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The I.Q. Annual 'e'

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Wonder what I mean by first and fifth? Well, this is the first ever QI Annual, and it supplements Series 'E'. That's right, more QI wackiness they couldn't cram into 12 episodes! All pertaining to the letter E!

There's a foreword by Stephen Fry with a Message From the Editor John Lloyd, pictures galore from series E, and the typical fun randomness of annuals in general. There are segments presented by Alan Davies, Bill Bailey, Dara O'Briain, Rich Hall, Jo Brand, Phill Jupitus, etc. etc. There are puzzles for fun and the E-Quiz - a contest which has already concluded at the time of this review (which I did because no one else had). As you can imagine, the annual is every bit as cheeky as the TV series.

Ooh, how else can I describe this book? It's about 96 pages, crammed with fun facts, photos, and crude (in two senses) drawings. Even the inner cover is crammed with random facts as researched by the QI elves. Want to learn how to extract your own DNA? In what dish do people eat bird's dribble? What are 88 uses for sausages? Seriously, reading this book is a bit like reading the Uncle John books except without an index. It's a very, very long read for an annual, even with the illustrations and the two page 'Where's Johnny?' ('Where's Waldo?' but with Johnny Vegas, I think).

If you only know the Book of General Ignorance, shame on you. Not that I can blame you. There's an online petition trying to get the programme shown here. If it succeeds, this review will make a whole lot more sense, and more people will be greatly entertained.