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| articles about Victoria Wood which mention the new series of ISIHAC |
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 Several articles appeared in UK newspapers today about British comedy writer & performer Victoria Wood. The articles primarily concern Victoria's complaint about British panel shows being too male dominated, but the pieces also mention Victoria's forthcoming appearance in the new series of "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue" (which begins on BBC Radio 4 next Monday).
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Here's an excerpt from The Telegraph article (at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/5478241/TV-panel-shows-are-to
o-male-dominated-claims-Victoria-Wood.html ):
The double BAFTA winning comedienne will appear in the 51st series of the radio programme, I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue, the first show go on air without Humphrey Lyttelton, who died in April last year, aged 86.
In his role as chairman for 35 years, he gave the panel of four comedians "silly things to do" in what was billed as "the antidote to panel games".
Wood, 56, will make her debut appearance on the show with veteran panellists Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden in a recording chaired by Stephen Fry, who is currently 'hot-desking' the role with Jack Dee and Rob Brydon.
Victoria Wood will appear as a panelist on the first 2 episodes of the new series of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue starting on the 15th June 2009.
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Plus an excerpt from The First Post (at
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/48658,news,victoria-wood-attacks-testosterone-
fuelled-male-bbc-comedy-have-i-got-news-for-you-never-mind-the-buzzcocks-his
lop-merton ):
Wood's comments come as she prepares to make her debut appearance on the 51st series of the BBC Radio show, I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue, billed as "the antidote to panel games". It will be the first time the show has gone on air without its host of 35 years, Humphrey Lyttelton, who died in April last year, aged 86. Wood will be the only woman on the show, appearing alongside veteran panellists Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden in a recording chaired by Stephen Fry, who is currently sharing the role with comedians Jack Dee and Rob Brydon.
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Posted by lisa at 09/06/2009 00:00 GMT |
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| I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Mailout - June 2009 |
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Here's an announcement about Tim & Graeme's show "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue" from the show's official mailing list:
Dear I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Mailing List Member,
Just to let you know, the new series of 'I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue' (Series 51) will start on Radio 4 from Monday 15th June at 6.30pm on Radio 4.
The hosts for the shows are Stephen Fry, Jack Dee and Rob Brydon, and apart from Tim, Barry and Graeme, the panellists will be Victoria Wood (making her debut on the show - she was actually due to guest on the recordings we were forced to cancel after Humph was hospitalised in 2008), Jeremy Hardy and Phill Jupitus. All the recordings went very well and I'm sure it will be a fine series.
Mneawhile, after the success of our Tours in 2007 and 2008 (both complete sell-outs), we are planning another Official Theatre Tour of 'I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue' in July, September and October this year, to be hosted by the brilliant Jack Dee. The show is a brand new 'Best Of', featuring the most successful rounds in the 38 years of 'I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue'. It'll be a different show from the one we toured in 2007 and 2008, and with Jack at the helm, it promises to be a lot of fun. The panel will comprise Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Jeremy Hardy with Colin Sell at the piano.
We'll be visiting Manchester, Bristol. Portsmouth, Cambridge, Nottingham, Bradford, Cheltenham, Wimbledon, Birmingham, Southport, York, Northampton, Bournemouth, Torquay, Eastbourne and Leicester, and I'll be sending out full details in a few weeks time.
Meantime I can reveal the three dates we'll be doing in July. These are:
Wednesday 22nd July at the Orchard Theatre in Dartford
Show starts 7.30pm (finishes at around 10pm) Tickets - currently on sale. £25.
Box Office 01322 220000 Website www.orchardtheatre.co.uk
Thursday 23rd July at the New Victoria Theatre in Woking
Show starts 7.30pm (finishes at around 10pm) Tickets - should be on sale in a week. £26, £24 and £22
Box Office 0844 871 7615 Website www.ambassadorticket.com
Saturday 25th July at the Sands Theatre in Carlisle
Show starts 7.30pm (finishes at around 10pm) Tickets - currently on sale. £24 and £22 Box Office 01228 625222
Website www.thesandscentre.co.uk
With best wishes
Jon Naismith
Producer, "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue"
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Posted by lisa at 06/06/2009 00:00 GMT |
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| summary of 2009 ISIHAC stage show dates currently on sale |
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The following summary comes from The Officially Unofficial I’m Sorry I Haven't A Clue Web Pages at http://www.isihac.co.uk/tour.html. Please note these dates are for the stage tour, not BBC Radio 4 recordings.
