Citation Needed
A simple game: every fact they get right is a point and a ding. And there’s a prize for particularly good answers: mystery biscuits.
Seasons
1. The Big Lobster and Drive-through Booze
Air Date: 2014-03-19
In the series premiere, Gary, Chris and Matt are faced with two challenges: first, a Big Lobster, and second, trying not to offend Australians too much.
2. The Newgate Novel and Condiments on Toast
Air Date: 2014-03-26
We're going highbrow this week. Or at least, we're trying to. It all falls apart when Matt suggests some unusual toast preferences.
3. Stefania Follini and a Moon Theremin
Air Date: 2014-04-02
This week: we get stuck somewhere dark, it all gets a bit serious for a moment, and Gary pulls his hoodie over his head. It's all kicking off.
4. Simplehuman and Russian Toilette
Air Date: 2014-04-09
This week... well, there's more than one type of toilet humour in here. Brace yourselves, folks: 'cos we're goin' lowbrow.
5. Bossche Bol and Nun's Puffs
Air Date: 2014-04-16
As the sun sets, we have an entire pastry-based episode, offend the Dutch, and have a nun pun run.
6. Neckarwestheim and the End of the World
Air Date: 2014-04-23
Dusk has fallen, and while we start off with science fiction farce and retro British TV, it all goes a bit dark when we starting talking about armageddon.
7. The Counts of Andechs and Motorway Service Stations
Air Date: 2014-04-30
This week, Gary works on his impressions, we delve into some European history, and Chris pops a button.
8. The Flag of Mars and Rods from God
Air Date: 2014-05-07
This week, we get distracted by chocolate, disrespect a man who's been dead for nearly a century, and debate low-gravity football.
9. The Arctic Winter Games and Dropping the Bomb
Air Date: 2014-05-14
It's the season finale! As the sun sets, we talk about very cold sports; Tom learns he's got weak fingers; and surprisingly, it all ends on a song.
1. Thomas Trueblood and the Ridiculous Marathon
Air Date: 2014-12-04
We're back! We start with the tale of Thomas Trueblood, rapidly steer off into the 1904 Olympic marathon -- perhaps the most ridiculous Olympic race ever -- and then have a quick discussion about a man called Jam Handy. Get your mystery biscuits ready.
2. The Coffin Ray and Hugging a Penguin
Air Date: 2014-12-11
This week, we start with Steve Irwin, discuss some shocking fish, and tell a tale of a penguin in the desert who just needed a hug.
3. The Centennial Light and Edison the Cheat
Air Date: 2014-12-18
Highbrow and lowbrow collide this week, as a giant brass arse meets Thomas Pynchon. And there's a barnstorming start from Matt as he connects "Livermore, California" with a rather famous bulb.
4. A Message from Earth and Flappy Gloves
Air Date: 2015-01-01
This week, interstellar spammers meet Ming the Merciless. And folks outside the UK might want to have a Google window open, because we're about to crack through a whole load of musical references that never made it outside our borders.
5. The Flitch of Bacon and a Goose on a Train
Air Date: 2015-01-08
This week, we delve into obscure British traditions, and Gary gets points for two of his specialist subjects: archives and goose impressions.
6. Lisa Clayton and Cake Black Holes
Air Date: 2015-01-15
This week, we're meant to be talking about a not-so-famous adventurer, but it rapidly runs into deep-fried food and a baking disaster.
7. The Swarm and the Giant Jam Sandwich
Air Date: 2015-01-22
It's the last episode of the season! This time we're talking about Michael Caine: COVERED IN BEES. Thanks for watching this run, everyone: we'll be back in the summe
1. The SS Bessemer and Ask Heaves
Air Date: 2015-07-09
We're back again! We start with the tale of SS Bessemer, but soon enough we're coming up with a rejected Bond villain, working out how schooling really happens in Rotherham, and then inventing a terrible butler. Hold on to your mystery biscuits, because this is Citation Needed, Season 3.
2. The Boobrie and Conservative Pandas
Air Date: 2015-07-16
It turns out the Citation Needed team have a certain amount of skepticism when it comes to mythological beasties. So rather than talk about the boobrie, it's on to slaughtering birds, extinct creatures, and why all pandas are actually Conservatives.
3. Sergeant Reckless and Terry Google
Air Date: 2015-07-23
Surprisingly few tangents this week, because the subject matter is astonishing enough that there's no stopping us. Apart from getting a cat stuck in an index file, of course.
4. Sidney Weltmer and the Queen's Package
Air Date: 2015-07-30
This week! We're tracking down some suggestive pseudoscience, and wondering about the Queen's package. And no, you're not finding out what was in the bit that got removed for legal reasons.
5. Jimmy Carter's Rabbit and Tinfoil Hats
Air Date: 2015-08-06
Last in this season! We take on a former President of the USA, and one particularly vicious rabbit. Thanks for watching, everyone!
1. Graham Island and Ye Starbucks
Air Date: 2016-01-14
We're back! And back where we belong, too, in a kitchen with dodgy lighting. Time for a new run of five episodes, and our not-so-new problem with slightly insulting the nations of Europe. This time, to the Mediterranean, and to Graham Island.
