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| I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again repeat on BBC7 tomorrow (and repeat request info) |
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 * ISIRTA episode on BBC 7 tomorrow (Saturday, 29 Sept)
The show "2's Company", will include the May 5, 1968 episode of "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again" (the episode is know by some fans as "Incompetence (Trouble at t'Mill)") 2's Company can be heard live on BBC 7 (www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7) tomorrow from 9:00am - noon (London time); it then should be available for a week from Listen Again.
Here's the description of the "2's Company" from BBC 7's newsletter:
Radio at 40
Marking the 40th Anniversary of BBC Radio, BBC7 presents 2's Comedy, a two-part series hosted by the two Kens, Ken Dodd and Ken Bruce showcasing a wide range of Radio 2's finest comedy.
In the first 3 hour programme, Ken Dodd introduces six shows from the first twelve months of BBC Radio 2:
Round The Horne - Bona Prince Charlie (first broadcast 2/6/68); The Clitheroe Kid - Have Snake Will Travel (10/12/67); The Navy Lark - Cuthbert Joins The Navy (15/10/67); The Embassy Lark (26/3/68); I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again (5/5/68) and The Ken Dodd Show (17/12/67). All great classics of the 1960s. Please note that we are not repeating this programme in the evening but instead you can hear a second selection from the 1970s and 1980s.
Saturday at 9am
* Request shows for BBC 7's 5th birthday
There's still time to request that "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again" and "Hello Cheeky" (plus other shows not currently on BBC 7's schedule) appear during their 5th birthday broadcast on December 15th. Contact info for the station and a form you can fill in to email them can be found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/feedback/
Here's the explanation about the birthday broadcast request from BBC7's
newsletter:
BBC7 is a mere toddler of course, and as I mentioned last week, our fifth birthday falls on a Saturday this year, 15th December. On that day we will be broadcasting as many of your favourite programmes from the past five years that we can squeeze in.
We have had lots of suggestions, and as they are still coming in, we are extending the deadline to Wednesday 10th October.
So you have over a week left to let us know which programmes, whether comedy or drama, you'd like to hear again on our birthday. Please remember that they must be programmes which have been broadcast on BBC 7 since our launch day, 15th December 2002.
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Posted by lisa at 28/09/2007 00:00 GMT |
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| review of Ipswich Regent Clue show |
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The following review appears on the Suffolk & Essex online website. Please note that it CONTAINS SPOILERS.
The perfect antidote to panel games
27 September 2007 | 17:23
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue; Ipswich Regent, September 25
This gloriously daft radio series, currently in its 35th year, has taken to the road and made an innuendo-filled stop over at the Ipswich Regent. The lovely Samantha was way-laid first in Framlingham, then in Woodbridge and finally in Ipswich where she was invited to lick a large Neapolitan but the rest of the regulars Humphrey Lyttleton, Colin Sell, Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor and the show's creator Graeme Garden were all present and on fine form.
The revolving fourth chair vacated by the late Willie Rushton was filled by the tone-deaf Jeremy Hardy who delighted the sell-out crowd with some truly appalling singing in such rounds as One Song To The Tune of Another and Pick-Up Song.
The evening was really a greatest hits collection of favourite moments from the series. It was a wonderful nostalgic evening as this 'antidote to panel games' conjured up bizarre round after round.
The silly things the panellist were given to do included Stars In Their Ears where the panellists sing unsuitable melodies as various celebrities, Sound Charades which is carried out without the benefit of mime, Sound Effects Storytime which was self-explanatory and Topical Nursery Rhymes.
But the round that got the biggest cheer of the evening was the ever-popular Mornington Crescent - the rules of which appear to be as incomprehensible as ever and on this occasion were merged with those of Scrabble.
It was a delightfully daft evening and the packed auditorium filed out at the end of the evening still chuckling and reciting their favourite lines to one another - many of those belonged to Humph (as Lyttleton is affectionately known) and although on the surface seemed quite innocent were, on reflection, positively filthy.
It's a series which revels in wit and fast-thinking by its players and we were all dazzled by their cleverness. A fantastic evening and we await their return with eager anticipation.
Andrew Clarke
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| Bill in "Chute!" (& other upcoming shows) |
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The listing for the Thurs, 4 Oct episode of "Chute!" on BBC 1 at 17:00 mentions Bill: "Ross Lee has comedy adventures watching hilarious clips with celebrity guests. Ross discovers that he is being spied on by Bill Oddie."
Use the "click here for more" link below to see other upcoming shows of interest.
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Posted by lisa at 24/09/2007 00:00 GMT |
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| Petersborough Telegraph article about sold out Clue recording |
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from Petersborough's Evening Telegraph (at http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/Tickets-sell-out-in-a.3224585.jp)
Published Date: 24 September 2007
Source: Peterborough ET
Location: Peterborough
Tickets sell out in a day for Radio 4's top show
EVERY ticket for a Peterborough recording of one of the nation's best-loved radio programmes has been snapped up in a day by eager fans.
Long-running Radio 4 programme I'm sorry I Haven't A Clue will be recorded at the Broadway Theatre, on December 4, but tickets have already sold out after the announcement of the recording on Monday prompted a rush for tickets.
More than 1,000 tickets were sold on the same day they were made available for the show, which will feature regular panellists Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and jazz musician Humphrey Lyttleton as the ever-reliable chairman.
The Peterborough recording will also feature a mystery guest, who will be announced closer to the day of recording.
Although currently off-air, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue – or simply Clue to die-hard fans – was first broadcast in 1972 and regularly sees guest appearances from the likes of Stephen Fry, Paul Merton, Sandy Toksvig and Jeremy Hardy.
Dave King at the Broadway said: "We are one of four venues in the country to be hosting the programme.
"We sold more than 1,000 tickets between 10am and 6pm on Monday, and the remaining tickets were sold overnight via the internet and in an hour the following day."
Fans of the programme can sign up to an e-mail alert through the BBC which announces where and when the cast will be recording the programme, and all of the other recordings have also sold out.
The sell-out show at the Broadway follows the announcement earlier this year that comic Billy Connolly would be appearing at the venue, prompting a rush on tickets.
Mr King said: "We've had sell-outs across the board this season.
"My background is in radio and I've listened to I'm Sorry I Haven't Got A Clue for years because it really is a very funny show and has been for a long time.
"I know they've had people like John Cleese and Michael Palin as guests before, so we're looking forward to finding out who it will be."
Compere of Peterborough's King Knut's Comedy Club, John Elson, said the show is a seminal influence on generations of comedians.
"I've listened to it for about 20 years, I think," he said.
"I used to love it when Willie Rushden was on it and it really is the best thing on the radio – the made-up games like Mornington Cresent are hilarious.
"I can't believe I've missed out on tickets."
More about I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue online - www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/clue.shtml
Last Updated: 24 September 2007 12:33 PM
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Recently we mentioned that Graeme's son Tom is setting up as a concept artist. He has a new website at 
