The Big Fat Quiz of Everything


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Season 1, Episode 1

Question master Jimmy Carr invites Harry Hill, David Mitchell, Roisin Conaty, Sophie Willan, Josh Pugh and Fatiha El-Ghorri to battle it out to see who knows the most about a wide range of topics. Helping Jimmy to ask the big questions are actor Charles Dance, the children of Mitchell Brook Primary School, and a host of celebrity question-setters


Quiz Show Show/Game Show

Cast & Crew

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Harry Hill (Panellist)
David Mitchell (Panellist)
Roisin Conaty (Panellist)
Sophie Willan (Panellist)
Josh Pugh (Panellist)
Fatiha El-Ghorri (Panellist)
Charles Dance (Contributor)
Aoife Bower (Series producer)

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Jimmy Carr (Host)
Born: September 15, 1972 in Slough
Best Known For: His stand-up comedy
Early-life: James Anthony Patrick Carr was born in Slough on September 15, 1972, one of three sons of Irish immigrants. His parents split in 1994, though the marriage didn't end until the death of his mother in 2001. Jimmy did well at school and studied political science at Cambridge before moving into advertising. He landed a job in the marketing department of Shell Oil, but felt unfulfilled. When the company offered him voluntary redundancy, he took it, and decided to pursue a career in comedy.
Career: Carr began performing on the stand-up circuit, doing up to 300 shows a year for three years, before taking his act to the Edinburgh festival in 2002. This brought him to the attention of TV bosses, and before long he was presenting series such as Your Face or Mine and Distraction. Since then, he's rarely been off TVscreens, hosting the first run of the Friday Night Project, 8 Out of 10 Cats and numerous Channel 4 list shows. He's also made a move into acting, appearing in Alien Autopsy, Confetti, Stormbreaker and Telstar. He is one of Britain's busiest comics and his DVDs are big sellers.
Quote: "I'm not being condescending, I'm too busy thinking about far more important things you wouldn't understand."
Trivia: In February 2007, Carr was the first major comedian to perform in the virtual reality world Second Life.
Harry Hill (Panellist)
Born: October 01, 1964 in Woking, Surrey
Best Known For: His zany humour.
Early-life: Born Matthew Keith Hall on October 1, 1964, in Woking, Surrey. He's one of five children. The family later moved to Kent and spent two years in Hong Kong. After doing well at his A Levels, Hall studied at St George's Hospital Medical School in London. He worked for several years as a junior doctor, then in 1990 toyed with the idea of becoming a full-time stand-up comedian. When none of his superiors at Doncaster Royal Infirmary discouraged him from doing so, he quit medicine.
Career: In 1993, after doing the rounds at comedy clubs, Hall, now calling himself Harry Hill, launched Radio 4 show Fruit Corner, which ran for four years. In 1994, he wrote and starred in experimental TV series Fruit Fancies, before appearing in three seasons of Harry Hill on Channel 4. In 2001, he moved to ITV, where The All-New Harry Hill Show proved a winner with fans. TV Burp, a look back at the week's TV, became hugely popular, although to the horror of its fans, Hill announced the 2012 series would be its last. In 2013, The Harry Hill Movie was released, and in March 2014 his musical, I Can't Sing! The X Factor Musical, opened in London. He's also the narrator of You've Been Framed!, and continues to tour and write books.
Quote: "I was bullied at school, called all kinds of different names. But one day I turned to my bullies and said 'Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me', and it worked! From there on it was sticks and stones all the way."
Trivia: In 2014, Hill received an honorary doctorate from the University of Kent.
David Mitchell (Panellist)
Born: July 14, 1974 in Salisbury
Best Known For: Being one half of hysterical duo Mitchell and Webb.
Early-life: Born David James Stuart Mitchell in Salisbury on July 14, 1974. He has a younger brother called Daniel. His parents were hotel managers who later moved to Oxford, where they became lecturers in hotel management. He claims he always wanted to be an actor or comedian, but told people he planned to become a barrister to please his parents. In 1993 David went to Peterhouse College, Cambridge, to study history. He performed with the famous Cambridge Footlights, eventually becoming the society president. It was in his first year at university that he met Robert Webb at an audition for a student pantomime production of Cinderella.
Career: After graduating, Mitchell worked an usher at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. He and Webb took a number of shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival before being asked to write for Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller and for surreal comedy series Big Train. In 2001, they made their first sketch show, The Mitchell and Webb Situation, which ran for six episodes on the now-defunct cable channel Play UK. Their next project came in 2003, with the award-winning Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show. They've also worked together on That Mitchell and Webb Sound, That Mitchell and Webb Look and the film Magicians. Solo, Mitchell has appeared on 10 O'Clock Live and numerous panel shows, including Would I Lie to You?, where he's a regular team captain. His autobiography, Back Story: A Memoir, was published in 2012.
Quote: "I think, fundamentally, the people I want to make laugh are British. I can't ever imagine living abroad."
Trivia: He writes columns for The Observer and The Guardian.
Roisin Conaty (Panellist)
Born: March 26, 1979 in London
Best Known For: Being a comedian and starring in Man Down.
Early-life: Roisin was born in London on March 26, 1979. In 2010, she won the Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Festival. In the same year, she appeared on Russell Howard's Good News on BBC Three and performed alongside other female comedians for charity on Victoria Wood's Angina Monologues on Sky One.
Career: Conaty stars in the BBC's hidden camera series Impractical Jokers and she has appeared as a guest on a number of panel shows, including Have I Got News for You, 8 Out of 10 Cats and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. In 2013, she began playing Jo in Channel 4 sitcom Man Down.
Quote: "I'm a terrible dresser. I wouldn't know what's in or what season I'm in. It's a real effort for me not to look mad."
Trivia: Conaty also performs as one half of female double act The Cakes with Caroline Ginty.
Sophie Willan (Panellist)
Josh Pugh (Panellist)
Fatiha El-Ghorri (Panellist)
Charles Dance (Contributor)
Born: October 10, 1946 in Redditch, Worcestershire
Best Known For: The Jewel in the Crown.
Early-life: Born Walter Charles Dance on October 10, 1946, in Redditch, Worcestershire. His engineer father died when Dance was four, after which he and his mother moved to Devon. She struggled to make ends meet, working in a café to support them both. After leaving school he enrolled at art college, but claims his heart wasn't in it. He took odd jobs to earn some cash, and spent his spare time doing amateur dramatics, prompting him to take acting lessons.
Career: Dance spent five years with the Royal Shakespeare Company and made his TV debut in miniseries Edward the King in 1975, following it up with appearances in Tales of the Unexpected and Fatal Spring. His first film was 1981 Bond movie For Your Eyes Only, but his big break came in 1984 when he was cast in The Jewel in the Crown. He went on to star in White Mischief, Alien3, The Last Action Hero, Gosford Park, Ali G InDaHouse and First Born. Dance also produced, directed, and wrote the screenplay for the acclaimed film Ladies in Lavender. He was awarded an OBE in 2006. More recent projects include Your Highness, Strike Back, Secret State, Game of Thrones, and Dracula Untold.
Quote: "If someone calls you suave and debonair you only get offered parts in a suit and a collar and tie. It just so happens I wear them reasonably well."
Trivia: Dance had no idea his Dracula Untold character was a resurrected Caligula until after the film was made.
Aoife Bower (Series producer)
Barbara Wiltshire (Director)