The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2014 | FULL EPISODE

Jimmy Carr hosts as celebrity quizzers Richard Ayoade, David Mitchell, Micky Flanagan, Sarah Millican, Kevin Bridges, and Mel B go head to head.
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[Recorded on 1 December and aired on 26 December 2014]
Pre-recorded guest questions came from Michael Palin, Tom Daley, the cast of The Inbetweeners, Game of Thrones actress Natalie Dormer, Lily Allen, Rio Ferdinand, Pixie Lott and Status Quo members Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt. Paralympic gold medallists Kelly Gallagher and Charlotte Evans provided the in-studio guest question. Charles Dance read from the autobiography of Joey Essex. The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School acted out the Bernie Ecclestone trial. Jon Snow gave his news report about "All About That Bass". The mystery guest was Dean Farley, the jogger who ran into David Cameron.
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[@maccoll3644]

Micky deserved a huge bonus for the way he put up with Mel's aggressive demeanor with such grace and humour.

[@krisfosh9813]

Kevin looking Mel dead in the eye and telling her he has a Clung-plunger was so worth it.

[@rainbomg]

It was kinda sad though bc it felt like her bad attitude sucked up a lot of his silly, fun nature. I feel like they paired them together bc they figured, Mickey is such a likable sweetheart, he’s like the antithesis to her caustic personality hopefully he will neutralize her, but it seems like it wasn’t without a cost 😕 (srsly thinking about what she would’ve been like on a team with anyone else, and no one else would’ve been as nice to her) I feel like he deserved a better experience than being basically the absorbent layer for a jerk I’ve never seen her in anything but a music video 25years ago, is this her thing? Is that why they called her ‘scary’ ? Ugh she was just like a wet blanket over the whole thing It was like a wet blanket someone turned into a Dutch oven

[@Cygnus888]

@@rainbomg Don't know much, but 10 days after the recording she took 200 pills of aspirin trying to off herself. Probably a bad time in her life...

[@joelmathew9637]

Abso-fuckin-lutely spot on!!!

[@Byson]

@@Cygnus888 I did not know that, but Google confirms. That does make me look at her performance here differently, thanks for sharing.

[@valhoff3]

The not-so-subtle dig by Sarah Millican, “Yes, she can!” - perfection!

[@TimothyWenger]

Legendary

[@polken5418]

4:22 you can see the exact moment Micky realized what he was dealing with

[@VTnewcastle14]

that look back after her third refusal 👌

[@JohannesVanDerStuyvebode]

I can't stand her

[@dustinyelton52]

Richard’s ability to see the comedic potential in engaging with Mel’s abrasive personality is so smart. She had no idea what to do with him. 😂

[@RachaelMorgan-om4xw]

Mel was suffering from Acute Dypsomania.... she was bombed/ drunken/ pissed as a fart/ six sheets to the wind/ inebriate/ over the limit/ arseholed/ full of drink.... Alchohol! The woman was drunk. Now we don't usually see this from our Mel, so it's okay to let it go. She's a canny lass, and many of us have been bonkers due to the same. Who among us will cast the first stone..? Hmmm?? I like Mel B, she is raw, emotional and real. However, she was lucky that Micky kept his composure: it was with immense grace that he didn't twat her with an offfensive and quite honestly, forgivable verbal 😇

[@josh0g]

It felt like things turned so early on with Mel... but calling Richard "weird" right away sort of made everyone internally start thinking "nope, don't like her."

[@dillonbohannon8073]

​@josh0g for me it started with the way she interacted with micky and only got worse. I watched this year's ago and watching again because the rest of the panel is so great

[@tamas5931]

some like it rough

[@ReD_Masaru]

Imagine Noel being on Richard's team for this one

[@electricfootballhero1349]

If you simply cannot make it through this particular episode (and let's face it, most viewers can't), there's a version on KZbin in which Mel B has been completely edited out, which is very watchable, very funny, and very enjoyable (although it does make Mickey look like he's gone completely bonkers talking to an empty chair).

