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| Genre | Comedy panel game |
| Written by | Will Ing Paul Powell |
| Directed by | Geraldine Dowd |
| Presented by | Sue Perkins |
| Starring |
Josh Widdicombe Richard Osman |
| Theme music composer | Will Slater |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 12 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Paul McGettigan Dan Gaster Michael Mannes |
| Producer(s) | Margaret Anne Docherty |
| Location(s) | Pinewood Studios |
| Editor(s) | Jon Ellis Rob Mansell |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
12 Yard Productions Black Dog Television |
| Distributor | ITV Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Two |
| Picture format | 16:9 (1080i HDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 4 January 2016 – present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Insert Name Here is a British comedy panel game show presented by Sue Perkins. The programme made its debut on BBC Two on 4 January 2016. In each episode two teams of three compete to answer questions about famous people, past and present, who have just one thing in common: they share the same name. The team captains are Josh Widdicombe and Richard Osman.
Insert Name Here had four pilots: one called "Britain's Favourite", recorded on the theme of Steves and due to be broadcast in February 2011, but pulled out of the broadcast schedule at short notice; one in July 2012 discussing Davids and called "And You Are..." (both of these were fronted by Miranda Hart); one in March 2013 as "Name Droppers"; and one in April 2015 with its current title (both fronted by Sue Perkins). On the second Hart-hosted pilot, a producer told The Sun: "the pilot went well but the bosses weren’t sure they had the format quite right. Now they have developed it, they are a lot happier. It seems a great fit for Sue. She's really popular and has the kind of quirky, eccentric side they want to make the show work."
The first series went out on Monday nights in the slot that the final series of Never Mind the Buzzcocks occupied.The Times announced that Perkins's appointment as host made her the first female presenter of a mainstream British comedy TV panel show, a distinction that some commentators had previously assumed would belong to Sandi Toksvig when she began hosting QI later the same year. However, the online column Weaver's Week argued that Sue Barker, Jo Brand, and Gabby Logan had all beaten Perkins to the post, with A Question of Sport, Jo Brand's Hot Potatoes, and I Love My Country, respectively.
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