''Question Team'' is a British television comedy

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presented by

Richard Ayoade Richard Ayoade ( ; born 23 May 1977) is a British comedian, actor, writer, director and presenter. He played the role of socially awkward IT technician Maurice Moss in Channel 4 sitcom ''The IT Crowd'' (2006–2013), for which he won the 2014 Br ...

. The show features three different

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guests each episode, who each present a round of their own questions. ''Question Team'' was first broadcast on

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on 12 October 2021, with episodes airing at 10pm on Tuesdays for the first series, and at 10pm on Mondays for the second. Accompanying the release of the second season was a YouTube series called ''Question Team: Interrogations''. Comedians Abi Clarke and Huge Davies interrogated the soon-to-be ''Question Team'' guests on their chosen topic before their appearance on the show. It was cancelled in 2023.

Format

''Question Team'' flips the traditional panel show format by inviting each of the three comedian guests to bring their own round of

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about their own chosen specialist topic. The other two guests, as well as Ayoade, must answer these questions—which often involve the utilization of

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s, people, and/or the large in-studio screen. Each episode features three comedians, but after each has presented their round, Ayoade delegates his round to be presented by a fourth comedian. The comedians' chosen topics of interest range greatly, from topics such as DIY to

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. Rounds are out of up to 5 points, and the winner at the end of each episode receives a mystery prize in a

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, and a ''Question Team''-branded

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and travel mug (in Series 1) or

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(in Series 2).

Episodes

Series 1 (2021)

Series 2 (2022)

References

External links

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