[@mvlcmlgmclmgkcmlfm]

Amazing comment. Thank you!

[@Massangler1856]

What are you talking about? Mel B being terrible is the best part

[@jacqainsworth]

“This quiz is a marathon.” Beautiful.

[@mantra_ephemera]

Mel’s complete lack of a sense of humour actually makes for some fantastic moments in this one. I haven’t watched in a while and it’s freakin hilarious.

[@EXG21]

This is my go to episode because it starts off slow and then just gets better and better. Ha ha. "If you want to be my......"

[@mikementzer1622]

I'm pretty sure she was in character, it's just too funny how shit she is.

[@HumbleMonsterUK]

@@mikementzer1622She ruined it

[@sps7959]

@@HumbleMonsterUK - She was so lame that it was hilarious - the "purr" part of it killed me!

[@RachaelMorgan-om4xw]

She was drunker than a rat in a barrell full of brandy! 🤣

[@Malpheron]

Clung plunger is still one of the funniest things I have ever heard on TV.

[@RedStar441]

A Clunger if you will.

[@kimhewer1479]

Worth watching for sarah, kevin, mickey, david and richard xxx

[@viewfromthehighchair9391]

The Spice Girl references at the end were inspired. I quite literally LMFAO. Please "Stop Right Now; thank you very much!" TeeHee

[@Menarecuteaaa]

I like how micky started drinking halfway through to cope with mel

[@StarmanStarman]

I took note when Richard say he'll eat the banana again after 30 minutes, he said it around minutes ~9:00 and he actually continue eating the banana at minutes ~39:00 .

[@TJD0503]

Mel B really is "that girl" from secondary school

[@PaNDaSNiP3R]

What’s secondary school? Is that like our middle school? 6,7th and 8th graders ?

[@TJD0503]

@@PaNDaSNiP3R It's what we have in the uk, you'll be there from roughly age 11 to 16, then sixth form for the next 2 years.

[@PaNDaSNiP3R]

@@TJD0503 ahh thanks for the info. A not different from us here.

[@irreverend_]

Oh she really isn't. That one was ginger and far less attractive (EDIT: in my year at school anyway) (EDIT EDIT: nah you're right, she's far worse, I missed this year of it, I had no idea how horrible she is)

[@josh0g]

Calling Richard weird, mocking Kevin's accent, immediately turning the cold shoulder on Micky after his first joke of the night... yeah.

[@GGoAwayy]

Yeah Mel's vibe is just as horrible as I remember it being 9 years ago.

[@mama--rua]

She's on masked singer here in Australia her face is paralyzed

[@Bren688]

She has got a psycho vibe about her hasn't she? I'm not sure which would be scarier, trying to fuck her or trying to fight her.

[@crashawashere]

Oh god was just about to watch this episode as well but now I'm not. Thank gosh this is the top comment. 😭

[@petergerdes1094]

I came here and felt like you were being mean to some poor woman...then I watched the episode and she's just awful to everyone. But it was all worth it to hear Sarah say "yes she can" after Jimmy said Mel B can't fall out with everyone.

[@crashawashere]

@@petergerdes1094 she genuinely is.. like I get it she had something going on the first time and couldn't get out of it but you see this and she just seems like a horrible woman. No matter what's going on her life she's MISERABLE.

[@mrquirky3626]

I feel like Richard Ayoade's reaction to the Ice Bucket Challenge clip (57:24) is the closest we've ever seen him almost break character.

[@kieranwhite6647]

Or when he's trying not to laugh when him and Noel Fielding are making jokes about Jimmy's mum 😅

[@johnnycbad]

He broke character when Greg Davies kept using 'bad dong' as an answer in the 2015 big fat quiz.

[@spongeb27]

​@@johnnycbadcame here to say this hahah he fully broke character there, it's pretty much literally the only time I've ever seen him do it. He really enjoyed the bad dong!

[@gamingpredator4226]

damn, Mel B really is just had to have that sour attitude the whole time. Why go on a panel show with a bunch of comedians if you cant take a joke

[@NaveedHassan1]

Mel really defined the B in her name.

