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I'm sorry I haven't a clue

ISIHAC
clue

General information
Format: Radio comedy game show
Duration: 30 min.
Country: Great Britain
Language: English
Speaker: Humphrey Lyttelton
Graeme Garden
Barry Cryer
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Willie Rushton
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast: April 11, 1972
Location: various
Website: official BBC website

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue ( German : I'm sorry, I have no idea ), sometimes abbreviated as ISIHAC or simply Clue , is a radio comedy by the BBC that has been broadcast since April 11, 1972 . Since then, there have been several seasons a year which aired on BBC Radio 4 , BBC Radio 7 and the BBC's World Service . The show, which opens with “the antidote to panel games” (the antidote to game shows ), consists of two teams of four comedians , who are given silly tasks by a game master.

The program was conceived as a parody of the ubiquitous radio game shows at the time and contains elements that satirically process such shows.

history

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue evolved from the long-running radio sketch show I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again . The show's writers - John Cleese , Jo Kendall , David Hatch , Bill Oddie , Tim Brooke-Taylor, and Graeme Garden - said it was a lot of work to write a radio series that received so little recognition, and that's how they came up with it Idea to do a show without a script. It was decided that it should be implemented in the form of a parodic game show , with Garden, Brooke-Taylor, Oddie and Kendall as players and the occasional appearance of other players. Humphrey Lyttelton , who previously worked as jazz - trumpet had become known, has been selected as hosts, because the others said that the improvisational role would make the new show to one equivalent of jazz.

The pilot began with Graeme Garden and Jo Kendall singing the words " Three Blind Mice " to the tune of "Ol 'Man River", followed by Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor singing the words "Sing a Song of." Sixpence "to the tune of" These Foolish Things ". Dave Lee played the piano and a few rounds of the game were preceded by short musical phrases. Other rounds included "dialogue read in a specific accent" and "songs sung as animals".

Some early episodes of the series, including the first, were routinely destroyed in the late 1970s. Due to the BBC's Treasure Hunt call for missing material, some episodes reappeared in the form of radio recordings from listeners.

In the early years, Lyttelton and Barry Cryer took turns in the role of game director, but from season two on, Lyttelton took on the role full-time, with Cryer replacing Jo Kendall as the player. In 1974 Bill Oddie was replaced by Willie Rushton , but the players remained broadly the same until Rushton's death in 1996. Since then, the fourth seat at the gaming table has never been permanently occupied, but has since been occupied by a large number of comedians.

Over time, the show has built a large and devoted following, with over 2 million listeners on Radio 4 and filling over 1,500 theater seats in a week: at least one recording for the 2006 spring season filled seats within three hours of ticket sales and the London recording for the autumn seasons that year sold out in ten minutes. Although twelve clue shows are broadcast per year (six in spring and six in autumn), these are the result of only six recording dates, as two programs are recorded on one date. The show was voted the funniest radio show after The Goon Show . She also has a large following among professional comedians like Armando Iannucci , who refused to appear on the show because he preferred to remain a listener. Jack Dee , in the special issue I'm Sorry I Haven't a Desert Island , stated that he didn't want to perform in Clue because he thought his voice would spoil the show. Since then he has appeared as a teammate.

The program has occasionally broadcast special programs, including:

  • Everyman's Guide to Mornington Crescent (June 19, 1986) (Season 12)
  • I'm Sorry I Haven't a Desert Island: Celebrity Selections ( Jan 11, 1999) (Season 32)
  • 30th Anniversary Special (April 13, 2002) (Season 38)
  • I'm Sorry I Haven't A Christmas Carol (December 25, 2003) (Season 42, one-hour comedy special)
  • In Search of Mornington Crescent (December 24, 2005)

Awards

The show won the Gold Sony Radio Comedy Award three times:

  • 1995 - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
    with Humphrey Lyttelton, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Willie Rushton
  • 2002 - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
    with the usual cast and Jeremy Hardy
    The jury's reasoning was as follows:
    “ Despite its many years on air, this still stands out as a very funny program - risky, rude, brilliantly written and superbly performed. Humphrey Lyttleton's comic timing is genius! ”
  • 2004 - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Christmas Carol
    with the usual cast and: Stephen Fry, Andy Hamilton, Jeremy Hardy, Tony Hawks, Sandi Toksvig and Linda Smith.
    The jury's reasoning was as follows:
    “ A stunning cast performing a blistering script - only really possible on radio. This show took a long established, very successful format to a higher level - an excellent blend of the regular format and zany style of I'm Sorry I haven't A Clue with A Christmas Carol. ”

