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TODAY @BBCRadio4 6:30pm I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Series 73 This show is the first half of Tim's last recording 😔
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Happy 79th birthday to @GraemeGarden1 ! Graeme is partly responsible for the creation of @ISIHAClue and he has appeared in 437 shows.
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“I’ll have you know; I get a special parking space because of my singing” - Jeremy (s47e02)
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Listeners may not be aware...
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“I remember nanny pulling my trousers down and giving me a smack on the bottom, it never did me any harm. Although, it did make me late getting her this afternoon” - Humph
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"We have to apologise to anyone that thought they'd bought tickets to Colin's last concert. Turns out it wasn't." - @TheRealJackDee (s52e03)
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"The BBC have announced a collection of Colin's work. They've bagged it up and the council are coming for it on Tuesday." - Humph (s25e01)
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Happy 45th Birthday to @realrossnoble ! Ross was the first panellist to appear on the show that hadn't been born when the first episode was broadcast. He appeared in 7 shows from 2003 'til 2012.
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Today would have been Humph's 100th birthday! Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton, jazz musician, cartoonist, broadcaster and national treasure died in 2008, aged 86. Humph had chaired 346 @ISIHAClue shows, beginning in 1972.
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@ISIHAClue Series 76 Episode 5 🗓️Monday 8th August 2022 🕡6:30pm 📻 @BBCRadio4 #⃣526th show 🎙️ @TheRealJackDee 's 152nd show as host 🎤 @fredmacaulay 's 9th show 🎤 @vickipepperdine 's 5th 🎤 @themiltonjones 3rd 🎤 @jonculshaw 's 3rd 🎹Colin's 478th appearance
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The new series of @ISIHAClue begins at 6:30pm on Monday 10th July on @BBCRadio4 .
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Today would have been Tim's 82nd and @JeremyJHardy 's 61st birthdays. Both gone, but definitely not forgotten.
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@SusanCalman @retishella Lovely! This is Dolly pretending she's a nice cat.
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Today would have been Humph's 100th birthday! Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton, jazz musician, cartoonist, broadcaster and national treasure died in 2008, aged 86. Humph had chaired 346 @ISIHAClue shows, beginning in 1972.
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"We have the same panellists as last week, and I can honestly say that you couldn't ask for 4 better comedians. So that's answered your next question." - Humph (s34e04)
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Samanth tells me that she has to nip off now...
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“Listeners will be shocked to learn that regular pianist, Colin Sell, was double booked this evening. However, after an acrimonious row and the threat of legal action the other show reluctantly conceded defeat and agreed to take him” Humph (s30e01)
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@ISIHAClue Series 76 Episode 4 🗓️Monday 1st August 2022 🕡6:30pm 📻 @BBCRadio4 #⃣525th show 🎙️ @TheRealJackDee 's 151sth show as host 🎤 @GraemeGarden1 's 441st show 🎤 @rorybremner 's 12th 🎤 @rachelparris ' 12th 🎤 @marcusbrig 's 16th 🎹Colin's 477th show
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@ISIHAClue s79e03 🗓️Monday 27 November 📻 @BBCRadio4 🕡6:30pm #⃣542nd show 🎤 @thefridgeman 's 64rd show 🎤Andy Hamilton's 35th 🎤 @IAmPippaEvans ' 19th 🎤 @RevRichardColes debut 🎙️ @TheRealJackDee 's 168th as host 🎹Colin Sell's 494th
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The 19th series of @ISIHAClue began. It was the first show to be produced by Jon Naismith and the first appearance of Paul Merton. To date Jon has produced 354 shows. Paul made all of his 18 appearances during the 1990's.
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@qikipedia Can I try it in someone else's home?
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"Colin tells us that his musical influences are mainly Middle Eastern in origin. Mostly Shiite." - Humph (s24e04)
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There's just time to fit in a round of pensioners song book...
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Humph introduces the Censored Songs round (s32e03)
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Happy 61st Birthday to @TheRealJackDee . Jack, Us long term @ISIHAClue fans adored Humph and miss him. When he died we feared for the shows future, but your appointment was a master stroke. No one else could have done the job better. Thank you. Have a great day.
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"On this show, we avoid tired old clichés like the plague" - Humph (s32e02)
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"Colin has been asked by Errol Brown to play for Hot Chocolate. Errol said, If he's any good, he'll throw in some biscuits." - Humph (s43e03)
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Humph introduces s19e03 of @ISIHAClue from 1991.
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The master of the game...
