Well, it didnt seem very nice. Another set of tour dates, with Jack Dee as chairman and Jeremy Hardy as guest panellist, took place in 2010. P.S. [51], The touring show resumed in 2014, again with Dee in the chair and Hardy as the guest panellist. and continues by providing a little background material, usually derogatory, about the show's location: "Hastings joined with Romney, Hythe, Dover and Sandwich to form a brotherhood of coastal towns in 1067, intended to defend England from any cross-Channel invasion; they took the crest of a running horse rampant and stable door bolted. Following the BBC's Treasure Hunt appeal for missing material in 2002, several shows were recovered from off-air recordings made by listeners. Last week it was announced that four sad people with no sense of humour, no discernable social skills, no life, no experience and no self-awareness had complained to the BBC about the lovely Samantha. This collection finds unflappable chairman Humphrey Lyttelton giving silly things to do to regular panelists Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden, as well as special guests Stephen Fry and Rob Brydon. Lyttelton's successor, Jack Dee, has continued with and expanded upon this, mimicking Parsons by constantly emphasising the long experience of some panellists, and the fact that the programme can be heard all over the world. [22] Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden all ruled themselves out as hosts: Cryer did not think the programme would work if a panellist became chairman and it "would need somebody of stature to be parachuted in". Saturday 4 February 2017 Winter Gardens, Sunday 5 January 2020 Nottingham Royal Concert Hall (Rory Bremner as guest panellist), Tuesday 7 January 2020 Bristol Hippodrome (Bremner as guest panellist), Sunday 12 January 2020 New Wimbledon Theatre (Richard Osman as guest panellist), Tuesday 14 January 2020 Sheffield City Hall (Bremner as guest panellist), Friday 17 January 2020 Festival Theatre, Edinburgh (Osman as guest panellist), Saturday 18 January 2020 Sunderland Empire (Osman as guest panellist), Monday 20 January 2020 Wolverhampton Grand Theatre (Marcus Brigstocke and John Finnemore as guest panellists), Monday 27 January 2020 St. George's Hall, Bradford (Osman as guest panellist), Friday 31 January 2020 Watford Colosseum (Osman as guest panellist and Cryer makes an appearance), Saturday 1 February 2020 Ipswich Regent (Osman as guest panellist), Thursday 17 February 2022 Stockton Globe, Thursday 24 February 2022 Charter Hall, Colchester, Tuesday 8 March 2022 Exeter Northcott Theatre, Wednesday 7 December 2022 Assembly Hall, Worthing, Tuesday 21 February 2023 The Forum, Bath (Bremner, Brigstocke, Evans and Hawks), Wednesday 22 February 2023 De Montfort Hall, Leicester (Bremner, Brigstocke, Evans and Hawks), Monday 27 February 2023 New Theatre, Oxford (Bremner, Evans, Hawks and, Tuesday 28 February 2023 The Anvil, Basingstoke (Bremner, Brigstocke, Evans and Hawks), Wednesday 1 March 2023 New Victoria Theatre, Woking (Bremner, Brigstocke, Evans and Hawks), Thursday 2 March 2023 Butterworth Hall, Warwick (Evans, Hawks, Hill and, Friday 3 March 2023 Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham (Brigstocke, Evans, Hawks and Jones), Monday 6 March 2023 York Barbican (Brigstocke, Evans, Hawks and Jones), Tuesday 7 March 2023 Sheffield City Hall (Brigstocke, Evans, Hawks and Jones), Wednesday 8 March 2023 Victoria Theatre, Halifax (Bremner, Evans, Jones and, Thursday 9 March 2023 Huddersfield Town Hall (Bremner, Evans, Jones and Parris), Friday 10 March 2023 Scarborough Spa (Bremner, Brigstocke, Evans and Jones), Sunday 12 March 2023 Edinburgh Playhouse (Bremner, Evans, Hawks and, Monday 13 March 2023 King's Theatre, Glasgow (Bremner, Brigstocke, Evans and MacAulay), Tuesday 14 March 2023 Perth Concert Hall (Bremner, Brigstocke, Evans and MacAulay), Wednesday 15 March 2023 Caird Hall, Dundee (Bremner, Brigstocke, Evans and MacAulay), Saturday 18 March 2023 The Hexagon, Reading (Bremner, Evans, Hawks and Jones), Sunday 19 March 2023 St David's Hall, Cardiff (Bremner, Brigstocke, Evans and Jones). The show was recently voted the second funniest radio programme ever, after The Goon Show. In 1965 Round The Horne was launched, and gentle smut was liberally applied over every episode. He really should use a stronger denture fixative if he's going to blow that hard. I'm yet to find a woman who believes this - so I suspect the complainants were men. They said yes, and threw him in the swimming pool. Humphrey Lyttelton: On with the show, and our teams tonight are undoubtedly the foremost available comedy talents in the country. Will Somebody Shut Those Bloody Lambs Up? Tim and Andy perform a spirited Sound Charade for Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden. Jack Dee who took over from the legendary Humphrey Lyttleton as host in 2009 has threatened to quit the show. He's performed the latter quite often over the years in UK evenings with Barry Cryer. Example quotes from the show include: HINGE: "He was in the guards.. Only for two weeks", COUSIN EVELYN: "He was caught playing [cards] with his privates.". ", "The area has become even more of a tourist attraction. The show launched in April 1972 as a parody of radio and TV panel games, and has been broadcast since on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service, with repeats aired on BBC Radio 4 Extra and, in the 1980s and 1990s, on BBC Radio 2. Watch our video of Tim, Barry and Graeme spilling the beans on the rest of the Clue team. I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is a BBC radio comedy panel game. Regardless of one's smug-tolerance levels, who in their right mind can object to any of the following? Humphrey Lyttelton: Listen, I'll tell you something. ", "Samantha tells me she has to nip out to help an old man next door who has trouble using his stairlift. "Samantha, can't be with us today