Petersborough Telegraph article about sold out Clue recording
24/09/2007 00:00 GMT

Posted by lisa

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