It's Not What You Know (radio series)

It's Not What You Know is a BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show created and originally hosted by Miles Jupp, beginning on 23 February 2012. Series four onwards are hosted by Joe Lycett. The show features three celebrity contestants who have to answer questions based on the knowledge of people that they know personally, such as friends or relatives. Points are scored for how accurately the contestant predicts their counterpart.

For the TV game show, see It's Not What You Know.

It's Not What You Know

It's Not What You Know promotional image with Joe Lycett (series 4)
Genre	panel game
Running time	30 minutes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC Radio 4
Starring	Miles Jupp (Series 1–3) Joe Lycett (Series 4–)
Created by	Miles Jupp
Written by	Joe Lycett James Kettle
Produced by	Sam Michell (Series 1–2) Matt Stronge (Series 3–5) Adnan Ahmed (Series 5)
Recording studio	BBC Radio Theatre
Original release	23 February 2012 – present
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	25
Opening theme	"What You Know" by Two Door Cinema Club
Website	Official website

Rounds

• It's What They Know - The nominees are asked about their respective panellists; the panellists need to second-guess what their nominees answered.
• It's Now What You Know - The panellists are asked about their respective nominees to find out how well they know them.
• Which Nominee? - The panellists are given an answer and need to identify which of the nominees gave it.
• The Big One/One Massive Question - The panellists need to predict the answer given by their nominee to a suitably 'big' but mundane question (e.g., how do they take their tea, what is their favourite item of cutlery).

Episodes

Winners are highlighted in bold.

Series 1

Episode	First broadcast	Guests
01x01	23 February 2012	Rachel Johnson, Desmond Lynam, Mark Steel
01x02	1 March 2012	Jason Cook, Simon Day, Rebecca Front
01x03	8 March 2012	Ed Byrne, Roisin Conaty, Richard Madeley
01x04	15 March 2012	Emma Freud, Shaun Keaveny, Tom Wrigglesworth

Series 2

Episode	First broadcast	Guests
02x01	9 July 2013	Frankie Boyle, Alan Johnson, Diane Morgan
02x02	16 July 2013	Jonathan Agnew, Grace Dent, Frank Skinner
02x03	23 July 2013	Bridget Christie, Ainsley Harriott, Justin Moorhouse
02x04	30 July 2013	Dougie Anderson, Nick Helm, Isy Suttie
02x05	6 August 2013	Andrew Maxwell, Kirsty Wark, Francis Wheen
02x06	13 August 2013	Dave Gorman, Joe Lycett, Anneka Rice
02x07 (Edinburgh Special)	20 August 2013	Kevin Bridges, Hannah Gadsby, Rory McGrath

Series 3

Episode	First broadcast	Guests
03x01	30 June 2015	Nathan Caton, Sarah Millican, Richard Osman
03x02	7 July 2015	Dane Baptiste, Sara Cox, Seann Walsh
03x03	14 July 2015	Christopher Biggins, Romesh Ranganathan, Katherine Ryan
03x04	21 July 2015	Cornelius Lysaght, Lucy Porter, Tom Wrigglesworth
03x05	28 July 2015	Russell Grant, Elis James, Penny Smith
03x06	4 August 2015	Susan Calman, Vernon Kay, Sara Pascoe

Series 4

	First broadcast	Guests
04x01	29 September 2016	Nish Kumar, Tim Lovejoy, Holly Walsh
04x02	6 October 2016	Adrian Chiles, Zoe Lyons, Mae Martin
04x03	13 October 2016	Aisling Bea, Terry Christian, Jocelyn Jee Esien
04x04	20 October 2016	Vanessa Feltz, Tom Parry, Andy Parsons

Series 5

	First broadcast	Guests
05x01	7 March 2018	Desiree Burch, Tony Hawks, Rachel Riley
05x02	14 March 2018	Gyles Brandreth, Sarah Kendall, Phil Wang
05x03	21 March 2018	Jack Carroll, Melanie Chisholm, Kerry Godliman
05x04	28 March 2018	Fern Britton, Ivo Graham, Russell Kane

External links

• It's Not What You Know at BBC Programmes
• It's Not What You Know at British Comedy Guide
• It's Not What You Know at UKGameshows.com