The following are the first known 2009 tour dates and venues. There has been no official announcement of the 2009 tour dates and venues yet. When there is an announcement the remaining dates and venues will appear here.
Each show normally starts at 7.30pm, and finishes around 10pm. Exceptions will be noted when known.
22nd July
The Orchard Theatre, Home Gardens, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1ED
Tickets: £25
Box office: 01322 220000
venue URL: http://www.orchardtheatre.co.uk/index.asp
event URL:
http://www.orchardtheatre.co.uk/wrt-productions_details.asp?pid=2733
25th July
The Sands Centre, Carlisle, CA1 1JQ
Tickets: £22 and £24
Box office: 01228 625222
Notes: £1.85 postal delivery charge.
venue URL: http://www.thesandscentre.co.uk/
online bookings:
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_northeast&query=detail&event=324819
28th September
Symphony Hall, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2EA
Tickets: £23.50 and £25.50
Box office: 0121 780 3333
Notes: £2 transaction fee unless booked in person at the Box Office.
venue URL: http://www.thsh.co.uk/
event URL: http://www.thsh.co.uk/view/im-sorry-i-haven-t-a-clue
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Posted by lisa at 04/06/2009 00:00 GMT |
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| Sunday Times article about new series of "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue" |
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The following article about recordings for the new series of "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue" (which starts on BBC Radio 4 on June 15th) appears in the May 24, 2009 issue of The Sunday Times at
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6320434.ece
From The Sunday Times
May 24, 2009
I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue after Humphrey Lyttelton
The ‘antidote to panel games’ returns after the death of its chairman, Humphrey Lyttelton
Neil Smith
My feet are size 12½ — but that’s nowhere big enough to fill the shoes of the imponderably great Humph,” says Stephen Fry. The urbane broadcaster was speaking before the first recording of I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue since the death of its long-time host, Humphrey Lyttelton. A Radio 4 staple since 1972, this self-styled “antidote to panel games” has delighted millions with its inventive wordplay, running gags and rounds, familiar to devotees but inexplicable to anyone else, such as Swanee-Kazoo, One Song to the Tune of Another and Mornington Crescent. It was the crusty, cantankerous “Humph” who held it all together, though, the veteran jazz-man’s patrician demeanour and faux-innocence allowing him to deliver the sauciest innuendos this side of a Donald McGill postcard.
When Lyttelton died in April last year at 86, it looked as if the show might perish with him. “We spent a while debating whether to bring the show back,” says Graeme Garden, a regular panellist who, along with Barry Cryer and his erstwhile fellow-Goodie Tim Brooke-Taylor, has been “given silly things to do” since it started. (The comedian Willie Rushton rounded out the quartet until his death in 1996.)
“A lot of people said, ‘Keep it going,’ which was reassuring. But a year ago was not the right time to make a decision about the future of the show, or anything else.”
The Clue team had been touring the UK when Humphrey was taken ill; in the event, the comedian Rob Brydon filled in while he underwent surgery for an aortic aneurysm in a London hospital. “We all knew it was a dangerous operation,” says Jon Naismith, the show’s producer since 1991. “He had tried to go for a safer option, which did keep him alive for an extra 2½ months. In the end one tube was just too fragile; they tried to replace it, and the whole system collapsed.”
Naismith knew replacing Clue’s figurehead might prove perilous. “But Humphrey’s partner and agent said that he would have wanted us to go on,” he says. “And his son, Stephen, said the same thing.”
“Humph once told us if he went under a bus, he didn’t want any displays of loyalty,” smiles Cryer. “He was being jovial, but we knew what he meant. We left it a while, a decent period of respect. And now we’re just going for it again.”
