Heartwarming / QI

• In Series B, Episode 12, Alan doesn't want to do a round of General Ignorance because 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 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. Cue delighted expression from Alan and Stephen saying how proud he was.
• 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 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 up to eleven.
• 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.
• 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 O, Episode 1, after a period where the recording goes off the rails about a question about wind and Sandi desparately tried (and failed) to get the recording back on track, when Alan tells Sandi to stop going 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 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 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 Sandi, Alan and Joe Lycett were ready to vacate the set.
• In Series R 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.
• Series S Episode 11, Johnny Vegas is so giddy and proud at being able to talk about the accomplishments of his hometown of St Helens, Merseyside that it's endearing to see.
• Series U episode 3, Nabil Abdulrashid confirms that in Nigerian culture, 'auntie' is used as a term of respect for older women, including ones you're not related to by blood or marriage, and uses it to refer to Sandi. The audience reacts as if he's just insulted her, only for Sandi to say, "No, I want to be your auntie! I think it's the most wonderful thing in the world. Thank you." Nabil beams and declares: "I've got a Viking auntie!"

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