S15E10: Origins and Openings
Sandi Toksvig looks into some origins and openings, with Josh Widdicombe, Susan Calman, Rich Hall and Alan Davies. Tune in to hear what Mr First thought of Mr Second, and much more.
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Season 1
Adam
S1E1 / 11 Sep 2003
Astronomy
S1E2 / 18 Sep 2003
Aquatic Animals
S1E3 / 25 Sep 2003
Atoms
S1E4 / 02 Oct 2003
Advertising
S1E5 / 09 Oct 2003
Antidotes
S1E6 / 16 Oct 2003
Arthropods
S1E7 / 23 Oct 2003
Albania
S1E8 / 30 Oct 2003
Antelopes
S1E9 / 06 Nov 2003
Aviation
S1E10 / 13 Nov 2003
Arts
S1E11 / 20 Nov 2003
Advent
S1E12 / 25 Dec 2003
Season 2
Blue
S2E1 / 08 Oct 2004
Birds
S2E2 / 08 Oct 2004
Bombs
S2E3 / 15 Oct 2004
Bible
S2E4 / 22 Oct 2004
Bears
S2E5 / 29 Oct 2004
Beavers
S2E6 / 05 Nov 2004
Biscuits
S2E7 / 12 Nov 2004
Bees
S2E8 / 19 Nov 2004
Bats
S2E9 / 26 Nov 2004
Bills
S2E10 / 03 Dec 2004
Beats
S2E11 / 10 Dec 2004
Birth (Christmas special)
S2E12 / 17 Dec 2004
Season 3
Campanology
S3E1 / 30 Sep 2005
Cummingtonite
S3E2 / 30 Sep 2005
Common Knowledge
S3E3 / 07 Oct 2005
Cheating
S3E4 / 14 Oct 2005
Cat's Eyes
S3E5 / 21 Oct 2005
Cockneys
S3E6 / 28 Oct 2005
Constellations
S3E7 / 04 Nov 2005
Corby
S3E8 / 11 Nov 2005
Creatures
S3E9 / 18 Nov 2005
Cleve Crudgington
S3E10 / 25 Nov 2005
Carnival
S3E11 / 02 Dec 2005
Combustion
S3E12 / 09 Dec 2005
Season 4
Danger
S4E1 / 29 Sep 2006
Discoveries
S4E2 / 06 Oct 2006
Dogs
S4E3 / 13 Oct 2006
Dictionaries
S4E4 / 20 Oct 2006
Death (Halloween Special)
S4E5 / 27 Oct 2006
Drinks
S4E6 / 03 Nov 2006
Differences
S4E7 / 10 Nov 2006
Descendants (Children in Need Special)
S4E8 / 17 Nov 2006
Doves
S4E9 / 24 Nov 2006
Divination
S4E10 / 01 Dec 2006
Deprivation
S4E11 / 08 Dec 2006
Domesticity
S4E12 / 15 Dec 2006
December (Christmas Special)
S4E13 / 22 Dec 2006
Season 5
Engineering
S5E1 / 21 Sep 2007
Electricity
S5E2 / 21 Sep 2007
Eating
S5E3 / 28 Sep 2007
Exploration
S5E4 / 06 Oct 2007
Europe
S5E5 / 12 Oct 2007
Everything Etc
S5E6 / 19 Oct 2007
Espionage
S5E7 / 26 Oct 2007
Eyes and Ears
S5E8 / 02 Nov 2007
Entertainment
S5E9 / 09 Nov 2007
England
S5E10 / 16 Nov 2007
Endings
S5E11 / 23 Nov 2007
Empire
S5E12 / 07 Dec 2007
Elephants
S5E13 / 14 Dec 2007
Season 6
Families (Children in Need Special)
S6E1 / 14 Nov 2008
Fire and Freezing (Christmas Special)
S6E2 / 22 Dec 2008
Flotsam and Jetsam
S6E3 / 09 Jan 2009
Fight or Flight
S6E4 / 16 Jan 2009
France
S6E5 / 23 Jan 2009
Fakes and Frauds
S6E6 / 30 Jan 2009
Fingers and Fumbs
S6E7 / 06 Feb 2009
Fashion
S6E8 / 13 Feb 2009
The Future
S6E9 / 20 Feb 2009
Flora and Fauna
S6E10 / 27 Feb 2009
Film
S6E11 / 06 Mar 2009
Food
S6E12 / 20 Mar 2009