On the last Sunday of April at Her Majesty’s in London’s Haymarket (normally home to Phantom of the Opera), the only visible sign of the departed chairman is a man in the front row of the audience bearing his face on a T-shirt. When Naismith appears on stage to introduce the recording, though, he says what everybody is thinking: “It’s appropriate to dedicate tonight to Humph,” he declares, to thunderous applause. “Thank you for all the wonderful letters encouraging us to continue, and apologies to the few telling us not to.” When white-haired Cryer strolls on, he pays his own tribute, by telling one of Lyttelton’s favourite jokes: “The one about the blacksmith who was asked if he had ever shooed a horse. He said, ‘No, but I once told a pig to piss off.’ ”
It cannot be easy for the guest chairman Fry to officiate on such a charged occasion. But, he says, “I felt that the astounding goodwill of the audience, the brilliance of the regulars and the excellence of the format made the idea of recording a few games worth trying.” In fact, he fills in with aplomb, with the help of the regulars Colin Sell tinkling the ivories and Samantha, the imaginary scorer. Says Fry: “It was most extraordinary to be sitting in Chairman Humph’s chair, and failing to control Barry, Graeme, Tim and, in a stunning debut, Victoria Wood.”
The laughter comes freely and frequently — something Rob Brydon trusts will be repeated when he hosts a recording in Newcastle in June. (Jack Dee presents the other two editions in this series.) “I know we’re all doing it in the best spirit, with Humph very much in our minds,” says Brydon. “There’s a real family feel to the show. It doesn’t seem like work — which is good as it doesn’t pay particularly well! I’m just proud to be a small part of it.”
Once this series is over, though, could Fry, Dee or Brydon take over on a full-time basis? “Any of them could be a potential long-term replacement,” says Garden. “Equally, we’ve got a list of 20 or 30 other people. Our hope is that in time we’ll settle for a permanent chairperson of suitable standing.” Cryer, though, is happy to take one show at a time. “We would be sad if it finished — but it has been 37 years after all, and we’d have to say, ‘What have we got to complain about?’”
Stephen Fry agrees: "Damn, I had a good time,” he smiles. “If Humph was watching, I hope he wasn't too horrified. But he was probably too busy playing the trumpet with Louis Armstrong."
I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue returns to BBC Radio 4 on Monday June 15
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Posted by lisa at 24/05/2009 00:00 GMT |
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| "Tim In Drag" article updated |
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I've added an extra paragraph to my themed article on "Tim In Drag" at http://www.goodiesruleok.com/articles.php?id=107&page=12 to cover Tim's role as a virgin in "That Old Black Magic" which was left out of the original version on the website and in the newsletter.
A few days ago I also added more photos to the gallery at the end of the article. These feature some more of Tim's drag roles in the mock ads and a more up-close photo of Timita, as well as Tim's virgin role.
The article in the May edition of the Goodies Clarion & Globe newsletter (#162) has also been updated with this extra paragraph. It can be accessed from the "Last Articles" box at the bottom of this page.
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Posted by bretta at 21/05/2009 14:34 GMT |
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| Kate Humble talks about Bill Oddie leaving Springwatch |
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 Springwatch co-presenter Kate Humble is doing interviews to promote the new series of the show. Following are a few excerpts in which she speaks about Bill leaving the series.
From http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/drama/tv-news/interviews/kate-humble-dishes-the-dirt-on-springwatch/5815
Kate Humble dishes the dirt on Springwatch!
May 19, 2009
The beautiful Springwatch presenter Kate Humble discusses shark encounters, Bill Oddie and why we're going to have a good summer...
What’s it like doing the show without Bill Oddie this year?
"It's a little discombobulating if I'm honest. I worked with Bill for a very long time and he's incredibly inspirational. Yes he could be tricky and it was always unpredictable, but working with Bill was never boring!"
What will you miss about him?
"He is absolutely passionate about British wildlife and he is one of the best communicators I know on that subject. Bill set a standard that all of us want to keep and build on. He opened the door on the incredible wildlife of the nation and we would like to carry on getting people involved and enthused by it."
Did you ever consider leaving the show yourself?
"I thought about it very hard. The right person had to replace Bill and Chris [Packham] is definitely right. He comes from the same place as Bill and they have the same beliefs. We haven't worked together before, but when first met to be tested to see that we didn't look weird on the sofa together it felt very natural, so hopefully we'll do all right!"
From http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jHNE8wKTW-1pgOawN4hoX-sW4TcQ
Kate on Oddie leaving Springwatch
Kate Humble has admitted she wondered whether she could continue to present Springwatch when co-host Bill Oddie left.