as she's away helping an elderly neighbour clear out for a house move. ", "Samantha's popped out to visit an old gentleman friend of hers who's a notorious curmudgeon. The top 20 shows as judged by the panel. He's recently become a bit of an expert with the pan pipes so if anyone has a blocked toilet they want cleared", "As ever, Colin Sell will be providing backup on the piano, although that's by no means his only instrument. Samantha says she doesn't really mind handling his testy calls, and she says if she butters him up properly, she can occasionally get him to splash out. ", "You'll be accompanied on the piano by Colin Sell, one of the finest musicians of the dayof course, when night comes, something seems to desert him. ", "All good things must come to an end, so let's carry on. Starting in 1910, Pankhurst campaigned noisily for women's rights outside Parliament every day from 4 o'clock in the afternoon. [51], The sixth tour took place in 2015, again with Dee in the chair and Hardy as the guest panellist. As popular today as when the show began in 1972, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is the emblem of joyfully smutty humour, filled with sniggers, innuendo and cheeky puns. He spent 4 days holding up a dried arrangement at the Chelsea Flower Show. An audience in Glasgow join an amazing rendition. 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Saturday 25 July 2009 The Sands Centre. I'm afraid she's had to stop off to see a grumpy, old gentleman friend in Stockport, who doesn't like spending his money. "Dear Mr Titchmarsh: This morning I went out to dig up some dandelions and a giant hogweed on my lawn. The No 1 spot that went to I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Radio 4's long-running "antidote to . Mornington Crescent: The Complete Guide - 10 questions - 6 mins. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly. The panellists play as individuals or as two teams. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue's most outrageous innuendos Samantha has just started keeping bees, and already has three dozen or so. In fact, he thought of the title for 'Alice in Wonderland' when he thought of Sunderland and changed the first letter. ", "Canterbury today is an interesting mix of traditional and modern buildings, due to the large number of bombs dropped during the last war. Incidentally, we were all surprised to hear that Colin has recently been standing in for Oasis. ", "Colin Sell is at the piano, and with exciting career news - he tells me that he's recently started to work with pop sensation Bjork, so now he's making regular trips to Iceland or if they're shut, he goes to Bejams. Marcus Brigstocke also appeared in place of Jupp on some dates, and Barry Cryer made a special appearance at the Watford Colosseum show. Four more extended episodes from the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, specially compiled by producer Jon Naismith'ISIHAC is still unmissable. Examples include Ignorance Is Bliss, Just a Minute, My Word! With news of a part he's been holding for her. Humphrey Lyttelton: So, ladies and gentlemen, as the Hamster of Time spins round on the Wheel of Eternity, and the Lorry Driver of Eternity makes a mental note to scrape it off later, I notice it's the end of the first half. [53] All dates feature Tony Hawks and Rory Bremner versus Miles Jupp and Pippa Evans on the panel, with the exception of the Stockton date which featured Marcus Brigstocke in place of Bremner, and the Cambridge date, where Brigstocke replaced Jupp at the last minute. ", "Samantha was telling us before the show she's been visiting a nice gentleman racehorse owner in his stables recently. These boards are sometimes described in more elaborate terms and as "so generously funded by our hosts". . Humphrey Lyttelton: Well, I'm afraid it doesn't look as if Samantha's going to be able to make it for this half of the evening at least. The CompleteUxbridge English Dictionary available here. She's been detained at the last minute in the city's Latin Quarter. ", "Despite this only three expressions of Scottish derivation are in regular use: kilt, haggis, and Partick Thistle nil. The keeper said if he caught Colin throwing them at the ducks again, he'd call the police. The final show of the 2008 Best of tour on 22 April would be presented by Rob Brydon. It means they are all very glad they managed to beat off the BBC bigknobs. ", "Accompaniment will be provided by Colin Sell at the piano. I dont know what that means. Beeb ultimately deemed Samanthas antics appropriate. [21] In a eulogy in The Guardian, Barry Cryer did not allude to the future of the programme but said that there's "got to be an agonising reappraisal" and that Lyttelton was the "very hub of the show". I should lodge a complaint. Actually, listeners may be fascinated to learn that before Christmas, Colin was employed to play the piano for The Stranglers. Pippa Evans sings How Much is That Doggie in the Window to the tune Life is a Cabaret, Omid Djalili sings The Message by Grandmaster Flash in the round called Pick Up Song, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Andy Hamilton: Sound Charades, Harry Hill sings Postman Pat to tune of Climb Every Mountain, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Christmas Special, The five funniest games from I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Sandi, Barry, Miles and Richard make up silly letters, A Who's Who of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. ", "Accompaniment here will be provided by Colin Sell at the piano. You can imagine how things were livened up in that turkey abbatoir. Another long-running gag involves one of the panellists putting forward a challenge of "hesitation" when another panellist leaves a long pause in the middle of speaking, a reference to Radio 4's other long-running panel show Just a Minute.
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