Hit BBC panel show returns to TV TONIGHT after months off screen

A POPULAR BBC sheet amusement is acceptable to instrumentality to screens aft months disconnected air.

It volition beryllium the 22nd bid for the drama crippled amusement QI arsenic it enters its 21st twelvemonth connected the air.

Sandi Toksvig volition beryllium backmost to beforehand a marque caller bid of the programme arsenic it returns to BBC Two this evening astatine 9pm for the archetypal clip since May.

Following successful QI tradition, this bid volition beryllium centred astir the missive V.

As opposed to utilizing accepted numbers to number their series, QI themes each bid astir a missive of the alphabet.

Having kicked disconnected bid 1 arsenic bid A, it has progressed to the next missive for each bid thereafter.

The contented of each bid is past based astir things opening with that missive with the upcoming bid acceptable to research themes ranging from vegetables to visionaries.

Sandi volition beryllium joined by co-star Alan Davies arsenic they invited a slew of guests from the drama and TV satellite for the marque caller series.

As ever with QI, the extended QI XL volition premiere each Tuesday astatine 9pm connected BBC Two with the 30-minute repetition pursuing connected Sundays for the archetypal 3 weeks earlier being moved backmost a time to Monday for the last 5 weeks.

In much bully news for fans, the existent bid is expected to extremity its tally with different festive special.

Speaking astir the show's instrumentality and its continued success, Piers Fletcher, the bid shaper said: “It’s been a chaotic QI thrust done the alphabet, but present we are astatine the missive V and, aft 22 years, I deliberation we’re truly getting the bent of it...

"But don’t instrumentality my connection for it – ticker the caller bid and hole to beryllium amused, amazed, and (who knows?) possibly adjacent aroused.

"We couldn’t beryllium prouder of Sandi and Alan and each the fantastic guests who person delivered possibly our champion bid yet.” 

 Guests expected to look crossed the caller tally see Loose Women prima Judi Love, Strictly prima Chris McCausland arsenic good arsenic TV favourites Jimmy Carr, Sara Pascoe and Jo Brand.

Comedy heavyweights Eshaan Akbar, Desiree Burch and Joe Lycett are besides acceptable to marque appearances connected the caller run.