Season 7
Gardens
S7E1 / 26 Nov 2009
G-animals
S7E2 / 03 Dec 2009
Games
S7E3 / 10 Dec 2009
Geography
S7E4 / 17 Dec 2009
Groovy (Christmas Special)
S7E5 / 24 Dec 2009
Genius
S7E6 / 01 Jan 2010
Girls and Boys
S7E7 / 08 Jan 2010
Germany
S7E8 / 15 Jan 2010
Gallimaufrey
S7E9 / 22 Jan 2010
Greats
S7E10 / 29 Jan 2010
Gifts
S7E11 / 05 Feb 2010
Gravity
S7E12 / 12 Feb 2010
Gothic
S7E13 / 19 Feb 2010
Greeks
S7E14 / 05 Mar 2010
Green
S7E15 / 26 Mar 2010
Geometry
S7E16 / 02 Apr 2010
VG Part One
S7E17 / 05 Apr 2010
VG Part Two
S7E18 / 16 Apr 2010
Season 8
Hodge Podge
S8E1 / 17 Sep 2010
H Anatomy
S8E2 / 24 Sep 2010
Hoaxes
S8E3 / 01 Oct 2010
Humans
S8E4 / 08 Oct 2010
H-animals
S8E5 / 15 Oct 2010
Happiness
S8E6 / 22 Oct 2010
Horrible (Halloween Special)
S8E7 / 29 Oct 2010
Hypothetical
S8E8 / 05 Nov 2010
House and Home
S8E9 / 12 Nov 2010
Health and Safety
S8E10 / 26 Nov 2010
Highs and Lows
S8E11 / 03 Dec 2010
Horses and Hunting
S8E12 / 10 Dec 2010
Holidays
S8E13 / 17 Dec 2010
Hocus-Pocus (Christmas Special)
S8E14 / 24 Dec 2010
Hypnosis, Hallucinations & Hysteria
S8E15 / 07 Jan 2011
History
S8E16 / 14 Jan 2011
VG Part One
S8E17 / 25 Apr 2011
VG Part Two
S8E18 / 02 May 2011
Season 9
I-Spy
S9E1 / 09 Sep 2011
International
S9E2 / 16 Sep 2011
Imbroglio
S9E3 / 23 Sep 2011
Indecision
S9E4 / 30 Sep 2011
Invertebrates
S9E5 / 07 Oct 2011
Inventive
S9E6 / 14 Oct 2011
Incomprehensible
S9E7 / 21 Oct 2011
Inequality
S9E8 / 28 Oct 2011
Illness
S9E9 / 04 Nov 2011
Inland Revenue
S9E10 / 11 Nov 2011
Infantile
S9E11 / 18 Nov 2011
Illumination
S9E12 / 25 Nov 2011
Intelligence
S9E13 / 02 Dec 2011
VG Part 1
S9E14 / 16 Dec 2011
VG Part 2
S9E15 / 23 Dec 2011
Ice
S9E16 / 29 Dec 2011
Immortal Bard
S9E17 / 27 Apr 2012
Idleness
S9E18 / 04 May 2012
Season 10
Jargon
S10E1 / 14 Sep 2012
Jam, Jelly and Juice
S10E2 / 21 Sep 2012
Journeys
S10E3 / 28 Sep 2012
Jack and Jill
S10E4 / 05 Oct 2012
J-Places
S10E5 / 12 Oct 2012
Joints
S10E6 / 19 Oct 2012
Journalism
S10E7 / 26 Oct 2012
Jumble
S10E8 / 02 Nov 2012
Jeopardy
S10E9 / 09 Nov 2012
Jungles
S10E10 / 23 Nov 2012
Jumpers
S10E11 / 30 Nov 2012
Justice
S10E12 / 07 Dec 2012
Jobs
S10E13 / 14 Dec 2012
Jingle Bells
S10E14 / 21 Dec 2012
VG Part One
S10E15 / 28 Dec 2012VG Part Two
S10E16 / 04 Jan 2013
Jolly
S10E17 / 11 Jan 2013
Just the Job
S10E18 / 25 Aug 2013
Season 11
Knees & Knockers
S11E1 / 06 Sep 2013
Kit and Kaboodle
S11E2 / 13 Sep 2013
K-Folk
S11E3 / 20 Sep 2013
Knits & Knots
S11E4 / 27 Sep 2013
Kings
S11E5 / 04 Oct 2013
Killers
S11E6 / 11 Oct 2013
Knowledge
S11E7 / 18 Oct 2013
Keys
S11E8 / 25 Oct 2013
Kinetic
S11E9 / 01 Nov 2013
Keeps
S11E10 / 08 Nov 2013
Kinky
