Question Team
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 10p.m. on Tuesdays for the first series, and at 10p.m. on Mondays for the second. Accompanying the release of the second season was a YouTube series called Question Team: Interrogations. 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.
| Question Team | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Created by | Jamie Ormerod |
| Written by |
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| Directed by | Barbara Wiltshire |
| Presented by | Richard Ayoade |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Television Centre |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Interstellar |
| Original release | |
| Network | Dave |
| Release | 12 October 2021 – 31 October 2022[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 10p.m. on Tuesdays for the first series, and at 10p.m. on Mondays for the second.[1]
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
[edit]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
[edit]| Series | Episodes | Originally released | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | |||
| 1 | 8 | 12 October 2021 | 30 November 2021 | |
| 2 | 8 | 12 September 2022 | 31 October 2022 | |
Series 1 (2021)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in series | Guests | Ayoade's guest | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Bob Mortimer (DIY), Thanyia Moore (Music), Kerry Godliman (Camping) | Rob Carter | 12 October 2021 |
| 2 | 2 | Katherine Ryan (Social Media), Desiree Burch (Astrology), Ivo Graham (Music Festivals) | Nick Helm | 19 October 2021 |
| 3 | 3 | Nish Kumar (Movies), Rosie Jones (Dictators), Maisie Adam (Driving Test) | Mat Ewins | 26 October 2021 |
| 4 | 4 | James Acaster (People), Kemah Bob (Art of Attraction), Olga Koch (Role-playing Games) | Flo and Joan | 2 November 2021 |
| 5 | 5 | Johnny Vegas (General Knowledge), Sophie Duker (Women), Rachel Parris (Leicester) | Lost Voice Guy | 9 November 2021 |
| 6 | 6 | Ria Lina (Forensics), Alex Brooker (Language and Words), Sarah Kendall (Karate) | David O'Doherty | 16 November 2021 |
| 7 | 7 | Kiri Pritchard-McLean (True Crime), Toussaint Douglass (Film), Lou Sanders (World Records) | The Delightful Sausage | 23 November 2021 |
| 8 | 8 | Sara Pascoe (Hen Dos), Jessica Knappett (Board Games), Darren Harriott (Conspiracy Theories) | Isy Suttie | 30 November 2021 |
Series 2 (2022)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in series | Guests (and topic) | Ayoade's guest | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | Josh Pugh (The World's Strongest Man), Jo Brand (Chocolate), Thanyia Moore (Movies) | Bill Bailey | 12 September 2022 |
| 10 | 2 | Jonathan Ross (Superheroes), Holly Walsh (Homemade Games), Desiree Burch (Animation) | Rachel Riley | 19 September 2022 |
| 11 | 3 | Nish Kumar (Takeaway), Helen Bauer (Drama), Katherine Parkinson (Elvis) | Marc Wootton | 26 September 2022 |
| 12 | 4 | Joel Dommett (Fitness), Janine Harouni (Staten Island), Harriet Kemsley (Children's Books) | Joe Wilkinson | 3 October 2022 |
| 13 | 5 | James Acaster (People), Jen Brister (The 90s), Lara Ricote (Lipreading) | Rosie Jones | 10 October 2022 |
| 14 | 6 | Stephen Mangan (Horror), Katherine Ryan (Excuses), Dana Alexander (Drag) | Adam Kay | 17 October 2022 |
| 15 | 7 | Ellie Taylor (Doppelgängers), Reginald D. Hunter (Controversy), Sue Perkins (General Knowledge) | Nick Helm | 24 October 2022 |
| 16 | 8 | Dane Baptiste (the Mafia), Angela Barnes (Formula 1), Lou Sanders (Roller Skating) | Tim Vine | 31 October 2022 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Dave Panel Show". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "How to watch Question Team: Interrogations". UKTV Play. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ Bennett, Steve. "Richard Ayoade's Question Team axed : News 2023 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "QUESTION TEAM". Interstellar. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "Question Team". Keshet International. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
