Hank's appearance on the British panel show QI (2025)
story · status: told 2× · last event: mentioned (2025-12-09)
In 2025 Hank taped an episode of QI, his favorite TV show, with Sandi Toksvig, Alan Davies, Desiree Burch and Aisling Bea, and called it a dream come true. John later listed it under Q in his A-to-Z of Hank.
About: QI, BBC Studioworks, Sandi Toksvig, Alan Davies, Desiree Burch, Aisling Bea
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-24 | told | Hank announces he will appear on QI in the UK on Tuesday with Sandi, Alan, Desiree Burch and Aisling Bea; he is terrified. | What Will Books Become? 00:05:47 |
| 2025-11-28 | told | Hank tapes QI at BBC Studioworks with Sandi Toksvig, Alan Davies, Desiree Burch and Aisling Bea, and calls it a dream come true that felt more complex than he expected. | Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) 00:04:21 |
| 2025-12-09 | mentioned | John says QI is Hank's favorite TV show, which he recently found a way to be a guest on. | Hank Green, from A to Z 00:03:24 |
What is said about it
7 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2025-11-28 · Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) — Hank, in a toilet cubicle at BBC Studioworks, has just had hair and makeup done with Aisling Bea, Sandi Toksvig, Alan Davies and Desiree Burch and is about to be on QI, a show he loves. — 00:00:00
- 2025-11-28 · Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) — Hank has been watching QI for probably decades, though not legally back then. (hedged) — 00:04:12
- 2025-11-28 · Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) — Hank says being on QI was absolutely a dream come true. — 00:04:21
- 2025-11-28 · Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) — Hank: Going to Ireland anyway, Hank stopped in London to record QI, then went straight from the studio to Dublin for his gig the next day. — 00:04:21
- 2025-11-28 · Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) — Hank: About to tape with the panelists, Hank realized he did not actually want to do it: he wanted the feeling he imagined in that chair, and knew he would not get it. — 00:04:53
- 2025-11-28 · Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) — Hank is sure he looked as confident and cool as everyone he had seen on QI, but did not feel it; it still felt like doing a really cool, fun thing. — 00:06:30
- 2025-11-28 · Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) — Hank: To make himself go through with it, Hank planned that even if it went terribly he would ask Sandi for one of her note cards as a souvenir; he then asks her. — 00:07:00