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: Melanie "Mel B" Brown (who was criticised on Twitter for being grumpy and boring) and Micky Flanagan (The Its), Sarah Millican and Kevin Bridges (Mother & Son / Local Issues), and Richard Ayoade and David Mitchell (Two Nasal Men / David Mitchell's Team / Global Issues). This quiz focused on the year 2014, 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 2014 that were questioned and joked about, and mentioned (or pictured) included: Jason Orange leaving Take That, flooding in the South Coast of Britain, Rebekah Brooks found not guilty during the phone hacking scandal trial, the Scottish independence referendum and Prime Minister David Cameron saying The Queen "purred", the disappearance of Kim Jong-Un, Formula One boss Bernie Eccleston paying during a bribery trial, the successful landing on the Philae probe on a comet, gay marriage being legalised, Kate Bush successfully returning to the stage after 35 years, Cheryl Cole becoming Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, Simon Cowell fathering baby Eric, Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow describing their separation as a "conscious uncoupling", Dolly Parton playing the Benny Hill theme on the rhinestone-studded saxophone to a huge crowd at Glastonbury, Australian "bearded lady" drag queen singer Conchita Wurst winning the Eurovision Song Contest, the new version of "Do They Know It's Christmas" by Band Aid 30 to raise money for Ebola, "All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor, Kylie Minogue replacing Jessie J on The Voice UK, Peter Capaldi playing the new Doctor Who, The Fall, Sherlock, Gogglebox (including the celebrity version), The Island with Bear Grylls, The Trip to Italy, House of Fools, Strictly Come Dancing, Life Story with Sir David Attenborough, The Jump, The Honourable Woman, Jeremy Paxman leaving Newsnight, I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, Made in Chelsea, Uncle, Benefits Street, Top Gear thrown out of Argentina for the H982 FKL number plate thought to be referencing the Falkland's War and a second number plate saying BE11 END, The Great British Bake Off including "bingate" where contestant Ian threw his melted baked Alaska in the bin, the Ellen DeGeneres / Bradley Cooper Oscars star-filled selfie photo becoming the most retweeted picture ever and Liza Minnelli unseen it it, Downton Abbey and the death of Isis the dog (an unfortunate name due to the militant group Islamic State), Guardians of the Galaxy, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Maleficent, Interstellar, the first tweet by Queen Elizabeth II, American David Willis trapped in a Waterstones overnight, Robbie Williams filming himself singing various songs to his wife during her labour, Bono apologising after U2 released their new album to all iTunes users automatically for free whether they wanted it or not, the addictive game Flappy Bird created by Dong Nguyen, public-benefit corporation Kickstarter and a project raising over $55,000 for a potato salad, Japanese politician Ryutaro Nonomura crying during an interview about his expenses going viral, the Ice Bunket Challenge internet fad, Kevin Pietersen being axed from the England cricket team, Lewis Hamilton winning his second Formula One World Championship, football striker Luis Suarez biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini, Germany winning the World Cup in Brazil scoring 7-1, the Tour de France, Glasgow hosting the Commonwealth Games and The Queen photobombing, the Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games, former BNP leader Nick Griffin declared bankrupt, Oscar Pistorius on trial for shooting and killing his girlfriend, the John Lewis Monty the Penguin Christmas advert, Beyoncé's sister Solange Knowles seen on CCTV beating up Jay-Z in a lift, Shia LaBeouf wearing a paper bag on his head saying "I Am Not Famous Anymore" and the viral song about him by Rob Cantor, Will Smith's son Jaden Smith wearing a white Batman outfit at the wedding on Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, the autobiography of Joey Essex from The Only Way Is Essex, Ed Miliband earning the lowest approval ratings for a Labour leader in years and ridiculed for pulling a weird face while eating a bacon sandwich, E-Cigarette adverts, the new look of Renée Zellweger, Revenge Porn made illegal, a Christmas tree sculpture shaped like a buttplug, the first person to buy the new iPhone 6 in Australia dropping it, the Loom Bands craze, and Justin Bieber egging a neighbour's house. 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, Michael Palin who reunited with the surviving members of Monty Python for their tour One Down Five to Go, Tom Daley, The Inbetweeners (Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison and Joe Thomas), Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer, Lily Allen, mystery guest Dean Farley who was the jogger who accidentally bumped into Prime Minister David Cameron and was wrongly arrested for assault, Rio Ferdinand, Kelly Gallagher and Charlotte Evans the first ever gold medal winners at the Winter Paralympics, Pixie Lott, and Status Quo (Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt). 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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