

    • @MyHouseOnTheMoon
      @MyHouseOnTheMoon 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Hate that guy

  • @captainsensiblejr.
    @captainsensiblejr. 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    "Not so much a family tree as a family fucking forest !!!"
    LMFAO!!!

  • @maayancd
    @maayancd ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I love that the elfs now look for subjects that Gyles can have a lot to say about :)

    • @SCMelArts
      @SCMelArts 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      To be fair, it seems they don't have to look very far

  • @whitneydouglas4794
    @whitneydouglas4794 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Alan messing with Susan will never get old.

  • @segan9905
    @segan9905 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I have never heard of this mister before, but what a delightfully chaotic character he is

    • @SCMelArts
      @SCMelArts 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Gyles not being on Taskmaster (even for a NY Special or something) is something that needs to be corrected ASAP

  • @DumblyDorr
    @DumblyDorr ปีที่แล้ว +130

    Not that this has been different any other time Gyles was on - but now I want an evening of him regaling me with his fascinating stories (and me boring him to death with mine).

    • @allen9409
      @allen9409 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      he's the cohost of the something rhymes with purple podcast. lots of anecdotes between lexicography stuff

    • @grahamstrouse1165
      @grahamstrouse1165 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@allen9409Doesn’t he do that with Susie Dent?

  • @janetmackinnon3411
    @janetmackinnon3411 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Gyles Brandreth is always a gem! And in Paisley they had to read it rwice! But I wish Alan's comments were always audibile!

    • @mariadorothea9506
      @mariadorothea9506 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes re Alan....I often lose his asides... Annunciate Alan annunciate 😂

    • @ConstantChaos1
      @ConstantChaos1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We just need some way to record everything he knows so many stories would go untold

  • @ItsJustAisling
    @ItsJustAisling 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Nearly 45 minutes of listening to Gyles' anecdotes 😅 I'm here for it

  • @basementdwellercosplay
    @basementdwellercosplay ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Great now I want a t-shirt that says "quit while you're a head" with Marie or Louis on it

  • @spadebraithwaite1762
    @spadebraithwaite1762 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    When I was a kid I read about a troupe of midget acrobats from Northern Spain who visited London and got stuck in a revolving door because they had never seen one before. Classic newspaper headline, "Don't put all your Basques in one exit!"

    • @Lepocoloco
      @Lepocoloco ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Back then you could kick them out and tell them to get out the way. But I think it’s frowned upon today. PC society.

    • @sghoshdastidar376
      @sghoshdastidar376 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Lepocolocoor why not be a nice person and help them out

    • @davidahighley3694
      @davidahighley3694 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I was once in a revolving door when a gentleman stepped in and held the door for his young son who was miles away and busy playing. It was 52 degrees and I thought I was going to die by the time i got out.

  • @Subfightr
    @Subfightr ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Gyles had absolutely got to be "the most interesting man in the world"

    • @jayabasu4297
      @jayabasu4297 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      and if he isn't, he's probably related to him

    • @CrimiClownTelevision
      @CrimiClownTelevision 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@jayabasu4297absolute class

    • @ripdbtpoo1441
      @ripdbtpoo1441 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He's a dreadful bore.

  • @TheGreyHermit
    @TheGreyHermit 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Anarchy! "My house does have revolving doors." Gyles is a legend.

  • @PetroicaRodinogaster264
    @PetroicaRodinogaster264 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I am viewing this on November the 5th and tomorrow is Susan Calman’s birthday…happy birthday Susan.

  • @osomorose
    @osomorose 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This was one of my favourite QI episodes. I absolutely love Giles

  • @saraoverandout
    @saraoverandout 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Gyles' face when he first heard his buzzer is precious 😄❤️

  • @LB-px9td
    @LB-px9td 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I simply adore Gyles. He is so funny and very interesting person. He has done so many interesting thing and knows lost of famous people. What I love the most about him is that he does not take himself serious. He is hilarious.

  • @sisterstephanie2557
    @sisterstephanie2557 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I would loe to see a compilation of Gyles' anecdotes.

  • @NothingIsKnown00
    @NothingIsKnown00 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The red and yellow flag in the background belongs to the southernmost county in Sweden, Skåne. It combines the Swedish yellow cross with the Danish red background. The area has very fertile soil so throughout history, whenever a war between the two countries ended (and there were many) the victor would take it over.

    • @krakenpots5693
      @krakenpots5693 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ah! I did wonder! Thank you!!!
      I always thought it might be something to do with Sandi herself...

