In 2006, Fry won the Rose d'Or for "Best Game Show Host". Visitors to the British Comedy Guide have named QI the "Best British TV Panel Show/Satire" of 2006 and 2007 in The Comedy.co.uk Awards.In 2008, the series won the Royal Television Society award for "Entertainment". It was also nominated in the "Entertainment Performance" category, but it lost. In 2008 and 2009, QI won the Televisual Bulldog Awards in the "Best Panel, Quiz or Chat Show" category.
QI has been nominated for four BAFTA awards. Fry has been nominated for "Best Entertainment Performance" three times, in 2004, 2005 and 2007. John Lloyd and QI's director Ian Lorimer were nominated for the Lew Grade Award in 2005. In 2007, The Book of General Ignorance was nominated by the British Book Awards in the TV and Film Book of the Year Category.
