News getting you down? Sick and tired of a recession you did nothing to cause but seem unable to fight back against? Feel that taking a break from all your worries sure could help a lot? Then 'QI' (BBC) will provide you with some nourishing soul food and grey matter stimulation in this end of days. Polymath and all-round smarty pants Stephen Fry is our laid back host taking us down pathways of quite interesting facts and figures. It's like a very clever pub quiz with no music rounds. The success of the programme on BBC1 is all the more remarkable considering that LCD TV has become the norm, ...that's Lowest Common Denominator stoopid! 'QI' always makes 'thetvreviewguy' think of a New Yorker cartoon: funny, smart and cultured. Panel games, when good, can be a flagship part of a Controller's programming. 'QI' along with 'Have I Got News For You' prove that the BBC can still cut it. But with their license fee frozen by the ConDem coalition for the next six years, there will be less and less of these types of programmes being made. Somethings, no matter how seemingly small, are worth fighting for. Give 'thetvreviewguy' 'QI' anyday over 'Mock the Week'; there's a world of difference between smart and smart alec.
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