[@CookieMonstaHG]

Funny, cause I would've thought she was Mel C from this.

[@NaveedHassan1]

@@CookieMonstaHG gold.

[@rickthompson437]

12 mins in, & Mel B is acting like a complete ‘piece of work’. She’s not amused, snide remarks, facial expressions. Poor Mickey Flanagan, unfortunately he must of drew the short straw.

[@sweetheart1991]

I love the spice girls reference and Mel b reactions 1:32:00

[@WingedPeach]

Thanks for the timestamp.

[@denischabot2440]

The best part is that they put the Grinch with the nicest guy… not to mention he is both a team player (with other ppls humor) and he is the perfect type of funny to counterbalance the negativity of his partner.

[@HarryDunn-m9b]

I love how Richard act like moss in irl

[@yay4meluigi]

“And his gout….We presumed he had gout…”😂

[@bambieyedgirl7846]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kop363]

The Spice Girls bit was ao cathartic.

[@MinekEzQM]

We deserved that. (And she deserved that.)

[@JmBlast]

1:31:00 The Spice Girl Joke Rally

[@BeesAreNice]

Do you think Mel B knows how torturous it is to watch her

[@ResponsibleCitizen001]

Can we all agree, this is one episode we all wanted to be on KZbin 😂

[@EarthwormShandy]

No I want the one where Jack Whitehall says the tablet is voice activated and Mel Giedroyc falls for it

[@hmhmhmhmhmhmhmhmh]

​@@EarthwormShandyIt is on KZbin though right? I remember watching it, if you search Big fat quiz of 2016 it should hopefully come up!

[@EXG21]

This is my go to episode because it starts off slow and then just gets better and better. Ha ha. "If you want to be my......"

[@RachaelMorgan-om4xw]

Mel B was so hammered!!!! She was almost on another planet. The others could hardly stop themselves from mocking her. When Jimmy told Mickey "Don't call the Angry Bird old..." oh, maan, I snorted coffe down my nose! 🤭🤭

[@Pmccaff2009]

Wrong. The 2015 one with Brand and Fielding.

[@debeightonethree6346]

24:23 God bless Sarah! Mel B is horrendous! If they couldn’t find another comedian they coulda at least found someone bearable. Poor Micky tolerating that miserable cow!

[@Bren688]

Jon Snow is a living legend.

[@belkentens]

5 of the best comedians and clever hilarious people…..and Mel b…. I wonder why she was put on it…🤔

[@MinekEzQM]

5 of the best comedians and clever hilarious people…..and Mel b…. and David Mitchell. :D If you listened, Jimmy dropped the promo about her appearance in the promoted show. :)

[@harrisondenton2621]

​@MinekEzQM that would be 4 of the best comedians if that was accurate.

[@jazzingpanda3190]

That accent change was brilliant oh my

[@synergy211]

There is a brilliant version of this where someone edited out all the bits with Mel B. It’s so much better than this version. Go find the other one. You will actually laugh through the entire episode.

[@synergy211]

Seen it and it’s absolutely better. I don’t know why this one keeps popping up. I’ll be watching another episode and it ends and damn it, this one starts. Mel B is anti-laughter. She is such a buzz kill on this episode.

[@matttrafton2725]

I sitcom with David and Richard would be so brilliantly grand.

[@Chillin_InTheNameOf]

I'll never understand how any COMEDY show thinks Mel B is a good guest. She is the opposite of humour

[@MinekEzQM]

It worked for me. Better than the other odd-one-outs in the series. Yes, she's like an ice block. But at least didn't destroy the props and the show.

[@1centimetre]

47:12 When he had to take a drink to tolerate that bellend beside him. Hope it was worth it mate. 😂

[@LorBell]

I find it incredibly hard to believe that not once has anyone told Jimmy it's EXCERPT not EXTRACT

[@staceysturgill846]

If Mel B was switched out for Mel Gier…. (adorable bake off lady) this would be my fave episode ever. Sorry, I’m American. I can’t understand a lot of what Kevin says but when I can it’s sooo funny, I’m sad about what I’ve missed.

