![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 1 | The Big Lobster and Drive-Through Booze 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... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 2 | The Newgate Novel and Condiments on Toast We're going highbrow this week. Or at least, we're trying to. It all falls apart when Matt suggests some unusual toast preferences. |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 3 | Stefania Folini and a Moon Theremin 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. |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 4 | Simplehuman and Russian Toilette This week... well, there's more than one type of toilet humour in here. Brace yourselves, folks: 'cos we're goin' lowbrow. |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 5 | Bossche Bol and Nun's Puffs As the sun sets, we have an entire pastry-based episode, offend the Dutch, and have a nun pun run. |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 6 | Neckarwestheim and the End of the World 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... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 7 | The Counts of Andechs and Motorway Service Stations This week, Gary works on his impressions, we delve into some European history, and Chris pops a button. |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 8 | The Flag of Mars and Rods from God This week, we get distracted by chocolate, disrespect a man who's been dead for nearly a century, and debate low-gravity football. |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 9 | The Arctic Winter Games and Dropping the Bomb 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. |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 1 | Thomas Trueblood and the Ridiculous Marathon 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... |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 2 | The Coffin Ray and Hugging a Penguin 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. |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 3 | The Centennial Light and Edison the Cheat 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... |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 4 | A Message from Earth and Flappy Gloves 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... |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 5 | The Flitch of Bacon and a Goose on a Train This week, we delve into obscure British traditions, and Gary gets points for two of his specialist subjects: archives and goose impressions. |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 6 | Lisa Clayton and Cake Black Holes 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. |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 7 | The Swarm and the Giant Jam Sandwich 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... |
![]() | Saison 3 - épisode 1 | The SS Bessemer and Ask Heaves 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... |
![]() | Saison 3 - épisode 2 | The Boobrie and Conservative Pandas 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... |
![]() | Saison 3 - épisode 3 | Sergeant Reckless and Terry Google 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... |
![]() | Saison 3 - épisode 4 | Sidney Weltmer and the Queen's Package 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... |
![]() | Saison 3 - épisode 5 | Jimmy Carter's Rabbit and Tinfoil Hats Last in this season! We take on a former President of the USA, and one particularly vicious rabbit. Thanks for watching, everyone! |
![]() | Saison 4 - épisode 1 | Graham Island and Ye Starbucks 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... |
![]() | Saison 4 - épisode 2 | Project Cybersyn and Military Fridges 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... |
![]() | Saison 4 - épisode 3 | Cello Scrotum and Radium Water This week, we're taking on the world of medicine as we run through dodgy research, quack cures, and homeopathic kitten chlamydia. |
![]() | Saison 4 - épisode 4 | Shanghai Fugu and Mucky Fat From East Asia to West Yorkshire, today we're taking on the world's culinary delights and some odd governmental manipulations. |
![]() | Saison 4 - épisode 5 | Victor Lustig and Binary Points 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. |
![]() | Saison 5 - épisode 1 | The Hydraulic Telegraph and Latin Grease 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... |
![]() | Saison 5 - épisode 2 | Thomas Midgley Jr and a Pope Infestation 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... |
![]() | Saison 5 - épisode 3 | Backpackers Xpress and the Disco Carriage This week, a business venture that never got off the ground, and one of Gary's regular diversions into TRAINS. |
![]() | Saison 5 - épisode 4 | Camp Bonifas and Yorkshire Scouting I think if we've learned anything from this episode, it's that Tom would probably not have survived Chris' childhood. |
![]() | Saison 5 - épisode 5 | Camille Flammarion and a Spiritualist Story Last in this season! Yes, we've talked about psychics and pseudoscience before, but this time there's a very different approach behind it… |
![]() | Saison 5 - épisode 6 | Ruth Belville and Time Balls (Live) Here it is! The first half of Citation Needed Live, from Conway Hall in London, where we take some time to talk about time. And balls. |
![]() | Saison 5 - épisode 7 | The Ice Block Expedition and Chainsaw Licences (Live) The second half, this time about the greatest publicity stunt in history. |
| Saison 5 - épisode 8 | Classic Trivia Question Cards (Live) A long time ago, we did a podcast. For the live show encore, we brought it back for one night only. | |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 1 | Jack Churchill and a Live Studio Audience We're back! And we start Season 6 with a tale of bravery, bagpipes, and big Scottish swords - with a live studio audience. |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 2 | The $100 Hamburger and Tach Time Today, we're not delving into history: instead we're talking about language, pop culture, and one heck of a sandwich. |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 3 | Stephens Island Wren and the Cobra Effect Please welcome our guest panelist Will Seaward, as we run through ecological disasters and unintended consequences! |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 4 | Julie D'Aubigny and Dueling Scars In this episode: four men from England, talking about a woman from France. Nothing can possibly go wrong. |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 5 | Acoustic Kitty and Bat Bombs "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 -... |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 6 | Benjamin Rush and Inventing the Bucket 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... |
![]() | Saison 7 - épisode 1 | Charles Blondin and the Stolen Point Back in front of a live studio audience! We start off Season 7 with a tale of bravery, courage, and omelettes. |
![]() | Saison 7 - épisode 2 | The Sark Football Team and Hovercraft Enthusiasm 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... |
![]() | Saison 7 - épisode 3 | Turra Coo and Four-Legged Juggling 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... |
![]() | Saison 7 - épisode 4 | The Flip Flap Railroad and Marshmallow Bearings 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... |
![]() | Saison 7 - épisode 5 | John Stonehouse and Dropped Trousers This time, join us for a tale of politics, intrigue, and a man dropping his trousers. |
![]() | Saison 7 - épisode 6 | Atomic Annie and Blue Peacock It's the last show of the season, and we're going out with a bang. |
![]() | Saison 8 - épisode 1 | The Battle of Fishguard and "Brandy" The final season begins! With a traditional tale of a military mistake and a wheel that spins and lands on France. |
![]() | Saison 8 - épisode 2 | The Norwegian Butter Crisis and the Ark of Taste This time, we're taking on smør-panik, food politics, and - for the second week running - brandy. |
![]() | Saison 8 - épisode 3 | Juan Pujol Garcia and Thirtynineitude Our traditional Wartime Badass Episode this week, albeit a wartime badass whose weapon included expense reports. |
![]() | Saison 8 - épisode 4 | Hail Cannons and Operation Popeye 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! |
| Saison 8 - épisode 5 | The Crazy Eights Incident and the Pumpy Thing I realise we never actually define "pumpy thing" in this video. I'm not going to define it here either. |



















































