No Such Thing as the News

No Such Thing as the News
GenreComedy
Directed byMichael Matheson
Presented byJames Harkin
Andrew Hunter Murray
Anna Ptaszynski
Dan Schreiber
Theme music composerEmperor Yes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes13
Production
ProducerJohn Lloyd
Production locationsUp The Creek Comedy Club, Greenwich, London[1]
Running time30 minutes
Production companyQITV
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release20 May (2016-05-20) –
30 November 2016 (2016-11-30)
Related
No Such Thing as a Fish
QI
The Museum of Curiosity
The Unbelievable Truth
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No Such Thing as the News is a British television comedy series on BBC Two, which is a spin-off to the podcast No Such Thing as a Fish, produced and presented, from 20 May 2016, to 30 November 2016, by the researchers behind the panel game QI, also on BBC Two. In it each of the researchers – James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski and Dan Schreiber – collectively known as "The QI Elves", present their favourite facts related to the previous week's news.[2]

  1. ^ "No Such Thing as a Fish, Episode 113: No Such Thing As A Flycycle". QI.com (Podcast). Soundcloud. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  2. ^ "BBC Two orders No Such Thing As The News from QI team". British Comedy Guide. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.