Knowitalls

Knowitalls
Genre	Quiz show
Presented by	Gyles Brandreth
Starring	Jay Rayner Adam Shaw Natalie Haynes Colin Paterson Jim White Ayan Panja Simon Calder Greg Foot Chris Packham Tessa Dunlop
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	15
Production
Executive producer	Phil Parsons
Producer	Barrie Kelly
Production locations	London, England
Editor	Nathan Carpenter
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	27 July (2009-07-27) – 14 August 2009 (2009-08-14)

Knowitalls is a British quiz show hosted by Gyles Brandreth. It was shown on BBC Two in 2009.

Filming took place between 15 and 21 June 2009. It was first broadcast on 27 July 2009. The show's strapline is that it's "the quiz without questions". The team that wins overall will win £15,000, the Knowitalls trophy and the title of "Britain's Biggest Knowitalls".

Overview

Introduction

At the beginning of the show, before the title sequence, the 2 teams of 3 are shown locked away in separate rooms with Gyles saying in a voiceover:

"Completely on their own. Two teams with no books, no phones and no Internet. They've been given today's subjects and just one hour to pool everything they know before they try to prove that they are today's Knowitalls."

Experts

Each show has three experts sitting on a desk at one end of the studio. Each expert has their own specialist subject.

They are:

• Art & Literature – Natalie Haynes
• Business & Politics – Adam Shaw
• Entertainment – Colin Paterson
• Food & Drink – Jay Rayner
• History – Tessa Dunlop
• Natural history|Natural History – Chris Packham
• Science – Greg Foot
• Sport – Jim White
• Travel & Geography – Simon Calder

Round 1 – 45 Second Subject

Each player from each team has just 45 seconds to impress the experts with their knowledge of the subject given just one hour previously. They receive 1 point for an interesting fact and 2 for an astounding fact that impresses the expert. There are also bonus points if the player can find three words that the expert has chosen, which are shown on screen to the viewers at home. They get 1 point for each fact or 5, if they spot all three. No player can do 2 subjects.

Round 2 – 7 Second Sensation

One player from each team comes out to give one astounding fact about a subject chosen by one of the experts. The players have just 7 seconds to give their fact. The fact chosen by the expert as the more astounding wins the team 5 points. However, if neither player's fact is true, neither team scores. As with round 1, no player can do 2 subjects.

Round 3 – Quick-Fire

All 3 members of the team come out in front of the experts. They have 90 seconds to get as many key words as possible. Every subject given by an expert has 3 key words. If any of the key words are shouted out, then the team wins 5 points. They can pass to the next expert if they want to. The team with the most points at the end of the round wins the game.

Results

Structure

Tournament overview with scores. The show order is shown in the number in the brackets

	Round 1				Quarter-Finals				Semi-Finals				Final
	(4)Janet's Team	78
	Justine's Team	68			(10)Janet's Team	78
	(6)Tim's Team	70			Tim's Team	75
	Jim's Team	65							(13)Janet's Team	88
	(1)James' Team	76							Brian's Team	98
	Jennifer's Team	96			(9)Jennifer's Team	64
	(5)Stuart's Team	41			Brian's Team	76
	Brian's Team	88											(15)Brian's Team	99
	(3)Bob's Team	57											Keith's Team	91
	Keith's Team	67			(12)Keith's Team	94
	(2)Barry's Team	63			Barry's Team	84
	Liz's Team	41							(14)Keith's Team	67
	(7)Shahna's Team	34							Kevin's Team	63
	Matt's Team	78			(11)Matt's Team	60
	(8)David's Team	57			Kevin's Team	78
	Kevin's Team	63

References

• Official BBC Press Release

External links

• Knowitalls at BBC Online
• Knowitalls at IMDb