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@ISIHAClue Series 79 Episode 1 📻 @BBCRadio4 🗓 Monday 13 November 🕡 6:30pm The new series of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue begins next week. @TheRealJackDee hosts panellists @marcusbrig , @rachelparris , @thefridgeman and Miles Jupp. Colin Sell will be banging away at the piano
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@qikipedia That'll teach him to go to Wimbledon.
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Today would have been Barry Cryer's 87th birthday. Barry appeared in 469 @ISIHAClue recordings, including 6 as host during the first series in 1972. He joined the panel in 1973. One of this countries greatest comic minds, Barry died in January.
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“Hello again, and welcome to another enjoyable edition of I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, and I use the word ‘enjoyable’ in the ‘yes, jumping up and down on these drawing pins in my bare feet is enjoyable’ meaning of the word” - Humphrey Lyttelton Series 20 Episode 6
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@ISIHAClue Series 78 Episode 5 🗓️Monday 7 August 2023 🕡6:30pm 📻 @BBCRadio4 #⃣538th show 🎙️ @TheRealJackDee 's 164th show as host 🎤 @sanditoksvig 's 33rd show 🎤 @rachelparris ' 13th 🎤 @fredmacaulay 's 13th 🎤 @themiltonjones ' 7th 🎹 Colin Sell's 490th
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Humph introduces One Song to the Tune of Another (s31e05)
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Samantha's latest hobby... (s37e01)
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"At the piano is Colin Sell, whose playing speaks for itself. Usually in Swahili" - Humph (s28e05)
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“The round called One Song to the Tune of Another. This is a well-established concept, requiring an explanation only to anyone that has slept through every show for the last 30-odd years. So I’ll be interested to read this” - Humph (s46e01)
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Terribly sad news about Barry today. We have lost one of comedy's greatest minds. He leaves an amazing body of laughter behind and we have hours of @ISIHAClue to remember him with. #RIPBarryCryer
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We were all very impressed to learn...
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Time for some hot dramatic action now...
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"With Mickey's hand pointing up and Goofy's tail pointing down I realise that my Rolex is a fake" - Humph (s23e06)
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Alert all fans of The Unbelievable Truth! A new series begins on @BBCRadio4 at 6:30pm on Bank Holiday Monday. @UnbelieveTruth @RealDMitchell
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It's been two years since Tim Brooke-Taylor passed away. Tim was one of the original @ISIHAClue panellists, making a total of 470 appearances. Tim maybe gone, but he is certainly not forgotten.
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"When a man is tired of Mornington Crescent, he'll change at Euston and get off at Camden." - Doctor Johnson (apparently) (s28e04)
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Record researcher, Samantha...
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Happy 78th Birthday to @GraemeGarden1 ! Graeme has starred in 437 of the 509 @ISIHAClue shows broadcast, a show he devised. As well as being 33.3% of @GoodiesRuleOK and the voice of Dougal since 1995, Graeme also devised The @UnbelieveTruth .
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Happy 89th Birthday to @BillTidy ! Bill made 10 appearances on @ISIHAClue between 1985 and 1991.
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Samantha tells me she has to nip off now...
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Today would have been @JeremyHardy 's 60th birthday. Jeremy made 57 appearances, beginning in 1996, when he sat next to Willie Rushton. Jeremy died in 2019.
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This will be of interest to Tim Brooke-Taylor... (s37e06)
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Samantha...
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It's very nearly the end of the show...
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Humph introduces show 6 from @ISIHAClue Series 28, in 1996.
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@MichaelWarbur17 @sebdwhite Humphrey Lyttelton (twice)
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@ISIHAClue 🎙 Humphrey Lyttelton 🎤 @GraemeGarden1 🎤 @barrycryer80 🎤 Tim Brooke-Taylor 🎤 Willie Rushton 🎹 Colin Sell 📝 Iain Pattinson #️⃣ Samantha
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"Hello and welcome to I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, the show that's guaranteed to bring the hearse down" - Humph (s32e06)
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The teams are going to sing a long with some well-known discs...
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@ISIHAClue Series 79 Episode 6 🗓️Monday 18 December 📻 @BBCRadio4 🕡6:30pm #⃣545th show 🎤 @fredmacaulay 's 16th appearance 🎤 @omid9 's 12th 🎤 @themiltonjones ' 10th 🎤 @lucyportercomic 's 2nd 🎙️ @TheRealJackDee 's 171st as host 🎹Colin Sell's 497th
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There's just time to fit in...
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@realrossnoble made his #ISIHAC debut in 2003. He was the first panellist to appear on the show that was born after the first episode was broadcast in 1972.
