History Heartwarming / QI

* In Series O, Episode 1, after a period where the recording goes off the rails and Sandi desparately tried (and failed) to get the recording back on track, when Alan tells Sandi to stop go in on about the wind, Claudia Winkleman gets up and gives Sandi a hug.

* In Series O, Episode 1, after a period where the recording goes off the rails and Sandi desparately tried (and failed) to get the reording back on track, when Alan tells Sandi to stop go in on about the wind, Claudia Winkleman gets up and gives Sandi a hug.

* Toward the end of Series Q, Episode 7, Holly Walsh mentions that when she was young her family would always listen to ''Theatre/JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat'' during car trips. It was quite endearing to see Holly and Susan Calman suddenly break into a chorus of "Any Dream Will Do", with the audience joining in after a few lines. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Even if Sandi, Alan and Joe Lycott were ready to vacate the set]].
* In Series 18 Episode 12, the Christmas special, Sandi's son Theo and Alan both set world records. Sandi refers to both of them as her boys, and says how proud she is of them.

* In Series K, Episode 14, a klaxon goes off for "Santa isn't real", and Phill Jupitus stands up to face the screen and drops to his knees in mock-despair. Then Stephen says in the most comforting fatherly tone, "But Phill, that got a klaxon, so it can't be true", which would be heartwarming in itself. Phill then running up to Stephen with a childlike gait and hugging him tightly takes it UpToEleven.

* Tpward the end of Series Q, Episode 7, Holly Walsh mentions that when she was young her family would always listen to ''Theatre/JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat'' during car trips. It was quite endearing to see Holly and Susan Calman suddenly break into a chorus of "Any Dream Will Do", with the audience joining in after a few lines. Even if Sandy, Alan and Joe Lycott were ready to vacate the set.

* Tpward the end of Series Q, Episode 7, Holly Walsh mentions that when she was young her family would always listen to ''Theater/JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat'' during car trips. It was quite endearing to see Holly and Susan Calman suddenly break into a chorus of "Any Dream Will Do", with the audience joining in after a few lines. Even if Sandy, Alan and Joe Lycott were ready to vacate the set.

* After all the people complaining about Sandi Toksvig taking over as host, Alan's comment that Sandi is 'in the right chair' is quite sweet.

* In Series K, Episode 14, a klaxon goes off for "Santa isn't real", and Phil Jupitus stands up to face the screen and drops to his knees in mock-despair. Then Stephen says in the most comforting fatherly tone, "But Phil, that got a klaxon, so it can't be true", which would be heartwarming in itself. Phil then running up to Stephen with a childlike gait and hugging him tightly takes it UpToEleven.

* In Series I, Episode 11 "Infantile", a question regards how long should the perfect hug last. Inevitably, everyone started hugging everyone else and it was actually rather sweet.

* In Series K, Episode 14, a klaxon goes off for "Santa isn't real", and Phil Jupitus stands up to face the screen and drops to his knees in mock-despair. Then Stephen says in the most comforting fatherly tone, "But Phil, that got a klaxon, so it can't be true", which would be heartwarming in itself. Phil then running up to Stephen with a childlike gait and hugging him tightly takes it UpToEleven
* During filming of Series L, Stephen was asked to deliver a marriage proposal on behalf of an audience member. Everyone involved seems to have been very pleased, including the couple, Stephen and the people in the box, who said in commentary that they were ready with the klaxon in case of the wrong answer.

* In Series K, Episode 14, a klaxon goes off for "Santa isn't real", and Phil Jupitus stands up to face the screen and drops to his knees in mock-despair. Then Stephen says in the most comforting fatherly tone, "But Phil, that got a klaxon, so it can't be true", which would be heartwarming in itself. Phil then running up to Stephen with a childlike gait and hugging him tightly takes it UpToEleven

* In series D, Episode 6, Alan wins his first episode[[note]]actually his second - he won A10, but the fact that the episode had several questions dedicated to people called Alan means that it doesn't count in a way[[/note]]. Cue delighted expression from Alan and Stephen saying how proud he was.

* In series D, Episode 6, Alan wins his first episode. Cue delighted expression from Alan and Stephen saying how proud he was.

* In Series B, Episode 12, Alan doesn't want to do a round of General Ignorance because [[TheFool he always gets them wrong]] and doesn't want to look like a fool on Christmas. Cue Stephen giving him the host's chair and getting nearly ''every'' question wrong.

* In Series B, Episode 12, Alan doesn't want to do a round of General Ignorance because [[TheFool he always gets them wrong]] and doesn't want to look like a fool on Christmas. Queue Stephen giving him the host's chair and getting nearly ''every'' question wrong.

* In Series I, Episode 11 "Infantile", a question regards how long should the perfect hug last. Inevitably, everyone started hugging everyone else and it was actually rather sweet.