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 Sarah Millican, Romesh Ranganathan and Mel Giedroyc, and Richard Ayoade and Rob Delaney. This quiz focused on the year 2016, 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 2016 that were questioned and joked about, and mentioned (or pictured) included: Brexit - Britain voting to leave the European Union (EU) - campaigned Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, Queen Elizabeth II having her 90th birthday, Ed Balls on Strictly Come Dancing, the return of The Crystal Maze, Orlando Bloom paddling naked with Katy Perry, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie splitting, 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Kim Kardashian robbed in Paris at gunpoint and $6 million worth of her jewellery stolen, Asian Provocateur with Romesh's mother Shanti, Upstart Crow, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump being the most unpopular presidential candidates and the shock victory of Trump, the Brexit referendum vote to stay or leave the EU (European Union), Traingate with Jeremy Corbyn sitting on the floor of a Virgin train, Sports Direct boss Mark Ashley pulling out tons of "casino" cash at security, a Polar research ship was voted by the public to be named Boaty McBoatface but it was named Sir David Attenborough, the deaths of David Bowie, Prince and Leonard Cohen (many celebrity deaths during the year), Honey G on The X Factor, Kanye West asking Mark Zuckerberg for a billion dollars, "Can't Stop the Feeling" by Justin Timberlake (from Trolls), Beyoncé releasing her visual album Lemonade, including the song "Sorry" with the lyrics "Becky with the good hair", people speculated this is the woman Jay-Z had an affair with; "Happy Birthday to You" officially recognised in the public domain (no longer copyrighted), David Cameron singing as he enters 10 Downing Street after his resignation statement, the last Strictly Come Dancing for Len Goodman, The Great British Bake Off moving to Channel 4, Westworld, "Shout Out to My Ex" by Little Mix, Top Gear with Chris Evans and Matt Le Blanc, National Treasure, Humans, The Jump, The Night Manager, The Grand Tour, Planet Earth II, Victoria, Who Do You Think You Are with Danny Dyer finding out he was related to William the Conqueror, King Edward III and Thomas Cromwell; Stranger Things, Can a Dog Fly a Plane?, Running Wild with Bear Grylls and Mel B urinating on him to help a jellyfish sting, Suicide Squad, Bridget Jones's Baby, The Revenant, video sharing platform Vine shutting down, Pope Francis joining Instagram, the name "Liz Line" trending on Twitter because of the Elizabeth Line in Crossrail, Medal winning Japanese Olympic gymnast Kohei Uchimura having a £3,700 phone bill for playing Pokémon Go, the Facebook live video of Candace Pain gaining 150 million views for her laughing whilst wearing a Chewbacca mask, 86-year-old May Ashworth gained online fame from making polite searches on Google, the "finger mouthing" pose, artist Anthea Hamilton gaining attention from Turner Prize nominations for her piece "Project for a Door" (a pair of buttocks parted by a pair of hands that you could walk through), Russian athletes banned from Paralympics because of high drug use, FIFA banned players from wearing poppies, Serena Williams eating a dog's dinner and became sick, Rio Oympics diving pool forced to close when the water turned green, Leicester City won the Premier League (Gary Linekar lost a bet and presented Match of the Day in pants), the Article 50 court case, Panama papers leak, the Chilcot enquiry, Ozzy Osbourne walking out on wife Sharon after admitting an affair, Theresa May becoming Prime Minster, Taylor Swift splitting from Calvin Harris and Tom Hiddleston (Hiddleswift), the autobiography of Rylan Clark-Neal, Ben Innes took a selfie with a suspected hijacker on a plane to Cairo, Tim Peake returned home after being on the International Space Station for 6 months, The Mannequin Challenge, the "Killer Clowns" craze, Rupert Murdoch marrying Jerry Hall, an Oxfam in Swansea swarmed with donations of the book Fifty Shades of Grey, Ed Sheeran injured by Princess Beatrice with a sword when pretending to knight James Blunt, the shape of chocolate Toblerone being changed, the new fiver (£5 note), Blackstar by David Bowie being the year's biggest-selling album, The Great British Bake Off being the most watched TV show, and the Word of the Year (according to Collins Dictionary) was "Brexit". 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, Pamela Anderson, Rick Astley, Humans star Gemma Chan, Professor Green, Miranda Hart, Michelle Keagan, Sadiq Khan the new Mayor of London, The Vamps (Connor Ball, Tristan Evans, Made in Chelsea star Mark-Francis Vandelli, James McVey and Brad Simpson), and Why Him? stars Bryan Cranston and James Franco. 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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