Certainly I don't envisage us selecting anyone on a permanent basis for several series. The shows were not recorded for broadcast on Radio 4, although it was suggested that they may be recorded for release as part of the BBC Radio Collection. He claimed the secret was just to read what was in front of him without understanding why it was funny. According to Willie Rushton, "The show gets quite filthy at times, but the audience love it. Comedian Jack Dee allegedly threatened to quit the BBC's long-running comedy panel show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue after he was ... A new series of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue … Directed by Chris Jury. It's been a while", http://www.isihac.co.uk/broadcasts/past.html, "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is greatest radio comedy, says panel", "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Tour Dates 2008", I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Official Website – Tour Dates, "Comedy stars to pay tribute to Jeremy Hardy", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I%27m_Sorry_I_Haven%27t_a_Clue&oldid=1008048815, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2020, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2020, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "I'm often prone to bouts of misplaced optimism. Find out when I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is on TV, including Series 73-Episode 3: Lockdown Recording 1:1. "), who pretended not to know who they were. The regular panellists decided to continue the annual stage tour despite Lyttelton's death, with Jack Dee (one of the 51st series' hosts) as chairman for the tour shows. The mere mention of Lionel Blair will often bring roars of laughter in anticipation of an outrageous double-entendre based on his supposed homosexuality (he is not gay); Similarly, particular mention of points scorer Samantha, or her occasional replacement Sven (neither of whom actually exists) will typically bring anticipatory laughter in wait of a sexual double-entendre. "[39] and My Music on the radio and Call My Bluff on television. The idea being that I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue was an unscripted version of the original. A regular feature on the programme, preceding the game Mornington Crescent, is a fictional letters section which begins with the chairman's comments ("I notice from the sheer weight of this week's postbag, we've received a little over no letters" and "I see from the number of letters raining down on us this week that the Scrabble factory has exploded again"). completely destroyed the intent of the original — for players to guess the occupation of a third party by asking yes/no questions. Most of the humour is detached from the real world. Tonight, we promise you a nail-biting contest. His comments included sexual innuendo and double entendres, like "Samantha likes nothing better than a little potter in the woodshed in the morning", though many were far more daring and explicit. Panellists: Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor, David Mitchell.Piano: Colin Sell. So here’s a brief sample of the finest lexicography work to come out of the BBC Radio 4 comedy show I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, namely the Uxbridge English Dictionary. Excluding compilations and repeats, this totals 497 episodes, (including series 70, 71 and 72). In recording, it has taken them many minutes to come up with the correct answer, most of which has to be edited out before broadcast. "One Song to the Tune of Another" is always introduced using a complex analogy, despite its self-explanatory title, often ending with a joke at the expense of Colin Sell. In practice the seat and microphone were only used by the producer to welcome the audience, to introduce the participants and to give any other information to the audience such as the expected date of broadcasting, and to supervise re-recordings of fluffs made in the programme. Rather unfortunate. [31] 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." The late Humphrey Lyttelton often delivered mock comments of how boring and low quality the show was and, particularly in his later years on the show, often preferring to doze off than listen to the rounds. Every series since then has been chaired by Dee. Popular games include "One Song to the Tune of Another", "Mornington Crescent", "Sound Charades", "Late Arrivals", "Double Feature", "Cheddar Gorge" and "Uxbridge English Dictionary".