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| BBC 4 Humph & ISIHAC specials (Sept 12th & 13th) |
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 Here's a summary of the Humphrey Lyttelton & I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue specials to be shown on BBC 4 this coming Friday & Saturday.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th:
21:00-22:00 Legends
Humphrey Lyttelton.
A profile of the late jazz musician, band leader and broadcaster Humphrey Lyttelton's 60-year career. Louis Armstrong described him as Britain's top trumpeter, but for more than 40 years he was equally well-known for hosting some of the BBC's most successful radio shows, including Radio 2's Best of Jazz and the hugely popular antidote to panel game shows, Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, in which Humph propelled the art of the double entendre to new heights.
22:00-22:50 Humph's Last Stand
Jazz trumpeter and raconteur Humphrey Lyttelton in a performance at the 2007 HSBC Brecon Jazz Festival, which turned out to be his last ever television recording. With an all star line-up including guest saxophonist Scott Hamilton, it is a set full of sheer wit and superb music.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th:
22:30 - 23:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
Filmed in April 2008, just three weeks before his death, Humphrey Lyttelton chaired his final I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue at the Lowry Centre's Lyric Theatre in Salford. This touring show features many of Humph's best lines favourite rounds from the Radio 4 series, and is the only complete filmed version of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue in existence. The cast is the regular line up of Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and pianist Colin Sell, with Jeremy Hardy as the guest panellist.
23:00 - 00:00 Legends (repeated)
00:00 - 00:50 Humph's Last Stand (repeated)
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Posted by lisa at 08/09/2008 00:00 GMT |
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| news from Graeme - forthcoming "Hamish & Dougal" interviews |
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Graeme Garden has kindly passed along the following info about upcoming publicity for their new book "The Doings of Hamish & Dougal":
Baz and I are doing some local radio interviews on Wednesday, and recording a piece for the Alan Titchmarsh TV show, but I don't yet know when any of them will be broadcast.
Thanks, Graeme!
Everyone - let us know if you spot listings for any of the interviews.
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Posted by lisa at 07/09/2008 01:30 GMT |
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| Graeme interview in The Independent |
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 The following article appears on The Independent's website at http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/my-life-in-media-graeme-garden-922372.html
My Life In Media: Graeme Garden
'I used to write for Mr Blobby. It was done under cover of darkness and handed over in a car park. It was a funny idea to start with, but later turned into a monster'
Interview by Sophie Morris
Monday, 8 September 2008
Graeme Garden, 65, is best known for his role in The Goodies. The television comedy series ran throughout the 1970s. He also created the Radio 4 satirical panel show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue and, via appearances in Yes, Minister, Holby City and Peak Practice, still appears in its spin-off show, Hamish and Dougal, with Barry Cryer. Garden lives near Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire with his wife, Emma, and has three children: Sally, a teacher; Tom, a concept artist; and John, keyboard player with the Scissor Sisters.
What inspired you to embark on a career in the media?
I joined the Footlights club at Cambridge and met fellow Goodies Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor. I think it was largely because Bill and Tim's revue was very successful that I went into radio. I don't think many of us would have gone into the media individually, but as a group we moved in en masse.
When you were 15 years old, which newspaper did your family get?
The Daily Express. The Beachcomber column was my favourite bit.
And what were your favourite TV and radio programmes?
It was the early days of television, we got one for the Queen's Coronation. I loved comedy shows like TerryThomas and Benny Hill. He was the first comic to send up the medium and would do jokes about film and television. My first memories are of radio shows and I loved Take It from Here with Jimmy Edwards and Dick Bentley.
Describe your job.
I'm a writer/performer. I usually catch up with emails in the morning. Then I may spend the day at home, go up to London or travel somewhere to do my radio show.
What's the first media you turn to in the mornings?
Sky News, which tends to hover in the background for a lot of the day.
Do you consult any media sources during the day?
Sky News again or Radio 4.
What do you tune into when you get home?
Travelling home I always have Radio 4 on in the car and carry on listening to whatever it was when I get in. As for television, it's easy to get terribly hooked on things like Big Brother. I tune in to soaps like Casualty and Holby City, partly because I had a part in Holby City so it's quite fun to see how the show is developing.
What is the best thing about your job?
The variety. You know if you're struggling or finding something a bit dull it's not going to last very long.
And the worst?
The insecurity. At the beginning of the year you don't know how much work you'll be doing or how much you're going to earn during the year, which means you tend to accept work when you probably don't need to.
How do you feel you influence the media?
I suppose I did have an influence when I devised I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. In a way that has been the template for the postmodern ironic deconstructive panel gameshow, like Have I Got News For You. Before that it was all rather polite.
What's the proudest achievement in your working life?
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. I'm sort of labelled for being in The Goodies, although it hasn't been repeated for such a long time. When my youngest son, now 23, was at school, I found out I was more famous for voicing the cartoon Bananaman.
And what's your most embarrassing moment?