2. Project Cybersyn and Military Fridges
Air Date: 2016-01-21
We're off to the Left Bit of Bottom America (thanks Matt), to Chile, and to a socialist scheme to bring a computer revolution decades early. Just one problem: people.
3. Cello Scrotum and Radium Water
Air Date: 2016-01-28
This week, we're taking on the world of medicine as we run through dodgy research, quack cures, and homeopathic kitten chlamydia.
4. Shanghai Fugu and Mucky Fat
Air Date: 2016-02-04
From East Asia to West Yorkshire, today we're taking on the world's culinary delights and some odd governmental manipulations.
5. Victor Lustig and Binary Points
Air Date: 2016-02-11
Last in this season! Today we're off to France for a tale of the world's greatest conman, the Eiffel Tower, and some easy points.
1. The Hydraulic Telegraph and Latin Grease
Air Date: 2016-06-16
We're back! Good luck to everyone who's subscribed since the last season, heaven knows what you'll think of it. This time, we're talking about ancient technology, Morse code, and taking a brief diversion into Latin!
2. Thomas Midgley Jr and a Pope Infestation
Air Date: 2016-06-23
This week, we're stopping at taking on one of the most -- and least -- successful inventors in history, travelling via a television flop and a brief diversion into stained glass!
3. BackpackersXpress and the Disco Carriage
Air Date: 2016-06-30
This week, a business venture that never got off the ground, and one of Gary's regular diversions into TRAINS.
4. Camp Bonifas and Yorkshire Scouting
Air Date: 2016-07-07
I think if we've learned anything from this episode, it's that Tom would probably not have survived Chris' childhood.
5. Camille Flammarion and a Spiritualist Story
Air Date: 2016-07-14
Last in this season! Yes, we've talked about psychics and pseudoscience before, but this time there's a very different approach behind it…
1. Jack Churchill and a Live Studio Audience
Air Date: 2017-05-25
We're back! And we start Season 6 with a tale of bravery, bagpipes, and big Scottish swords - with a live studio audience.
2. The $100 Hamburger and Tach Time
Air Date: 2017-06-01
Today, we're not delving into history: instead we're talking about language, pop culture, and one heck of a sandwich.
3. Stephens Island Wren and the Cobra Effect
Air Date: 2017-06-08
Please welcome our guest panelist Will Seaward, as we run through ecological disasters and unintended consequences!
4. Julie D'Aubigny and Dueling Scars
Air Date: 2017-06-22
In this episode: four men from England, talking about a woman from France. Nothing can possibly go wrong.
5. Acoustic Kitty and Bat Bombs
Air Date: 2017-06-29
"That is horrific," says Matt at one point during this episode. He's not wrong. We delve into unconventional Cold War tactics, and some surprising - and doomed - members of the animal kingdom.
6. Benjamin Rush and Inventing the Bucket
Air Date: 2017-07-06
In the season finale: Gary gets nauseous, Matt gets accused of being a minor royal, and Chris pulls a face. This time, we're back at the founding of America, talking about a man who helped, or perhaps hindered, a famous expedition...
1. Charles Blondin and the Stolen Point
Air Date: 2017-11-23
Back in front of a live studio audience! We start off Season 7 with a tale of bravery, courage, and omelettes.
2. The Sark Football Team and Hovercraft Enthusiasm
Air Date: 2017-11-30
This week, Gary's on home turf, Matt's hoping to float on air, and we all set a new record for longest time to get to the actual subject of the article.
3. Turra Coo and Four-Legged Juggling
Air Date: 2017-12-07
Matt Parker joins the team this week, in which there's talk of the great cream seams and a surprisingly in-depth discussion of how quadrupeds might juggle.
4. The Flip Flap Railroad and Marshmallow Bearings
Air Date: 2017-12-14
In the second of two shows with guest Matt Parker, we're covering some hair-raising history, and also imagining some little ears flapping in the breeze.
5. John Stonehouse and Dropped Trousers
Air Date: 2017-12-21
This time, join us for a tale of politics, intrigue, and a man dropping his trousers.
6. Atomic Annie and Blue Peacock
Air Date: 2017-12-28
It's the last show of the season, and we're going out with a bang.
1. The Battle of Fishguard and "Brandy"
Air Date: 2018-10-25
The final season begins! With a traditional tale of a military mistake and a wheel that spins and lands on France.
2. The Norwegian Butter Crisis and the Ark of Taste
Air Date: 2018-11-01
This time, we're taking on smørpanikk, food politics, and - for the second week running - brandy.
3. Juan Pujol Garcia and Thirtynineitude
Air Date: 2018-11-08
Our traditional Wartime Badass Episode this week, albeit a wartime badass whose weapon included expense reports.
4. Hail Cannons and Operation Popeye
Air Date: 2018-11-15
No, a hail cannon isn't for if you just want to accelerate a lot of hail really quickly. This week: pseudoscience and real science!
5. The Crazy Eights Incident and the Pumpy Thing
Air Date: 2018-11-22
I realise we never actually define "pumpy thing" in this video. I'm not going to define it here either.
6. The Sweater Curse and Clothing Controversies
Air Date: 2018-11-29
That's it! That's the end of the series. You made it! Congratulations! Enjoy the best mime that Matt has ever done.
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Release Date
2014-03-19
Episodes
49 (8 seasons)
Status
Ended
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