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Whose Line Is It Anyway?

★ 8.2 6K votes 1988–2011 10 seasons · 136 episodes Ended Channel 4
Sketch & varietySketches, segments and variety formats.This show: 9/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 9/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 9/10Game & quiz showGames, quizzes and the hosts who run them.This show: 8/10Comfort rewatchThe kind of show people return to endlessly.This show: 8/10Chaotic energyLoud, frenetic and gleefully anarchic.This show: 8/10Witty banterRapid-fire verbal sparring.This show: 8/10Fast-pacedRelentless forward momentum that rarely stops to idle.This show: 7/10
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Written by
Mark LevesonDan Patterson
Written by
Mark LevesonDan Patterson
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Comedy built entirely from thin air, live"

A panel of quick-witted comedians is thrown random suggestions from the audience and forced to build entire scenes, songs, and stories on the spot, with a host who mostly just keeps score for laughs (the points, famously, don't matter). There's no plot to follow, just a rotating cast of improvisers riffing off each other in short game-based sketches. It's loose, silly, and endlessly rewatchable in small doses, carried entirely by the chemistry and reflexes of its performers rather than any writing or structure.

Watch it for

the effortless chemistry between performers who can turn any random prompt into instant comedy.

Maybe skip if

you want ongoing storylines or characters, since every episode is disconnected sketches.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 11988
7.1434135h 13m
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Season 21989
7.5446177h 1m
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Season 31991
7.5304177h 12m
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Season 41992
7.7214135h 21m
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Season 51993
8.114893h 45m
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Season 61994
8.1168114h 20m
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Season 71995
7.8259126h
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Season 81996
8.1265148h 11m
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Season 91997
7.6401197h 37m
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Season 101998
7.5189114h 24m

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Clive Anderson Self - Host
Ryan Stiles Self
Colin Mochrie Self
Richard Vranch Self - Musician
Greg Proops Self
Tony Slattery Self
Josie Lawrence Self
Michael McShane Self
Stephen Frost Self
John Sessions Self

Crew

Mark Leveson
Dan Patterson

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