An ongoing thing that I come out in a cold sweat about now and again is the fact I used to write for Mr Blobby, in his very early incarnation on Noel's House Party. It was done under cover of darkness and handed over in a car park. It was a funny idea to start with, but later turned into a monster.
What is your Sunday paper? And do you have a favourite magazine?
The Sunday Times and The Observer. The Week is a great catch up magazine and Private Eye is the magazine I have probably had the most reads of over my lifetime. I remember it starting out and have followed it ever since.
Name the one career ambition you want to realise before you retire?
Just to keep pottering on would be very nice. I'm of an age where the pension kicks in, but I can't see me stopping because I'd probably do what I do for a living as a hobby if I retired.
What would you do if you didn't work in the media?
Something medical. Not a doctor, as I might have been a good one but I don't think I would have been a very happy one. Something on the media side: on television, which I have done in the past, or in medical journalism.
Who in the media do you most admire and why?
Bill Cotton, who has just died. He was a terrific guy when he ran the BBC's light entertainment department. He had a real, buccaneering spirit and would give people a chance and follow his gut instincts. It was in the days when he and the people working with and under him were interested in finding ways to make things happen. The philosophy over the years degenerated a bit, but he lived in a simpler era. He had a very sensible attitude towards broadcasting and he's sadly missed.
'The Doings of Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea?' by Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden is published by Preface
The CV
1965: Writes and performs in Radio 4's 'I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again' while a student at Cambridge
1967: Breaks into television with 'Twice a Fortnight', co-starring Terry Jones and Michael Palin. 'Broaden Your Mind' followed in 1968
1969: 'Doctor in the House' starts on LWT, with Garden as a writer
1970: 'The Goodies' get their first outing on BBC2, appearing until 1982
1972: 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' begins on Radio 4. It is still running
1983: Voices 'Bananaman', a children's cartoon series
2002: Garden and Barry Cryer get their own Radio 4 show with 'You'll Have Had Your Tea: The Doings of Hamish and Dougal'
2006: Teams up with Tim Brooke-Taylor for nostalgic show in EdinburghDevises and performs in 'The Unbelievable Truth' on Radio 4 hosted by David Mitchell from 'Peep Show'
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Posted by lisa at 07/09/2008 00:30 GMT |
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| news from Graeme about "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue" DVD & Sept. 13th broadcast |
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Thanks to Graeme Garden for passing along the following news:
We've been working on the video recording of the stage version of Clue from Salford. We're hoping to release a DVD in November, and BBC4 are hoping to broadcast a 30 minute version on Sept 13th - so tell the chums to keep an eye out for that.
Club member Sosia had spotted a preliminary listing for the DVD on Amazon. Expect the information there (including the release date) to be updated in the future.
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Posted by lisa at 03/09/2008 00:00 GMT |
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| "Humph Remembered" - Sept 12th on BBC 4 |
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Humphrey Lyttelton is the subject of the Friday, Sept. 12th edition of "Legends" on BBC 4 at 9pm. The show will include interviews with his Clue cast mates including Tim & Graeme.
The show will be followed by a special called "Humph's Last Stand", featuring his performance at a 2007 jazz festival (on BBC 4 at 10pm).
Following are more detailed listings for the two shows:
Humph remembered
Legends, showing Friday September 12th on BBC 4 at 9:00pm
In a career spanning more than 60 years, Humphrey Lyttelton, who was born in 1921 and died earlier this year, established himself as one of Britain's greatest musicians, successful band leaders and admired broadcasters.
As a jazzman, "Humph" composed and performed Bad Penny Blues - the first jazz recording to enter the charts - and was feted by no less a figure than Louis Armstrong, who described him as this country's top trumpeter.
For more than 40 years, he hosted some of the BBC's most successful radio shows, including Radio 4's hugely popular I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, the "antidote to panel game shows" in which Humph propelled the art of the double entendre to new heights, and Radio 2's Best Of Jazz.
In this programme, family, friends and colleagues pay tribute to this enormously popular entertainer. Featuring some never-before-seen home movie footage, archive films of his finest performances and interviews with regular I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue panellists Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Jeremy Hardy, Rob Brydon and Sandi Toksvig, as well as Humph's son, Stephen, this film celebrates the life and career of one of Britain's most admired musicians and best-loved broadcasters.
Did you know? Bad Penny Blues - a top 20 hit for the Humphrey Lyttelton Band in 1956 - is acknowledged as the first British jazz record to make the UK charts. Produced by the infamous Joe Meek - who was noted for his pioneering, experimental production work in the 1960s - it featured a catchy piano riff, played by Johnny Parker, brought up high within the mix.
Humph's Last Stand
Friday 12th September on BBC 4 at 22:00 to 22:50
Jazz trumpeter and raconteur Humphrey Lyttelton in a performance at the 2007 HSBC Brecon Jazz Festival, which turned out to be his last ever television recording. With an all star line-up including guest saxophonist Scott Hamilton, it is a set full of sheer wit and superb music.
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