S11E11 / 29 Nov 2013
Knights and Knaves
S11E12 / 06 Dec 2013
Kitchen Sink
S11E13 / 13 Dec 2013
Kris Kringle
S11E14 / 24 Dec 2013
Kitsch
S11E15 / 10 Jan 2014
Kaleidoscope
S11E16 / 17 Jan 2014
VG Part One
S11E17 / 24 Jan 2014VG Part Two
S11E18 / 31 Jan 2014
Season 12
L-animals
S12E1 / 03 Oct 2014
Location, Location, Location
S12E2 / 10 Oct 2014
Literature
S12E3 / 17 Oct 2014
Levity
S12E4 / 24 Oct 2014
Lenses
S12E5 / 31 Oct 2014
Liblabble
S12E6 / 07 Nov 2014
Lethal
S12E7 / 21 Nov 2014
Lovely
S12E8 / 28 Nov 2014
Ladies and Gents
S12E9 / 05 Dec 2014
Lying
S12E10 / 12 Dec 2014
Lumped Together
S12E11 / 19 Dec 2014
No L
S12E12 / 25 Dec 2014
Lucky Losers
S12E13 / 02 Jan 2015
Little and Large
S12E14 / 09 Jan 2015
Long Lost
S12E15 / 16 Jan 2015
Landmarks
S12E16 / 23 Jan 2015
VG: Part One
S12E17 / 30 Jan 2015
VG: Part Two
S12E18 / 31 Jan 2015
Season 13
A Medley of Maladies
S13E1 / 16 Oct 2015
Military Matters
S13E2 / 23 Oct 2015
M-Places
S13E3 / 30 Oct 2015
Miscellany
S13E4 / 06 Nov 2015
Maths
S13E5 / 20 Nov 2015
Marriage and Mating
S13E6 / 27 Nov 2015
Middle Muddle
S13E7 / 11 Dec 2015
Merriment
S13E8 / 25 Dec 2015
Messing with Your Mind
S13E9 / 29 Dec 2015
Making a Meal of It
S13E10 / 08 Jan 2016
Menagerie
S13E11 / 15 Jan 2016
Medieval and Macabre
S13E12 / 22 Jan 2016
Monster Mash
S13E13 / 29 Jan 2016
Messy
S13E14 / 05 Feb 2016
Mix and Match
S13E15 / 12 Feb 2016
Misconceptions
S13E16 / 19 Feb 2016
VG: Part One
S13E17 / 04 Mar 2016
VG: Part Two
S13E18 / 25 Mar 2016
Season 14
Naming Names
S14E1 / 21 Oct 2016
North Norse
S14E2 / 28 Oct 2016
Nosey Noisy
S14E3 / 04 Nov 2016
Noble Rot
S14E4 / 11 Nov 2016
Not Nearly
S14E5 / 25 Nov 2016
Night
S14E6 / 02 Dec 2016
Naked Truth
S14E7 / 09 Dec 2016
Non Sequiturs
S14E8 / 16 Dec 2016
Noel
S14E9 / 22 Dec 2016
Nature/Nurture
S14E10 / 30 Dec 2016
Nonsense
S14E11 / 06 Jan 2017
Noodles
S14E12 / 13 Jan 2017
Naval Navigation
S14E13 / 20 Jan 2017
Numbers
S14E14 / 27 Jan 2017
Next
S14E15 / 03 Feb 2017
New
S14E16 / 10 Feb 2017
VG: Part One
S14E17 / 17 Feb 2017
VG: Part Two
S14E18 / 24 Feb 2017
Season 15
Ologies
S15E1 / 20 Oct 2017
Organisms
S15E2 / 27 Oct 2017
Oceans
S15E3 / 03 Nov 2017
Over and Ova
S15E4 / 10 Nov 2017
Odorous and Odious
S15E5 / 24 Nov 2017
Odds and Ends
S15E6 / 01 Dec 2017
Opposites
S15E7 / 08 Dec 2017
Operations
S15E8 / 15 Dec 2017
O Christmas
S15E9 / 26 Dec 2017
Origins and Openings
S15E10 / 05 Jan 2018
Objects and Ornaments
S15E11 / 12 Jan 2018
The Occult
S15E12 / 19 Jan 2018
Omnishambles
S15E13 / 26 Jan 2018
Oddballs
S15E14 / 02 Feb 2018
Occupations and Offices
S15E15 / 09 Feb 2018
Overseas
S15E16 / 16 Feb 2018
VG Part One
