If you are a fan of pub quizzes, and have a good knowledge of the news events in the world, entertainment, TV, film, music, sport, technology and science, politics and much more in the year gone by, then this is a great show to watch and have fun with. Hosted by Jimmy Carr, with celebrity panellists in three teams: David Mitchell and Roisin Conaty (The Tinsel Sisters), Big Narstie and Katherine Ryan (Team Pain), and Richard Ayoade and Noel Fielding (Cakes in the Maze). This quiz focused on the year 2017, with all sorts of questions to answer about the past twelve months. These questions are asked as they are, with video and sound clips, with pictures (including Say What You See), and by celebrity and mystery guests on screen or in the studio, so it really does feel like a proper quiz that you can take part in. Events in the year 2017 that were questioned and joked about, and mentioned (or pictured) included: the deaths of Sir Bruce Forsyth, Tom Petty, Liz Smith and Sir Roger Moore; Prince Harry and Meghan Markle engaged, Ed Sheeran breaking his arm and cancelling his tour, GameFace, Article 50 triggering Brexit, Ryan Air flights cancelled, Theresa May's Tory Party speech going wrong (her bad cough, comedian Simon Brodkin (Lee Nelson) handing her a P45, and a letter on the wall slogan falling off), after Donald Trump's inauguration Sean Spicer lying about the size of the crowds, and Trump supporter Kellyanne Conway said the phrase "alternative facts" to explain it away; Trump and Kim Jong-un having a war of words on Twitter, the North Korean calling him a "dotard"; Brenda from Bristol reacting to another snap election, Big Ben silenced until 2021 for repairs, Adele cancelling her tour after damaging her vocal chords, Simon Cowell falling down the stairs, "Look What You Made Me Do" by Taylor Swift and Right Said Fred credited in the song, Beyoncé's twin babies named Rumi and Sir Carter, "Despacito" (translated "slowly") becoming the most viewed video on YouTube, Tim Westwood accidentally sending his card details to everyone on Snapchat, Jodie Whittaker cast as the first female Doctor Who, "Castle on the Hill" by Ed Sheeran, The Great British Bake Off on Channel 4, The Jump, Theresa May and her husband on The One Show, Stranger Things, Strictly Come Dancing, The Crystal Maze, Sherlock, Blue Planet II, Line of Duty, Cannonball, The Trip to Spain, GLOW (Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling), The Crown, Catastrophe, Taboo, Gogglebox (with Jeremy Corbyn), The Handmaid's Tale, the viral video of Professor Robert Kelly interviewed with his two children storming into the room and his wife running in to get them out, "envelopegate" at the Oscars (La La Land mistakenly announced as Best Picture, it was Moonlight), viewers of Mary Berry Everyday shocked by the host using white wine and double cream in a spaghetti Bolognese recipe, Love Island winning the Radio 1 Teen Awards "Best Reality Show" eclipsed by Gemma Collins falling through the trap door hole on stage whilst presenting the award, clowns talking about horror movie It on This Morning, Beauty and the Beast, La La Land, Thor: Ragnarok, the viral video of the Fleming family trying to a catch a bat, Carter Wilkerson becoming the most retweeted message ever about Wendy's chicken nuggets asking for a lifetime supply in exchange for 18 million retweets, East Yorkshire Conservative MP Greg Knight and his campaign video with a stupid song, Donald Trump tweeting the word "covfefe", a photo of two-year-old Isla Walton from Exeter took the internet by storm because of her resemblance to Ed Sheeran, Fidget Spinners banned from schools, Usain Bolt retiring, Madeira Airport renamed Aeroporto Cristiano Ronaldo in honour of the footballer, Ronaldo's "monstrous" statue head that looked like Greg Davies, Conor McGregor's fight against Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas and his pre-press outfit had swear words sewn all over it, footballer Wayne Shawn fined and banned by the FA for betting that he would eat a pie, Serena Williams getting married and wearing diamond bejewelled Nike trainers, Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps on the Discovery Channel racing a computer-generated shark, O.J. Simpson released from prison on parole, Stormzy asking his Snapchat followers for help after getting stuck in a toilet at the MTV VMAs, the autobiography of Charlotte Crosby, Jeremy Corbyn accidentally slapping the boob of Emily Thornton attempting a high five, 15-year-old Nathan John-Baptiste had his sweet shop business turning over £20,000 shut down, Prince Philip announcing his retirement, the new £10 note with Jane Austen, extreme weather around the world, Tom Hardy spotted in London stopping someone allegedly stealing a motorbike, 2-year-old Emily Henson caught on camera stealing popcorn from Prince Harry, Gary Linekar tweeting "the end is nigh" because of the sandstorm red sky, Greggs criticized for its advert with the Nativity featuring a sausage roll as the baby Jesus, a U.S. Navy pilot grounded for creating a penis cloud trail, the most streamed artist on Spotify was Ed Sheeran, the most talked about person in the UK was Jeremy Corbyn, and the Word of the Year was "fake news". Other celebrity and special mystery guests in the show included the children of Mitchell Brook Primary School in Neasden who act out well known news stories, Jon Snow who reads news related to lyrics from songs of the year and dances to it, Charles Dance who reads passages from a celebrity autobiography of the year, Clare Balding, Ed Balls, Liam Charles from The Great British Bake Off, Nadiya Hussain, Kurupt FM (Allan Mustafa, Steve Stamp, and Hugo Chegwin), Brawl in Cell Block 99 star Vince Vaughn, and the cast of Blue Planet II (penguins and a polar bear, voiced by Nick Brimble), and the mystery guest Liam Smyth, who was on a date, his date did a poo that wouldn't flush, she tried to throw it out of the window, it got stuck between two panes of glass, then she got stuck trying to retrieve it. The jokes and the questions are what make this show so much fun, they always choose the right celebrity panellists, and it works as a funny way to reminisce on the recent events you remember, a great comedy quiz show. Very good!
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