Other awards:

  • 1995 - Best Radio Comedy - British Comedy Award
  • 1997 - Radio Program of the Year - British Press Guild
  • 1997 - Radio Program of the Year - Voice of the Viewer & Listener
  • 2003 - Radio Program of the Year - Voice of the Viewer & Listener
  • 2003 - Radio Program of the Year - Television & Radio Industries Club
  • 2003 - Spoken Word Award - Best Comedy
  • 2005 - Radio Program of the Year - Television & Radio Industries Club

Contributors

Game master

The game master (except in a few episodes of the first season) is Humphrey Lyttelton , who is usually addressed with "Humph" and is viewed as national treasure. He reads the script, opens the show and the interludes in a completely expressionless way. He says the secret is to just read it as if he doesn't understand what's funny about it. He conveys the sullen character of someone who would really rather be elsewhere, which he attributes to the fact that he's surrounded by four professional comedians and has no chance of throwing in anything that would be worth the effort. Sometimes, however, he deviates from the script and earns tumultuous applause for an impromptu joke. He is believed by the regular players to be the reason the show runs for so long.

player

The regular players for most of the show's history were:

  • Graeme Garden was a member of the I'm-Sorry, -I'll-Read-That-Again team that grew out of the show and has been around since the first episode. Lyttelton describes him as very dry, as someone who bids his time before throwing in a perfect punch line.
  • Barry Cryer directed the first three episodes of season one before taking his permanent seat as a player. He is rated by the game master as the “bricks and mortar” of the show, someone who can deliver lightning-fast one-liners in any situation. There's a running gag on the show that he's the dirty old man with a drinking problem.
  • Tim Brooke-Taylor was also a member of the I'm-Sorry, I'll-Read-That-Again team and was on the show from the start. He is very popular with the audience and takes on the vulnerable part. Graeme and Tim have previously worked together on television on The Goodies and Tim in particular makes allusions to this show from time to time and thus elicits cheers from the audience.
  • Willie Rushton was a regular player from 1974 until his death in 1996. The other players fondly remember his crazy humor and lightning-fast word games.

Guest players have appeared on the show when the regular team was prevented and also later to replace Willie Rushton after his death. These goods:

Musical accompaniment

Colin Sell normally provides the background music for the games. He is often the target of ridicule when the others make fun of his way of playing the piano, which he accepts good-naturedly - he cannot answer, as he noted, since he does not have his own microphone. For example:

"When music experts hear Colin's compositions, they say he could have been another Berlin , Porter , or anybody else employed by the German State Railway." (When music experts hear Colin's compositions, they say he could have been a second Berlin , Porter, or someone else who was hired by Deutsche Bahn.)

or

"We've just heard some great news - I'm very pleased to announce that the BBC have arranged a special collection of Colin's entire work ... they've bagged it up and the council are sending some men round for it on Tuesday . " (We just got big news - I'm happy to announce that the BBC have made a special collection of Colin's oeuvre ... they bagged it and the town (cleaning) will send some men around to take it away on Tuesday.)

A guest pianist, when Colin Sell was hired by someone else and the ISIHAC team won the coin tossing, was former Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band member and Monty Python staff Neil Innes or sometimes Denis King or Matthew Scott. Humphs has also performed on special occasions. Once, when Innes had a guest appearance, Humphrey emphasized his musical career, only to end with: that has brought him to where he is now: he represents Colin Sell. Innes then played the funeral march. On another gig, Innes sang to his own composition I'm The Urban Spaceman during a round of "Pick Up Song".

In early episodes, Dave Lee played the piano.

comment

The late Raymond Baxter was sometimes used to comment on the Mornington Crescent rounds.

Scorer

Since May 18, 1985 there has been a person who counts the points whose job is simplified by the fact that there are no points to be awarded. This person is a fictional person who only exists to parody other game shows (like Just a Minute ) that keep counters busy. This role is usually played by "the lovely Samantha" - perhaps a reference to Samantha Fox , who was a famous Page Three girl of the time. She seems to like to sit on Humph's left hand. When Samantha is "unavailable", her place is filled by the Swedish exchange counter Sven or an occasional other substitute, Monica. In one episode in November 1991, both Samantha and Sven were present, but they were busy with each other during the show and so could not award points.