S15E17 / 23 Feb 2018
VG Part Two
S15E18 / 02 Mar 2018
Season 16
P-animals
S16E1 / 10 Sep 2018
Peril
S16E2 / 17 Sep 2018
Piecemeal
S16E3 / 24 Sep 2018
Parts
S16E4 / 01 Oct 2018
Public & Private
S16E5 / 08 Oct 2018
Pictures
S16E6 / 15 Oct 2018
Picnics
S16E7 / 22 Oct 2018
Plants
S16E8 / 29 Oct 2018
Pubs
S16E9 / 18 Dec 2018
Pain & Punishment
S16E10 / 11 Jan 2019
Potpourri
S16E11 / 18 Jan 2019
Procrastination
S16E12 / 25 Jan 2019
Phenomena
S16E13 / 01 Feb 2019
Pathological
S16E14 / 08 Feb 2019
Past Times
S16E15 / 15 Feb 2019
Post
S16E16 / 22 Feb 2019
VG Part One
S16E17 / 01 Mar 2019
VG Part Two
S16E18 / 08 Mar 2019
Season 17
Quirky
S17E1 / 06 Sep 2019
Quintessential
S17E2 / 13 Sep 2019
Quarrels
S17E3 / 20 Sep 2019
Queasy Quacks
S17E4 / 27 Sep 2019
Questions and Qualifications
S17E5 / 04 Oct 2019
Quests (1)
S17E6 / 11 Oct 2019
Quests (2)
S17E7 / 18 Oct 2019
Qanimals
S17E8 / 25 Oct 2019
Quizmas
S17E9 / 24 Dec 2019
Quiet
S17E10 / 03 Jan 2020
Quaffing
S17E11 / 10 Jan 2020
Quagmire
S17E12 / 17 Jan 2020
Quills
S17E13 / 24 Jan 2020
Queens
S17E14 / 31 Jan 2020
Quantity and Quality
S17E15 / 07 Feb 2020
Quads and Quins
S17E16 / 14 Feb 2020
VG: Part I
S17E17 / 21 Feb 2020
VG: Part II
S17E18 / 28 Feb 2020
Season 18
Rude
S18E1 / 28 May 2020
Ruff and Ready
S18E2 / 04 Jun 2020
Road and Rail
S18E3 / 11 Jun 2020
Restaurants
S18E4 / 18 Jun 2020
Rubbish
S18E5 / 25 Jun 2020
Ridiculous
S18E6 / 02 Jul 2020
Revolutions
S18E7 / 09 Jul 2020
Reflections
S18E8 / 16 Jul 2020
Radioactive
S18E9 / 23 Jul 2020
Rest & Recreation
S18E10 / 30 Jul 2020
Roaming
S18E11 / 06 Aug 2020
Rejoice! A Christmas Special
S18E12 / 23 Dec 2020
Rogue
S18E13 / 14 Jan 2021
Random
S18E14 / 21 Jan 2021
Rock 'n' Roll
S18E15 / 28 Jan 2021
R Animals
S18E16 / 27 Mar 2021
Season 19
Sick
S19E1 / 09 Sep 2021
Secrets, Spies & Sleuths
S19E2 / 16 Sep 2021
Shady & Shaky
S19E3 / 23 Sep 2021
Sideshows, Stunts & Scavenger Hunts
S19E4 / 30 Sep 2021
Sugar & Spice
S19E5 / 07 Oct 2021
Sensational
S19E6 / 14 Oct 2021
Spooky
S19E7 / 21 Oct 2021
Seasons Greetings
S19E8 / 20 Dec 2021
S Animals
S19E9 / 07 Jan 2022
Smörgåsbord
S19E10 / 14 Jan 2022
Saints & Sinners
S19E11 / 21 Jan 2022
Silly Season
S19E12 / 28 Jan 2022
Sun, Sea & Sandi
S19E13 / 04 Feb 2022
Sexed-Up
S19E14 / 11 Feb 2022
VG: Part I
S19E15 / 15 Feb 2022
VG: Part II
S19E16 / 22 Feb 2022
Season 20
Tips and Tools
S20E1 / 11 Nov 2022
'T' Animals
S20E2 / 18 Nov 2022
Television
S20E3 / 25 Nov 2022
Thrills & Spills
S20E4 / 02 Dec 2022
Testing
S20E5 / 09 Dec 2022
Tricks & Treats
S20E6 / 16 Dec 2022
Toys, Tinsel, and Turkeys
S20E7 / 19 Dec 2022
Ticks Tax Toes
S20E8 / 09 Jan 2023
Theatrical!