  • @fredmahar5431
    @fredmahar5431 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Absolutely love Gyles.....I could listen to him for hours !!!

  • @catherinecook5350
    @catherinecook5350 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Gyles needs a tee shirt like mine that states "Help, I'm talking and I can't shut up"

    • @bennylloyd-willner9667
      @bennylloyd-willner9667 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He could easily get one. I believe one of his ancestors was the first t-shirt maker for an Indian Shaman or something😊

    • @gggthsb
      @gggthsb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      who would ever want him to shut up though? I think he's fascinating

  • @lucyhellbroke
    @lucyhellbroke ปีที่แล้ว +13

    While I am much more of an introvert these days, I still find myself, for bette or worse, relating to Gyles… I can be incredibly long-winded. Once you get me going, and while I think my anecdotes are incredibly interesting or relevant… I worry that I am exhausting my audience. I love him, but it makes me realize how absolutely wearing that can be. 😅❤️

    • @oliviahafnermunichteaching957
      @oliviahafnermunichteaching957 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Skaitania very well put 😂😂😂

    • @ripdbtpoo1441
      @ripdbtpoo1441 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks.

    • @olivercox2565
      @olivercox2565 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And he is one of the most interesting people in the world. You are…you.

  • @ThatDamnPandaKai
    @ThatDamnPandaKai 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Johnny Rotten only told Gyles to fuck off because he knew Gyles would go on a tangent about how his ancestor invented music or something 😂

    • @gggthsb
      @gggthsb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I can't get over 'Mister Rotten' 😂😂

  • @linrob1312
    @linrob1312 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Giles's ...f*ck off story brilliant opening.....😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @vivienneoneill5400
    @vivienneoneill5400 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love Gyles,he relly is a very funny and interesting man.❤❤❤

  • @laurahoward5426
    @laurahoward5426 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    One of the best episodes

  • @samweldon8104
    @samweldon8104 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Gyles is basically Slumdog Millionaire, just minus the Slumdog part

  • @veedubyu
    @veedubyu 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    never had heard of gyles before but he's great fun!

  • @copasetic1
    @copasetic1 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Every Giles anecdote creates mild annoyance at its insertion followed by delight, because his random anecdotes are, somehow, always wonderful.

  • @jeninelemieszek567
    @jeninelemieszek567 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm only halfway through. This episode is delightful :)

  • @trueaussie9230
    @trueaussie9230 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gyles doesn't have a family tree.
    It's a FOREST. 😉😊🤣

  • @rockywolff3291
    @rockywolff3291 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Gyles would be great for Would I Lie To You

    • @Linda-vt5iq
      @Linda-vt5iq 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I've seen episodes of WILTY with Gyles....classic!

  • @markneville9723
    @markneville9723 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Gyles is Brilliant

  • @Barbdwire2848
    @Barbdwire2848 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Revolving does are put in buildings for fire reasons. If there is a fire ,people panic and doors become clogged with and people are trampled. The doors on the sides always open outward for the same reason.

  • @user-jh3cg9mv7g
    @user-jh3cg9mv7g 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    One of the funniest 😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤

  • @s.o.s.exploration2412
    @s.o.s.exploration2412 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As for the circle drawer. Sometimes you need to have the visual of a perfect circle so your brain has a chance to copy what we perceive as a perfect circle. Obviously he became champion without the use of a device.

  • @laurahappel9573
    @laurahappel9573 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wish he was on more often!!!!

  • @moi5219
    @moi5219 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is a brilliant episode. I’m only halfway through and my sides are split and noggin full!

  • @merty5713
    @merty5713 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I feel like Gyles Brandreth was the first nepo baby

    • @gggthsb
      @gggthsb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      probably the first baby at all 😮

  • @AshwinKumarNair
    @AshwinKumarNair ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The British version of Slumdog millionaire would just be Millionaire Millionaire starring Gyles

  • @964cuplove
    @964cuplove ปีที่แล้ว +2

    30:21 not 50 50 hour overlooking the zero… the bank ALWAYS WINS

  • @jugofwar8124
    @jugofwar8124 ปีที่แล้ว

    The carbuncle ate itself

  • @PippaRilley
    @PippaRilley 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Canna thol gyles😩

  • @Amphibiot
    @Amphibiot หลายเดือนก่อน

    The vinegar thing: I was thinking that i have seen a Tom Scott video about it. Then I see the credits at the end and it mentions him.

