Intresseklubben

Intresseklubben
Title card
Genre	Comedy
Presented by	Johan Wester
Starring	Anders Jansson Guest panellists
Theme music composer	Howard Goodall
Country of origin	Sweden
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	34 (32 aired/airing on TV and 2 were released only on the Internet through SVT Play)
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Anagram Production
Release
Original network	SVT1
Original release	8 September 2012 (2012-09-08) – present
Chronology
Related shows	QI (UK) QI (Dutch version) QI (Czech version)
External links
Website

Intresseklubben is a Swedish panel show, aired in Sveriges Television since September 2012, based on the QI format. Three seasons of a total of 26 episodes have been aired, the third season started on 1 November 2014 and the season finale aired on 20 December.^[1] The fourth season premiered on 22 August 2015 and aired in the autumn of 2015.

The show is hosted by Johan Wester, with Anders Jansson as a permanent panellist.

Format

The format is largely based on the QI format, just as in the original there are four panellists (three guest panellists and one permanent panellist). The panellists are mostly comedians, but people from other fields have also appeared, such as astronaut Christer Fuglesang, rally co-driver Tina Thörner, clergyman K.G. Hammar and politicians Maria Wetterstrand and Gudrun Schyman. Each panellist has a buzzer that they can use to attract attention, usually the buzzers are themed to the episode's theme.

The questions asked are often deliberately misleading or very difficult to answer, and sometimes they are very simple questions about something everyone thinks they know the answer, when in fact the obvious answer is incorrect. Panellists can earn one point by giving the correct answer or one point for an answer which is incorrect but interesting; however, they will lose ten points for answers that are not only incorrect, but also painfully obvious. When this happens an alarm sounds and the incorrect answer is flashed on the screens behind the panel. The main objective is not necessarily to answer all questions correctly, but rather to get an interesting and funny discussion going about the topics presented.

The "General Ignorance" round is not played in Intresseklubben, instead each episode usually ends with a special round where panellists need to categorize various things or guess what belongs with what. Examples include the game "Boy, girl, or dish" played in the episode "Abnormt" in season 1 where panellists had to guess if a name in Spanish was a boy's name, a girl's name or a Spanish dish. In episode "Blötdjur" the game was called "Wet, wetter, or Anders Jansson?" and the panellists had to guess which of several options contain the highest percent water. For example we learned that Lake Don Juan, which is the saltiest lake in the world, contains a lower percentage of water than a human - only about 56%.

Production

Intresseklubben is filmed in front of a live studio audience of around 400 people at the Scandic Star hotel in Lund. Each episode takes roughly 70 minutes to record, but is then edited down to fit into a 30-minute timeslot. Research for one season takes roughly 6 months to complete, some of it is borrowed from QI, but roughly 80% is fresh research done for Intresseklubben.^[2]

Episodes

Season A

Just like in the British original QI the seasons follow the letters of the alphabet, and all episodes in season A have a title starting with the letter A. Eight episodes were broadcast on TV and an additional two were released exclusively on the web through SVT Play.

Season B

The second series, consisting of 8 episodes covering the letter B, was recorded in August 2013 and aired on SVT1 during September and October the same year, plus 2 specials during the Christmas times.^[3]

Season C

A third season, this time about the letter C, was recorded in June 2014 and aired during the autumn 2014.^[4] New guests in the C-season included comedians Marika Carlsson and David Batra, radio host Kodjo Akolor and high jumper and Olympic gold medallist Stefan Holm. The season premiere aired on 1 November.^[5]

1. ↑ Anders Jansson was absent for this episode.

Season D

A D-season consisting of eight episodes aired during the autumn 2015. The episodes aired on Saturday nights at 9 PM, with the season premiere on August 22.^[6]

References

External links

• Official SVT webpage