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Old April 21st, 2014, 04:42 PM   #3346
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According to the producer of Q.I.(Quite Interesting) in a special repeated last night, Stephen Fry was not first choice as the presenter but Michael Palin. John Lloyd tried in vain to get Michael to agree to it but he refused and so at an eleventh hour plea Lloyd phoned Fry and asked him to do the pilot...the rest as they say is history Q.I. moves into it's next letter 'L' this summer. Incidentally in the pilot version were Bill Bailey(soon to be a regular), Alan Davies(who went on to be Fry's sort of comedy relief), Eddie Izzard, who would come back years later and Kit Hesketh-Harvey(of comic cabaret act Kit and the Widow), making his only appearance to date.

Regulars on the show were/are Phil Jupitus, Bill Bailey, Jo Brand, Sean Lock, Rich Hall, Jeremy Clarkson(Top Gear) Rob Brydon and Jimmy Carr. All comedians except Clarkson whom most regard as a clown anyway
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