  • @jessicajayes8326
    @jessicajayes8326 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Of course the first thing they talk about is the guillotine! My dad has one in his garage. Mind you it's for a magic trick. Alice Cooper has one too!

  • @Ann-fi6ep
    @Ann-fi6ep หลายเดือนก่อน

    love Giles

  • @michiganjfrog366
    @michiganjfrog366 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    My first acquaintance of Gyles... I want more 😁👍👌 and his family f-ing forest

  • @foxyjambread3826
    @foxyjambread3826 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    TIL the current law enforcement system of Toronto was established in response to a battle between clowns and firemen.

  • @thenecessaryevil2634
    @thenecessaryevil2634 ปีที่แล้ว

    In my state, Maine's capital city, we have 3 roundabouts

  • @Formedras
    @Formedras ปีที่แล้ว +1

    31:19 Aw, man, that just reminds me of Gamble Fish, a manga about (cheating at) gambling where one of the games that gets played later on is giant roulette... where one ally of each player was in a space. (In other words... if the ball ends up there, they get crushed to death.)

  • @jb888888888
    @jb888888888 ปีที่แล้ว

    Other brands are available.

  • @seanknot
    @seanknot 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    trex. great band

  • @marycanary86
    @marycanary86 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    if alan quits before the end of the alphabet (likely. not) they should put in susan instead. she has. the right sort of energy, love-hate for the show and its rules and the same sorta banter with sandi

  • @mikespike007
    @mikespike007 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My chippie offers pickled onion vinegar as an alternative to nbc and that is vinegar

  • @APG-fu6gk
    @APG-fu6gk 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I lost 10,000 quid and had a great time gambling??? How's that possible? 🤣🤣🤣

  • @quinnrye5697
    @quinnrye5697 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Does anyone know what song is used for Susan's buzzer?

    • @mikaelpollanen4351
      @mikaelpollanen4351 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      th-cam.com/video/hamKl-su8PE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=iUFJN3U_80za364_

    • @alleeum
      @alleeum 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I Predict a Riot by the Kaiser Chiefs

    • @quinnrye5697
      @quinnrye5697 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@alleeum thank you!

  • @PS_testing321...
    @PS_testing321... 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    And everyone makes fun of the Boston Tea Party. We may be at this point again soon with the price of groceries.

  • @AndersPuschel
    @AndersPuschel 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't arm wrestle my imaginary friend anymore, because I always kept losing.

  • @lynnnicholas5832
    @lynnnicholas5832 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I would love a long lunch with Gyles.

  • @TheDeadmanTT
    @TheDeadmanTT 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If I couldn't afford my alcohol, I would just steal it. Joining a temperance society seems a bit overkill

  • @mrmartley64
    @mrmartley64 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So Episode 6 had no audience, but Episode 7 DID?
    Weird...

    • @kaylacobb3541
      @kaylacobb3541 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I assume they’re often filmed out of order, like many panel shows.

  • @nordiclynx2575
    @nordiclynx2575 ปีที่แล้ว

    What song is Jessicas buzzer?

    • @mikaelpollanen4351
      @mikaelpollanen4351 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      th-cam.com/video/VcCQCYok3pg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=__SksUJA_0UJ-fXc

    • @gggthsb
      @gggthsb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      9 months late but for anyone wondering:
      T.Rex 'Children of the Revolution'

  • @964cuplove
    @964cuplove ปีที่แล้ว

    What we learned, study your family tree/forest well…

  • @QuizzestesTactics
    @QuizzestesTactics ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Do they just write the script based on Gyles Brandreth's family ?

    • @Lepocoloco
      @Lepocoloco ปีที่แล้ว

      You’re right. He’s involved in everything

    • @get-the-joke
      @get-the-joke ปีที่แล้ว +8

      History was written based on Gyles Brandreth's family.

    • @estranhokonsta
      @estranhokonsta ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@get-the-joke The encyclopaedia Britannica was initially a biography of Gyles family.

  • @thomasjonsson2766
    @thomasjonsson2766 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The German word for Army is Heer.

  • @readMEinkbooks
    @readMEinkbooks 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    More trees - this must have been before the Amazon was decimated.

  • @ConfusedAbyssinianCat-jh7ex
    @ConfusedAbyssinianCat-jh7ex 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The goats were removed from Olympic national Park!!!

  • @brummiejojo
    @brummiejojo ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ah, merciful beheading.

    • @rakhan69x
      @rakhan69x ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What song is that on Susan's buzzer?