At the start of each show or at the opening of certain rounds, Humph explains to the listeners what Samantha recently experienced. These comments have made the show known for making more and more indecent innuendos and ambiguities than the BBC would ever broadcast on television on a similar evening slot, although the show's standard response is that the humor is merely in the listener's head exists. In Samantha's early career in ISIHAC , a letter appeared in the Radio Times protesting her sexist and degrading treatment on the show.

For example:

"She's looking forward to going out for an ice cream with her Italian gentleman friend. She says she's looking forward to licking the nuts off a large Neapolitan." (She's looking forward to having an ice cream with her Italian friend. She says she's looking forward to licking the nuts of a great Neapolitan.)

And (November 2006): "She's popped out to visit an old gentleman friend of hers who's a notorious curmudgeon. However, she finds that if she butters him up properly she can sometimes get him to splash out." (Basically: She is away briefly to visit an older gentleman who is friends and who is notoriously tight-fisted. But she has found that if she spoils him properly, he can give her a lot.)

Another example shows the extent to which the BBC is willing to publish these observations about Samantha's goings-on:

"In her spare time, Samantha likes nothing more than to peruse old record shops. She particularly enjoys a rewarding poke in the country section." (Doesn't work in translation: In her spare time, Samantha likes nothing better than browsing old record stores. She's especially happy about a successful poking around in the country department.)

On a 1997 broadcast, Humph said: "It's just occurred to me that Samantha hasn't given us the score ... since 1981." (I'm just noticing that Samantha hasn't put us down ... since 1981.)

Correspondence

A regular contribution to the show, always before the Mornington Crescent game , are the fictional letters to the editor, which always contain a letter. This usually begins with Humph sarcastic bunch up the number of letters (eg. B., "I notice from the sheer weight of this week's postbag, we've received a little over no letters" (as I alone the mere weight of the mail bag we just received a little more than no letter this week) and "I see from the number of letters raining down on us this week that the Scrabble factory has exploded again" (as I can tell from the number of letters we received showered this week, the Scrabble factory exploded once again)). The letter is weekly from a "Mrs. Trellis of North Wales", an idiosyncratic and extremely productive writer, to the game master. Your incoherent letters usually involve mistaking Humph for another Radio 4 host or other media personality and are read aloud for general amusement.

"A Mrs Trellis of North Wales has written in to complain that the show has" an enormous fistful of rampant innuendo rammed into every crack ", but only a truly filthy-minded person would think such a thing."

"Dear Mr Titchmarsh: This morning I went out to dig up some dandelions and a giant hogweed on my lawn. The filthy beast! Yours faithfully, Mrs Trellis."

"Dear Mrs. McCartney : My, what a terrible mess. You must be kicking yourself." (Oh dear, what a mess. You have to bite your butt.)

"Dear Mr Melly : Here's a great tip for removing any annoying little hairs that collect in the bath plughole: tempt them up with a carrot and pull them out by their long floppy ears." (The word game is based on the consonance of hair and hare)

"Dear Rolf : They say a dog isn't just for Christmas. How true. You can use it for sandwiches all through January." (They say a dog isn't just for Christmas. How true. You can use it for sandwiches all January.)

humor

Many of the games are fun in their own right and even those that could theoretically be taken seriously are played for the laughs. I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue's humor is mainly based on puns of one kind or another or making fun of certain ways of talking. For example, from a round of finding TV shows related to biblical times:

  • 'They Think It's All Jehovah', (word game with "They think It's all Over", a real quiz show)
  • 'I Love Lucifer'
  • 'The Exodus Files' (Word game with "The X-files" = X-Files)

Most of the humor relates to the real world. Steve Punt names it as one of his favorite shows because "there's no points being made or targets being attacked." (nothing important is said and no one is attacked). Occasionally, events of the day are picked up, but these are mostly aside and have nothing to do with the main direction of the show. Occasionally the show comments on the outside world, but it does so from an innocent perspective. For example, once the game "Complete was George Bush Quotes" (add George Bush -Zitate) played in which the teams had to deliver the conclusions of phrases of George Bush. They made fun of the American president's frequent slip of the tongue (see Bushism ) and not aspects of his politics. The team sometimes complained that no matter what they say, they could never be as funny as the true closings of the phrases.