[@steverayne1381]

Do we think Mel lost her sense of humor over time or that she never had one? Yeah never had one...

[@42Oregon]

Mel B is the James Corden of D-list celebs who won't go away. David Mitchell ripping into mel b in the first 5 minutes and she doesn't understand a single bit. lol.

[@mattnisenoff8428]

In the middle of Jimmy’s closing is a hard edit. You can see his body shift places. Any idea what caused that? .@jimmycarr

[@tammyjohnson8161]

I’m surprised it took so long for the Spice Girls songs to be asked

[@LadyBug_Luck]

Mel b saying ‘what a little bitch’ was genuinely so funny

[@StevieRocks]

Have to say as a fellow scott that was highly offensive when Mel bullshite tried to correct Kevin's already correctly pronounced purr.. It was racism in ma books.

[@luhole]

I feel compelled to recommend anyone watching this go and find the version where Mel B has been edited out...

[@htlein]

never realised what a total nonentity mel b really is!

[@JONSEY101]

This is where Mel B really shows her personality and lack of sense if humour unless she's the one making the jokes, which is hardly ever. Everyone else is having a good fun time, joking around, as we brits like to do, and then she's there making something out of nothing and being grumpy.

[@JonnyTuba]

Whenever a good comedy act was on AGT, you could always see Mel B looking with a blank face at the stage, while the rest of the judges were LOL. No humor at all. And not a shred of self-irony. Just horrible.

[@dougswamprat5275]

Mel B's attitude was a bit. Sarah Millican was the MVP. I would have asked the mystery guest if he ever drummed for Faith No More.

[@amazinggrace5692]

That’s a fake cry!! I’m a mom and a pediatrician … I’ve seen my share of crying.

[@kimhewer1479]

Any more big fat quizzes coming this year?

[@edralphy]

Mel. B. simply put is a B!!!

[@natalyadixon564]

Did Mel B forget it was a comedy show....what a 🐮

[@neverwriteitdown6780]

I seriously dislike Mel B now. I wish I saw this in 2015.

[@NHT2]

It's wild how normal Mel B made Jimmy seem.

[@HumbleMonsterUK]

I love every single person in this episode so I’m having a little watch again but then Mel she puts me off and puts me in a 💩 mood

[@dawngreen1219]

Oh yes the panel shut Mel B down….she really wasn’t a happy little vegemite! Yay Sarah ❤😂😂😂

[@spadebraithwaite1762]

Is Mel' B worried that somebody might accidently like her? I think she's safe.

[@Henri79]

What's up with Mel B's attitude?

[@josiahkimani7607]

theres a video available with her totally edited out on youtube lol

[@loudstealthGTFour]

She's not a comedian, and who'd have guessed........ she's not funny or really entertaining at all. But she did play a character.....

[@lillalefur1146]

Think she's purposely being a bit more mean for the actual comedians to riff off

[@ImSeazoN]

no excuse but she was in the middle of a violentely abusive relationship during this time, I'm sure she wasn't at her best

[@Ali-mv3jc]

I thought she seemed a bit odd so I looked it up, she tried to kill herself a week after this due to abuse from her husband. Apparently she tried to cancel but wasnt able to. This is all just from Google

[@finn_underwood]

I think Mel B's problem isn't that she's passive and reactive - Warrick Davis was also pretty passive on his quiz, but nobody minded him. I think Mel's problem is that she doesn't know how to Yes-And or react to jokes in ways which don't cause the jokes to be shut down the moment they're passed to her. Acting aggressively in response to jokes as a bit works fine if done well, but Mel's responses feel too genuinely angry and don't leave a lot of room for responses or continuation of the jokes. She gives hard no-responses without any obvious openings, which makes the overall atmosphere feel far more hostile and serious than it should for a show like this. Nothing against her, I don't know her, but she simply wasn't a great cast for this show and it really shows.