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Some are born great, some achieve greatness and... "Some run British Gas" Willie Rushton (s26e06)
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One Song to the Tune of Another. (s33e05)
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Humph introduces a round of Sound Charades. (s34e02)
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Humph shares some local history. (s33e05)
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The teams are going to give full vent to their acting skills now...
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Sadlers Wells Theatre, Clerkenwell (s40e06)
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@Thephilellis @marcusbrig @robrouse I'm going to suggest @GraemeGarden1 , possibly the most underrated comedian of the last 50+ years.
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Dear Whispering Bob Harris, Pardon? Yours Mrs Trellis
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As I was saying...
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Dear Shipping Forecast, I'm no prude but why do doggers need to know which way the wind is blowing? Yours sincerely, Mrs Trellis
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Happy 60th Birthday to @rorybremner ! Impressionist and satirical comedian, Rory, made his debut in the first episode of Series 65 and has made 6 appearances on @ISIHAClue , so far. Rory is also responsible for one of the best ever Pick Up Song moments.
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Moving on, I see the next game is Sound Charades...
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Happy 83rd Birthday to John Cleese! John made 8 appearances during the first series of @ISIHAClue in 1972.
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“It doesn’t get any better than that. Never mind” - Humph (s50e02)
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"Sven has spent all afternoon in the singles section of my record library. He's pulled out all of the Village People's 7-inchers for inspection. After thinking about them, long and hard, he decided they didn't suit." - Humph (s31e06)
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proletarian /ˌprəʊlɪˈtɛːrɪən/ Someone who only eats common people. Tim (s42e01) Uxbridge English Dictionary
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Humph in heaven: Now for tonight's panellists who died most nights. On my right cloud is Tim Brooke-Taylor and Willie Rushton. On the left is Jeremy Hardy and, welcoming, Barry Crier." What a show.
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Let's move swiftly on...
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Today would have been Willie Rushton’s 85th birthday. Willie made his @ISIHAClue debut during Series 3 in 1974, only missing 4 shows before his death in 1996. He made a total of 202 appearances. Willie is commemorated on a blue plaque in Mornington Crescent train station.
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25th April 2008 - Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton, jazz musician, cartoonist, broadcaster and national treasure died, aged 86. Humph hosted 364 @ISIHAClue shows, beginning in 1972, including 361 consecutive appearances from June 1972 until his death. Gone, but not forgotten.
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🗓️ Monday 3rd January 2022 @ISIHAClue s75e06 📻 @BBCRadio4 🕡 6:30pm #⃣ 521st show 🎙️ @TheRealJackDee 's 147th as chairman 🎹 Colin's 473rd at the piano 🎤 @jonculshaw 's 2nd 🎤 @themiltonjones ' 2nd 🎤 @JohnFinnemore 's 12th 🎤 @vickipepperdine 's 4th Jon Naismith's 355th show.
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Piano accompaniment will be provided by Colin Sell...
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Tonight's @ISIHAClue featured the 200th time Mornington Crescent has been played.
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I've now caught up with this week's #Uncanny . An old hotel with the ghosts reenacting dinner parties? @danny_robins @Bafflegabble
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Samantha can't be with us today... (s35e03)
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Just time to squeeze in...
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The next round consists of a series of really silly questions...
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@mrslouiseharris @jenna72964324 I'd forgotten about this. Now to try to forget it again.
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“I don’t know how long I’ve got; I don’t even buy green bananas” - Barry (s64e06)
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@ISIHAClue Series 76 Episode 1 🗓️Monday 11th July 2022 🕡6:30pm 📻 @BBCRadio4 #⃣522nd show 🎙️ @TheRealJackDee 's 148th show as host 🎤 @GraemeGarden1 's 438th show 🎤 @thefridgeman 's 55th 🎤 @IAmPippaEvans 13th 🎤 @HarryHill 's 11th
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I am 40 years old and have been listening to I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue since 1993. To say I love it is an understatement. It is my greatest pleasure. Another of my heroes, someone I love but have never met, has gone and it is honestly gutting.
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Let's move on to Sound Charades... (s37e04)
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"One glance at my divers watch tells me that he's probably drowned" - Humph (s24e02)
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"Samantha has had to nip out to meet her banker friend from Zurich. She's obviously keen to hold Swiss Francs whilst there's still growth." - Humph (s30e04)
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Humph had recently become concerned... (s37e03)
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Today would have been Tim's 81st birthday. Tim appeared in the very first @ISIHAClue in 1972, and made 470 appearances, until his death in 2020.
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