Insert Name Here: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Sue Perkins presents brand new comedy panel show Insert Name Here, all about famous people, past and present, who have just one thing in common: they share the same name.

Each episode centres around one chosen name. Our entertaining host invites the two teams, headed up by captains Richard Osman and Josh Widdicombe, to battle it out, answering questions and competing to earn the right at the end of the game to decide the greatest ever bearer of that episode's name.

The teams choose from a list of famous people, all sharing the same name. Whether they select a historical, royal, scientific, sporting, legendary or comedic figure, it inevitably leads to fascinating facts, unusual stats, and lots of comedic banter around the individual in question. Sue deftly leads the two teams through the game, creating laughs along the way.

Funny anecdotes abound and irreverent points are made, as the panellists jump between highbrow and popular culture, and back and forth through history, unearthing weird, wonderful and quirky snippets of information along the way, as their knowledge of the name, and the famous people who share the moniker, is tested.

Series details

• Title: Insert Name Here
• Format: Panel Show
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2016-01-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-02-27
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.2/10
• TVMaze ID: 9817
• IMDb ID: tt5326960
• TVDB ID: 305068

Cast and credited roles

• Sue Perkins — Host
• Richard Osman — Team Captain
• Josh Widdicombe — Team Captain

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-01-04; final listed air date 2016-02-08; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2016-12-21; final listed air date 2017-02-06; episode order: 6.
• Season 3: premiered 2017-11-20; final listed air date 2018-01-22; episode order: 8.
• Season 4: premiered 2018-12-19; final listed air date 2019-02-27; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Insert Name Here on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.