S20E9 / 16 Jan 2023
Telling Tails
S20E10 / 23 Jan 2023
Trundling
S20E11 / 30 Jan 2023
This, That and the Other
S20E12 / 06 Feb 2023
Tubular
S20E13 / 13 Feb 2023
Tea Time
S20E14 / 21 Feb 2023
VG: Part 1
S20E15 / 24 Feb 2023
VG: Part 2
S20E16 / 03 Mar 2023
Season 21
All I Want For Christmas Is U
S21E1 / 18 Dec 2023
Upside-Down
S21E2 / 05 Jan 2024
United
S21E3 / 12 Jan 2024
Unsavoury
S21E4 / 19 Jan 2024
Uncle Sam
S21E5 / 26 Jan 2024
Ultras
S21E6 / 06 Feb 2024
Ufology
S21E7 / 13 Feb 2024
'U' Animals
S21E8 / 20 Feb 2024
Unrelated
S21E9 / 27 Feb 2024
Upsadaisy
S21E10 / 26 Mar 2024
Underthings
S21E11 / 02 Apr 2024
University
S21E12 / 09 Apr 2024
Upbringing
S21E13 / 16 Apr 2024
Underground and Underwater
S21E14 / 23 Apr 2024
Ulex
S21E15 / 30 Apr 2024
VG: Part 1
S21E16 / 10 May 2024
VG: Part 2
S21E17 / 17 May 2024
Season 22
Voyaging
S22E1 / 22 Oct 2024
Vocal
S22E2 / 29 Oct 2024
Very Varied
S22E3 / 05 Nov 2024
Vets
S22E4 / 12 Nov 2024
Visual
S22E5 / 19 Nov 2024
Volatile
S22E6 / 26 Nov 2024
Visionaries
S22E7 / 03 Dec 2024
Viral
S22E8 / 10 Dec 2024
Variety
S22E9 / 17 Dec 2024
Vulgar
S22E10 / 31 Dec 2024
Vintage
S22E11 / 07 Jan 2025
Vices and Virtues
S22E12 / 14 Jan 2025
Veggies
S22E13 / 21 Jan 2025
Victory
S22E14 / 25 Feb 2025
VG: Part 1
S22E15 / 10 Feb 2025
VG: Part 2
S22E16 / 17 Feb 2025
Season 23
Wales, Whales and Wails
S23E1 / 21 Oct 2025
Wings and Wheels
S23E2 / 28 Oct 2025
Weaponry
S23E3 / 04 Nov 2025
Wavey
S23E4 / 11 Nov 2025
Wild West
S23E5 / 25 Nov 2025
Wooing
S23E6 / 02 Dec 2025
Who What Why?
S23E7 / 09 Dec 2025
Weird and Wonderful
S23E8 / 16 Dec 2025
Winter Wonderland
S23E9 / 23 Dec 2025
‘W’ Animals
S23E10 / 06 Jan 2026
Wet and Windy
S23E11 / 13 Jan 2026
Willy Nilly
S23E12 / 20 Jan 2026
Wordmongery
S23E13 / 27 Jan 2026
Whatnots
S23E14 / 03 Feb 2026
VG: Part 1
S23E15 / 10 Feb 2026
VG: Part 2
S23E16 / 17 Feb 2026
Sandi Toksvig
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