    • @Moshmaschine
      @Moshmaschine ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rakhan69x Kaiser Chiefs - I predict a Riot

  • @rakhan69x
    @rakhan69x ปีที่แล้ว

    Who is Susan's buzzer?

    • @barutjeh
      @barutjeh ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kaiser Chiefs

  • @terr777
    @terr777 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It was lost in a fire, or I'd have a 50 year old square of British toilet paper from a castle tour. It had "government property" printed on it. Did they want it back?

  • @5881Rossignol-bi9ue
    @5881Rossignol-bi9ue ปีที่แล้ว

    Why do the french call à roundabout a road point anglais?

  • @FussyPickles
    @FussyPickles ปีที่แล้ว

    quit while you're ahead = sally
    legend

  • @peteypops
    @peteypops 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh no, my first sight of Sandy reminded me of Donald Trump!

  • @Dustinielson
    @Dustinielson 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sir Charles Talksalot

    • @Dustinielson
      @Dustinielson 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      An absolute treasure

  • @davidmorand7190
    @davidmorand7190 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He will not shut up ever!

  • @lexigrimhaive
    @lexigrimhaive ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of Gyles’ forbears CANT be the wife of Napoleon III. He and his wife, Eugénie de Montijo, only had one child, a son, and their son did not have any children.

    • @holly.earendil5187
      @holly.earendil5187 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      He could be related in another way like through their siblings etc, it doesn’t have to be a direct line

  • @speedy692
    @speedy692 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Weird listening to Susan & her Scottish accent but no dialect.

  • @a_loyal_kiwi88
    @a_loyal_kiwi88 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    40:14
    This sounds like utter nonsense.
    The core ideas that form "Blitzkrieg" were indeed around for a long time before WW2, revolving around advancing methods of mobile warfare, that's true.
    But to say they had no idea about it as a concept is simply false. Also her description of it is also nonsense, since there's no point in air support "finishing things off" if the enemy is already destabilized from a successful breakthrough and likely encircled. If anything air support or artillery would come before the attempted breakthrough.
    Though in the case of France, the Germans progressed so rapidly they often lacked artillery and air support entirely. The surprise of the Germans came from the fact they suffered an extremely low amount of resistance compared to what they had predicted during their planning, as the French forces were in shambles and still reliant on outdated tactics and static defenses, and refused to take initiative when opportunity presented itself.
    Even if the Germans didn't use the term itself, its disingenuous to say they were not the "inventors" or that they had no idea how they managed to pull off such success in the early stages of the war.
    That whole bit just sounds like some anti-German rhetoric, to be honest.

    • @pamelacass9642
      @pamelacass9642 ปีที่แล้ว

      You sure do take the joy out of minutiae.

    • @a_loyal_kiwi88
      @a_loyal_kiwi88 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pamelacass9642
      This is the internet, what else is there to do?

    • @nicholascoleman1131
      @nicholascoleman1131 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Came here looking for a similar take. This also seems to glaze over the cocaine-fueled mania that was the Wehrmacht of the early war. Yet another tool in the ‘so-called’ Blitzkrieg (should we take the show’s premise).

    • @grahamstrouse1165
      @grahamstrouse1165 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nicholascoleman1131Actually, it was mostly meth.

  • @CCpolitico
    @CCpolitico ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He's making all this crap up, right?

  • @thisisrenren3657
    @thisisrenren3657 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Giles has ADHD. Fight me.

  • @jpenneymrcoin6851
    @jpenneymrcoin6851 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I rewatch this to remind myself not to tell long stories as I become an old man. How fucking infurating is Gyles? Funny, yes, but christ.

  • @TMPreRaff
    @TMPreRaff ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Once again, Alan mistakes loudness for humor.

    • @satorarepo744
      @satorarepo744 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Negative opinions are best kept to oneself because they say nothing at all about the person you're slagging off.

  • @LoscoeLad
    @LoscoeLad 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brandreth is fantastic.. the Scot is dreadful

  • @TMPreRaff
    @TMPreRaff 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Allen Davies once again confuses shouting with being funny. Annoying.

  • @rick5793
    @rick5793 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like malt vinegar on my fish too.

  • @redchthonic
    @redchthonic 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

  • @Lepocoloco
    @Lepocoloco ปีที่แล้ว

    What do you think about the riots or revolution in France today?

  • @5ilasTheViru5
    @5ilasTheViru5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In the least racist way possible, I just couldn't understand her! I never thought that language would be so hard to figure out.