But the 40-year-old said she decided she wanted to continue when she heard Chris Packham would be taking over, who she said was the "right person" for the role.
She said: "It's a little discombobulating if I am honest, I have worked with Bill for a very long time and he is an incredibly inspirational person to work with".
She went on: "Yes he could be tricky, it was always unpredictable, it was never boring working with Bill, but he is absolutely passionate about British wildlife and he is one of the best communicators I know on that subject, so when he made the decision not to come back, my feeling was 'oh can't I do it without him' and then he (Chris) came along and the answer is probably, no I can't do it without him but I don't have to try."
Chris said he feels like he is in "safe hands" coming on to the wildlife show.
Earlier this year Oddie announced he was leaving the show after four years.
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Posted by lisa at 19/05/2009 00:00 GMT |
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| the latest upcoming TV & radio shows list |
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Here's a list of upcoming TV & radio shows of interest to Goodies fans. "(NEW)" indicates shows added since the last update (some of which may be repeats). It's advisable to check your local listings for details & to watch for schedule changes.
Feel free to let us know about anything that should be added to the list - contributions & corrections are always welcome! (Thanks to everyone who's been helping with the spottings!).
(NEW) * Sun, 17 May - "Percy Edwards Showdown", with Bill in the cast, is repeated on BBC Radio 4 at 13:30. The show can be heard worldwide from www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 and will be available for a week after broadcast from Listen Again.
(NEW) * Mon, 18 May - "Cilla" on BBC 4 at 1:30am is a repeat of the vintage episode featuring an appearance by Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, & Graham Chapman.
(NEW) * Thurs, 28 May - "The Long Hot Satsuma" on BBC Radio 7 at 23:00 is the repeat of the first of two episodes from the radio series which starred Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer, & Alison Steadman, among others. The second episode will air the following Thursday. The show can be heard worldwide via the internet at www.bbc.co.uk/radio7; each episode will be available for a week from the BBC iPlayer (aka Listen Again).
(NEW) * Mondays starting 15 June - The new series of "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue" will begin on BBC Radio 4.
* Thursdays & Sundays - SKY NZ's New Comedy Central channel is repeating "The Goodies". (Thanks for raymond for this info!) http://www.comedycentral.co.nz/shows/the-goodies
* various dates & times - The Comedy Channel in Australia occasionally is repeating episodes of "The Goodies". Consult their website (at
http://www.comedychannel.com.au/WhatsOn/Detail.aspx?id=211 ) for details about any episodes coming up in the next 7 days.
(NEW) * date TBA - Sky Arts 1 once again is repeating the second series of "What the Dickens?" starting Weds, 27 May. Watch for Graeme's appearance in an upcoming episode.
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Posted by lisa at 15/05/2009 00:00 GMT |
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| ISIHAC merchandise update |
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* The current release date for "I’m Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Volume 11", according to http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1405688378, is July 2nd. This will be released as a 2-CD Audiobook and will also be available for digital download.
Here's the description from Amazon: This eleventh collection of the antidote to panel games finds the late Humphrey Lyttelton giving regular panelists Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden silly things to do to - along with special guests Stephen Fry, Jack Dee, Rob Brydon & Jeremy Hardy. Highlights include "One Song to the Tune of Another", "84 Chicken Cross Road", "Sound Charades", Notes & Queries, Uxbridge English Dictionary, Tennis Chat-up Lines, Swanee Kazoo and, of course, the brilliantly baffling, fiendishly funny Mornington Crescent. So get ready to laugh out loud as Humph and the gang indulge in more wonderful wordplay, accompanied by Colin Sell on the piano and the lovely Samantha, who likes to sit on Humph's left hand
* Scheduled for an October 8th release is "The Clue Bible: The Fully Authorised History of "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue", from Footlights to Mornington Crescent" by Jem Roberts. The book cover currently being shown on Amazon (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1848091303/ ) says it has a "Forward by Graeme Garden, Afterward by Tim Brook-Taylor, and Something by Barry Cryer".
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Posted by lisa at 11/05/2009 00:00 GMT |
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Just a reminder about this charity auction, which ends in just under 2 days.
