The QI Book of the Dead "It first appeared on one of our "how to make life more interesting" lists at a time when Stephen Fry's erudite put-downs and the anteater impressions of Alan Davies weren't even gleams in Lloyd's eye." The book is divided into 10 chapters, covering 68 different people. However, instead of dividing the chapters into subjects normally found in such books, like "Royalty", "Scientists" and "Sportsmen", "The QI Book of the Dead" uses "more diverting categories". Examples include "There's Nothing Like a Bad Start in Life", covering people who had bad childhoods; "Man Cannot Live by Bread Alone", about people with unusual
The Mystery of the Sphinx Channel over the next decade. "Mystery" was initially released by Goldhil Home Media as a 95 minute "extended version" on VHS in 1994, and re-released on DVD by UFOTV as a 95 minute "Special Edition" in 2005. The VHS release was described in a 1994 review as "a fascinating combination of science and humbug." Robert M. Schoch criticized the extended version of the documentary, saying "Unfortunately, the original documentary has since been re-edited and expanded with all sorts of extraneous material, some of which I am not at all happy about, and is currently being marketed by 'UFO TV'. It