[@rainbomg]

I think that’s a really good way to put it, she didn’t yes-and at all. She was a wet blanket, whenever someone passed the ball to her she acted like she didn’t realize she was in a game

[@ferretgirl013]

Who is that adorable little girl in the ice bucket challenge? 💖

[@Mental_Patient]

Had no idea who Mel B was, but it didn't take me long to not like her.

[@Oasisftww]

Guessing you were born in 2005 or younger

[@dinosaurkin5093]

​@@Oasisftww Uh oh, we activated the Spice Girl fan.

[@joelmathew9637]

Mel always seems like someones done her wrong....even on a comedy channel!! Who does the casting?? Should be suspended for puttin Mel on a show with proper comedians..... She killed the vibe all night.....

[@carstenkh]

Mel is so uptight and wants to be so Posh, why are she even there???

[@gavinwest1460]

I don't get why Mel B is there she obviously can't take a joke and doesn't want to be there she just makes the whole thing uncomfortable to watch.

[@beckyjohnson2869]

Mel B honestly isn't as bad as I remember, after a while it just felt a bit like bullying and laughing behind her back.

[@madoldbatwoman]

Mel B getting in touch with her inner schoolyard bully, while the rest just try to carry her, slightly spoils the vibe.

[@em43675]

It’s a shame this is my least favourite big fat quiz purely for how much of a damper mel b puts on it. It’s painful and sadly makes this one I just can’t rewatch enjoyably

[@rainbomg]

1:32:11 is when I feel like everyone sort of gets out the weird energy that is all pent up from a night of trying their best to put on a fun show with a wet blanket, it was fun. There’s a lot of people saying it was a character, she was being acerbic on purpose, and I did see the _tiniest_ bit of that, but for the most part she put in very little effort to “play along” or be fun. You’re a performer, you’re supposed to be *fun* not abuse poor Micky all night. Geez Louise. I’ve also seen some comments saying she was hammered- that makes a lot of sense to me bc of how weirdly like, pushy and nit picky and mean she’s being to Micky every time he says anything, he ended up taking on the affect of an abused child. At least she looked absolutely fantastic though. This whole thing did have the “oh, mom’s drunk again” energy of like a rich family trying to get through dinner but mom is a mercurial matriarch out for blood

[@PreKGraduate]

Everyone else on a lighthearted comedy quiz show: 😅🤣😂😋😆😃 Mel B on a lighthearted comedy quiz show: 😒🥱😠🙄😤

[@HanZie82]

Correct version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGXQhnaIdrV_l9U

[@1958HHH]

THANX!

[@ConnorWolf-r5o]

Got to love how Mel b ruined a beautiful cast episode. It seems like no one actually likes her. The spice girls don't, this cast doesn't, x factor doesn't.

[@WingedPeach]

1:32:00

[@jazzingpanda3190]

Mel B tried to end it all shortly after this. Safe to say it was a very bad time in her life.

[@systemSkynet]

Mel B has well got more of a B since Eddie Murphy dumped her

[@clownbasher2911]

Mel-B is the biggest Clung plunger on TV!

[@MoragMacPherson-r7q]

Wow! This was brutal because of Mel B. Why would they invite such a miserable person? She seriously made this too difficult to watch .

[@SkillTimO]

Geri was in the right.

[@Michael-xe3dn]

I can't watch this episode thanks to Mel B, and I'm very angry about it. They only come round once a year.

[@robjustaguy]

How many sodding adverts?

[@ahmadjubran1984]

I come back and rewatch this to see how atrocious mel b is

[@raineca]

I will watch this episode over any episode staring James Cordon.

[@JohannesVanDerStuyvebode]

I despise Mel B for her annoying attitude.

[@S7EVE_P]

I must be the only person who likes Mel, but i really enjoyed her appearance, one of my favourite episodes👍😆

[@1958HHH]

There's one other person that likes her it's Mel.