A common source of humor is the pretended presence of something or someone who is visible but not audible and therefore cannot be experienced by radio listeners. An example is the regular scorer "the lovely Samantha" (who never says a word), and the team has tested many "sophisticated laser scoreboards" over the past few decades. In reality, of course, these things are fictional - the "laser board" (sometimes called much more detailed with more technical terms), which is used in game rounds in which one team or both are not allowed to see what the audience sees, mostly "sound charades" ( see below), is actually the producer who walks on stage and holds a large card with the words written on it (conveyed to the audience at home via the "mystery voice"). That explains the joke so often made about the fact that the scoreboard is so generously sponsored by the hosts. The studio audience plays along with the joke by delivering sounds of wonder, applause, admiring whistles, etc. at the appropriate moment.

Perhaps the most advanced example of this form-versus-content humor was when Humph announced that they were hosting a very important actor to play the game Mornington Crescent . Players first played a normal round of the game to give the guest a chance to fit in. The guest then stepped to the console with great composure and sat down to make his first move. When the game began, the penultimate player, the last of the regular players, won on his first move, denying the distinguished guest the opportunity to play a single move. The game master apologized, but explained that this was an inevitable possibility of the game and the guest gracefully left the studio without ever uttering a sound. The show was inundated with complaints about Alec Guinness's treatment , despite the fact that the "esteemed actor" had never actually been on the show. Lyttleton later announced that there had never been a guest.

Music games are often played. These games are silly in and of themselves, and the results are often entertainingly horrific. They often consist of juxtaposing two musical elements that are usually separated, such as B. "One Song to the Tune of Another" or playing a song using only a jazz flute and a kazoo . That the players generally can't really sing is played because of the laughs, as well as Colin Sell's alleged inability to play the piano.

Self-devaluation plays an important role in the show's humor. Often the show pulls itself into the mud and is dismissed as bad. For example, Humph once said at the end of a round:

  • " Nietzsche said that life was a choice between suffering and boredom. He never said anything about having to put up with both at the same time" (Nietzsche said that life was a choice between suffering and boredom. He never said that you have to deal with both at the same time.),
  • "I'm often prone to bouts of misplaced optimism. This round's going to be a hum-dinger!" (German: I am often close to a fit of unsuitable optimism. This round will be great!)
  • An opening of the round based on Give Us a Clue (German: Give us a tip) went like this: "Our version differs in two crucial ways from the silent and hilarious original." (German: Our version differs in two decisive ways from the calm and insanely funny original.)

Similar shows are also parodied. "Celebrity What's My Line?" (German: Prominenten-Wer-bin-ich?) completely destroyed the intention of the original - to guess the occupation of a third person by asking yes / no questions. The I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue version invited a famous actress (and fan of the show) Judi Dench . She began with a pantomime of her profession and thus gave the counselors a cryptic hint (the radio listener only heard a short silence, which was interrupted by exclamations from the players and laughter from the studio audience). She then answered what appeared to be serious questions from players who pretended they didn't know her. Aside from the silliness of pretending you don't know a celebrity's job, the humor comes from players asking bizarre questions (e.g., "Is that your own hair?").

At the end of the show, Humph asked the teams to read out newspaper clippings they had brought with them, as his colleague, Radio 4 host Simon Hoggart does on The News Quiz . The teams read the newspaper clippings, but only to themselves. Then followed an interested murmur from the teams and great laughter from the audience. This is a good example of the ambiguities that are used in the clue style.

After over 30 years of broadcasting, the huge amount of running gags has become one of the most important aspects of the show, which, even if not funny in itself, can spark laughter from the studio audience.

The game master proceeds by providing some background information about the location the show is being recorded in, which has jokes about the location built into it. For example:

" Nottingham is a fine city with a fascinating history. It's well documented in official records that the city's original name was 'Snottingham', or 'Home of Snots', but when the Normans came, they couldn't pronounce the letter 'S' , so decreed the town be called 'Nottingham' or the 'Home of Notts'. It's easy to understand why this change was resisted so fiercely by the people of Scunthorpe . " (Nottingham is a beautiful city with a fascinating history. It is well documented in official documents that the original name was 'Snottingham' or 'Home of the Snots', but when the Normans came they could not pronounce and arrange the letter 'S' to call the city 'Nottingham' or 'Home of the Notts'. It is very easy to understand why these changes were vehemently opposed by the people of Scunthorpe. Explanation: cunt is a vulgar term for the female genitals, so the city then it would have been called “Fotzendorf”.)