[@ellehull9576]

Got excited that there was one I hadn’t seen before and then saw its the one with Mel B. Unwatchable

[@24Deutschmark]

Micky Flanagan is hilarious 46:58 he pulls out a cheeky stella

[@whydidmyhandlechangefromAlice]

That Mel B sucked on the music round was not surprising to anyone.

[@FlimsyIndo]

1:16:20 i dont know why, butt this was hilarious to me

[@johnvidal70]

Was Mel B drunk, she seems drunk to me.

[@Boomge666]

Seriously though, who is Shia lebuff.

[@Xune2000]

I believe he's a cannibal.

[@jamieprice23]

I can just imagine my life if i married mel b, Divorced, rich and probably on drugs.

[@keygurumi]

mel b couldnt take anymore jokes, you know what they say too much of something is bad enough

[@kfeldinAZ]

Mel B is such a lump in this which is ridiculously funny.

[@shaneoconnor6565]

Mel…,slithering,downgrading and demeaning 👎🏼👎🏼

[@toddhollen]

People's reactions to Mel B feel very telling. She is clearly just giving people shit as a bit and is getting the jokes and playing along, just like everyone else on the show. I'm not sure if people are thinking she "doesn't get the jokes" or "is being a bitch" because she was a Spice Girl or because she isn't a comedian, or, you know, other reasons, but it's really interesting. She isn't a comedian so not everything she says or does lands, but she is very funny generally and far from the train wreck people make her out to be on here.

[@DerekHartley]

I think you give her far, far, far too much credit. She was just a bad pick for the show, which isn't on her, and wasn't really having a great time of things.

[@ev6558]

Someone who is "getting the jokes" isn't always the one laughing the least. Someone who is "getting the jokes" isn't sitting there like a child having a tantrum going "no no no" because she didn't get to pick the team name. Clearly she is not used to not being the most worshipped person in the room.

[@HumbleMonsterUK]

@@ev6558Exactly it’s not all about her

[@RachaelMorgan-om4xw]

She was drunk, man

[@emaildomain]

I went in w my expectations in the toilet, and I have to say the first 5 minutes or so were p awkward, but it was clear she was just doing a bit that didn't land very well, and other than that she was fine? the sheer persistent hostility towards her in these comments and at least once in literally every other BFQ video I have watched is extremely bizarre and unwarranted, like, a completely outsized reaction. I really suspect it's to do with those "other reasons"

[@georgerendell7292]

I know Mel B is pretty hard to watch here but I believe she was going through a terrible time and this is a week or two before she attempted suicide, I heard she tried to get out of doing this show but it was too late

[@longandstickystick]

I think ive found someone I despise more than james cordon. And thats mel B. Untalented & unfunny. Much like james cordon.

[@gt4780]

I thought Mel was hilarious in this

[@mtaylor247]

how about you say I'll have a word with the kids a d teach them a little respect and discipline? Nothing is? out of order here except fir bad parenting

[@MisterItchy]

I really don't understand why so many people don't think Mel B is funny in this. Some people are funny without making jokes. David Letterman made a career out of it.

[@brandon5093]

Somehow every year they seem to have someone who brings down the whole show. Not completely but at least like 30%. This time it's Millican

[@123fearfreak]

Mel B was fine, she just presented as a non-character. Reactionary speech and mannerisms. Spice girls as a group would make all members support roles, or 1 side to the whole. Maybe her part isn't engaging, but more reactive?

[@finn_underwood]

She didn't yes-and any of the jokes thrown at her. Most basic rule of any improv scene - she kept shutting down jokes rather than passively rolling with them or reacting in ways meant to elevate the jokes. Her aggression is way too genuine feeling to work as a springboard for jokes - and it's only due to the talent of the other contestants that they were able to plow past her obstructions. Nothing against her, she just wasn't a great cast for the show, and sticks out to the point where people hate on her. Warrick Davis was also pretty quiet on his quiz, but he was able to either yes-and or just... not shut down jokes sent his way, which means people didn't mind his presence even if he was also pretty passive.