After that, a series of rounds are played in which the teams supposedly compete against each other. In some games the players compete individually, while in others they are divided into teams of two players each. Most games consist of interactions between the players, but team games tend to consist of separate performances. While most of the games appear to end in a winner, the show is in no way about competition. Points will not be counted and no winner will be announced. Some games even lack the semblance of competition.

The rounds are opened by the game master. He usually babbles a few sentences, apparently quite aimlessly, before ending with an allusion built up from the previous story. Every single game has its own opening. For example, 'One Song to the Tune of Another' is always explained using a complex analogy to make the rules of the game clearer to the listener.

The show comes to an end with Lyttelton conveying some words intended to conjure up time, fate and eternity, undermined by silliness. For example:

"... And so, as the guardsman of time strokes the bearskin of eternity, and the sergeant major of fate orders him back to the barracks to put some clothes on ..." (German: And da der Wachmann der Zeit das Bärenfell who caresses eternity and the Chief Sergeant of Fate orders him back to the barracks so that he can get dressed ...)

or

"... And so, ladies and gentlemen, as the 4x4 of destiny on the level crossing of fate stalls in the path of the speeding freight train of doom, and the signalman of time rushes to fetch his camera ..." (27 November 2006) (German: And so, ladies and gentlemen, when the four-wheel drive of providence on the embankment of fate dies on the way of the speeding freight train of doom and the railroad attendant of the time runs off to get his camera ...)

format

The show roughly follows the format of a standard game show : the game master opens the show with a few funny remarks such as:

"Hello and welcome to I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue . Tonight, we promise you a nail-biting contest. Which will be followed by a nose-picking contest." (German: Hello and welcome to I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue . Today we promise you a competition that will make you bite your nails. Afterwards there will be a nose picking competition.)

Broadcast list

List of recent broadcasts

  • Season 50 (2007) - November 12th - December 17th
  • Season 49 (2007) - June 4 - July 15
  • Season 48 (2006) - November 13 - December 18

List of old shipments

  • Season 1 (1972) - April 11 - July 4 [ 13 episodes ]
  • Season 2 (1973) - April 30 - July 23 [ 13 episodes ]
  • Season 3 (1974) - August 28 - October 2 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Season 4 (1975) - July 29 - September 16 [ 8 episodes ]
  • Season 5 (1976) - March 6 - April 10 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Season 6 (1978) - August 22 - October 24 [ 10 episodes ]
  • Season 7 (1979) - July 16 - September 17 [ 10 episodes ]
  • Christmas Special (1979) - December 24th
  • Christmas Special (1980) - December 24th
  • Season 8 (1981) - August 22 - October 24 [ 10 episodes ]
  • Christmas Special (1981) - December 24th
  • Season 9 (1982) - March 20 - March 27 [ 2 episodes ], April 10 - May 22 [ 8 episodes ]
  • Season 10 (1983) - February 26th-30th April [ 10 episodes ]
  • Season 11 (1984) - April 7 - June 9 [ 10 episodes ]
  • Season 12 (1985) - May 4 - July 6 [ 10 episodes ]
  • Season 13 (1986) - July 26 - September 27 [ 10 episodes ]
  • Christmas Special (1986) - December 25th
  • Season 14 (1987) - August 17 - October 19 [ 10 episodes ]
  • Season 15 (1989) - January 7 - March 11 [ 10 episodes ]
  • Season 16 (Spring 1990) - February 5th-12th March [ 6 episodes ]
  • Season 17 (Fall 1990) - November 17 - December 29 [ 7 episodes ]
  • Season 18 (Summer 1991) - June 22 - July 27 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Season 19 (Fall 1991) - October 19 - December 7 [ 8 episodes ]
  • Season 20 (Summer 1992) - May 23 - June 27 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Season 21 (Fall 1992) - November 14 - December 19 [ 6 episodes ], December 26 [ compilation ]
  • Season 22 (1993) - November 6 - December 11 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Christmas Special (1993) - December 25th
  • Season 23 (Summer 1994) - May 28 - July 2 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Season 24 (Fall 1994) - November 5 - December 10 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Season 25 (Summer 1995) - May 27 - July 1 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Season 26 (Fall 1995) - November 11 - December 16 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Christmas Special (1995) - December 25th
  • Season 27 (Summer 1996) - June 1 - July 6 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Season 28 (Fall 1996) - November 9 - December 14 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Season 29 (Summer 1997) - June 6 - July 12 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Season 30 (Fall 1997) - November 8 - December 6 [ 6 episodes ], December 25 [ compilation ]
  • Compilations (1998) - April 6 - April 20 [ 3 episodes ]
  • Season 31 (Summer 1998) - April 27 - June 1 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Season 32 (Fall 1998) - November 30 - January 4, 1999 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Christmas Special (1998) - December 25th
  • Special (1999) - Jan 11 [ I'm Sorry I Haven't A Desert Island ]
  • Season 33 (Summer 1999) - May 24 - June 28 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Season 34 (Fall 1999) - November 8 - December 13 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Christmas Special (1999) - December 25th
  • Season 35 (Summer 2000) - May 22 - June 26 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Season 36 (Fall 2000) - November 13 - December 18 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Season 37 (Summer 2001) - May 28 - July 2 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Season 38 (Fall 2001) - November 12 - December 17 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Christmas Special (2001) - December 24th
  • Special (2002) - April 13th [ 30th Aniversity Special ]
  • Season 39 (Summer 2002) - May 20 - June 24 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Season 40 (Fall 2002) - November 18 - December 23 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Season 41 (Summer 2003) - May 26 - June 30 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Season 42 (Fall 2003) - November 17 - December 22 [ 6 episodes ], December 22 [ compilation ], December 25 [ I'm Sorry I Haven't A Christmas Carol ]
  • Season 43 - (Summer 2004) - May 31, 2004 - July 5, 2004 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Season 44 - (Winter 2004) - December 6, 2004 - December 27, 2004 [ 3 episodes ], December 27 [ compilation ]
  • Season 45 - (Summer 2005) - May 30, 2005 - July 4, 2005 [ 6 episodes ]
  • Special (2005) - September 1st [ Edinburgh Festival Special ]
  • Season 46 - (Fall 2005) - November 14, 2005 - December 26, 2005 [ 6 episodes ], December 12 [ Repeat of Edinburgh Festival Special ]
  • Special (2005) - December 24th [ In Search of Mornington Crescent ]
  • Season 47 (2006) - May 22 - June 26 [ 6 episodes ]

Games

Many different games are played in I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue . Some are played quite often, but there are dozen that are rarely played. A few were played only once: either because the joke only worked once or because the result wasn't particularly successful.

Examples of the more popular games would be One Song to the Tune of Another (German: A song to the melody of another), Mornington Crescent (name of a subway station in London ), Sound Charades (German: noise charade ) and Cheddar Gorge (Name of a canyon in Somerset, UK).

Producers

The show has had a number of producers over the years:

BBC Audiobook appearances

WTBS recordings

Episodes of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue were included in a package of programming housed in 20 subway stations on the BBC's Wartime Broadcasting Service (WTBS), made to provide information and moral-boosting broadcasts for the public 100 days after a nuclear attack .

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b c BBC : I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - A History
  2. ↑ a b Chortle.co.uk: Profile ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.chortle.co.uk
  3. ↑ ISIHAC Games: First series ( Memento of the original from June 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www14.brinkster.com
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g ISIHAC.co.uk: People
  5. ↑ Radio Times February 11-17, 2006, p22, by Andrew Duncan
  6. ^ Winners - The Comedy Award . In: (Gold Award) . Sony Radio Academy Awards. 2002. Archived from the original on December 30, 2006. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 23, 2007. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.radioawards.org
  7. ^ Winners - The Comedy Award . In: (Gold Award) . Sony Radio Academy Awards. 2004. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 23, 2007. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.radioawards.org
  8. ↑ BBC : Interview with Humphrey Lyttelton
  9. ↑ BBC : Interview with Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer
  10. ↑ a b c BBC : Interview with Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer
  11. ↑ BBC : Interview with Colin Sell
  12. ↑ Greenwich 6 December 1999 ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www14.brinkster.com
  13. ↑ Brighton 27 May 1995 ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www14.brinkster.com
  14. ↑ BBC : Steve Punt: My Radio 4 ( Memento of October 24, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
  15. ^ That Reminds Me , Jan 31, 2007, BBC Radio 7
  16. ^ Nicholas Hellen: Julie Andrews to sing to Brits during nuclear attack , Sunday Times. July 11, 1999. 

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