I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

Key to the panelists:
Tim Brooke-Taylor (TBT), Graeme Garden (GG), Barry Cryer (BC), Willie Rushton (WR)
Bill Oddie (BO), Jo Kendall (JK), John Cleese (JC), John Junkin (JJ)
Jonathan Lynn (JL), Denise Coffey (DC), Mike Harding (MH), Kenny Everett (KE)
Bill Tidy (BT), Stephen Fry (SF), Jeremy Hardy (JH), Tony Hawks (TH)
Paul Merton (PM), Sandi Toksvig (ST), Fred MacAulay (FM), Max Boyce (MB)
Key to the chair:
Humphrey Lyttelton (HL), Barry Cryer (BC), Bob Table
Cast: TBT, BC, GG, WR, HL unless specified otherwise Teams: GG & WR v BC & TBT (series 3), TBT & WR v GG & BC (later)


Series: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | >



Series One.

The first series of this very long running series is notable in as much as John Cleese, Jo Kendall, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, and Greame Garden, the team from ISIRTA, were all in it, and it finished just days before I was born. As I missed this series, if anyone has copies, I would be very eager to hear them!!!!

EpTx DatePanelChair
1/1 11.4.72 GG, JK, TBT, BO HL
1/2 18.4.72 GG, JK, TBT, BO BC
1/3 25.4.72 GG, JK, TBT, BO BC
1/4 2.5.72 GG, JC, TBT, BO HL
1/5 9.5.72 GG, JC, TBT, BO HL
1/6 16.5.72 GG, JC, TBT, BO HL
1/7 23.5.72 GG, JC, TBT, BO HL
1/8 30.5.72 GG, JK, TBT, BO?
1/9 6.6.72 GG, JK, TBT, BO BC
1/10 13.6.72 GG, JC, TBT, BO BC
1/11 20.6.72 GG, JC, TBT, BO BC
1/12 27.6.72 GG, JK, TBT, JC HL
1/13 4.7.72 GG, JK, TBT, JC HL

Series Two .

By the second series, John Cleese had departed and Barry Cryer had moved from sometimes chair to a regular panelist. With the exception of Bill Oddie, this format was to virtually last unchanged until Willie Rushton died . but more of this later.

EpTx DatePanelChair
2/1 30.4.73 TBT, BC, GG, BO HL
2/2 7.5.73 TBT, BC, GG, BO HL
2/3 14.5.73 TBT, BC, GG, BOHL
2/4 21.5.73 TBT, BC, GG, BOHL
2/5 28.5.73 TBT, BC, GG, BOHL
2/6 4.6.73 TBT, BC, GG, BO HL
2/7 11.6.73 TBT, BC, GG, BO HL
2/8 18.6.73 TBT, BC, GG, BO HL
2/9 25.6.73 TBT, BC, GG, BO HL
2/10 2.7.73 TBT, BC, GG, BO HL
2/11 9.7.73 TBT, BC, GG, BO HL
2/12 16.7.73 TBT, BC, GG, BOHL
2/13 23.7.73 TBT, BC, GG, BO HL

Series Three.

By this series Willie Rushton had joined the panel and the show was to enjoy twenty years of this format with little deviation.

EpTx DatePanelChair
3/128.8.74 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL
3/24.9.74 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL
3/311.9.74 TBT, BC, GG, WRHL
3/418.9.74 TBT, BC, GG, WRHL
3/525.9.74 TBT, BC, GG, WRHL
3/62.10.74 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL

Series Four.

EpTx DatePanelChair
4/1 29.7.75 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL
4/2 5.8.75 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL
4/3 12.8.75 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL
4/4 19.8.75 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL
4/5 26.8.75 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL
4/6 2.9.75 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL
4/7 9.9.75 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL
4/8 16.9.75 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL

Series Five.

EpTx DatePanelChair
5/1 6.3.76 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL
5/2 13.3.76 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL
5/3 20.3.76 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL
5/4 27.3.76 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL
5/5 3.4.76 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL
5/6 10.4.76 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL

Series Six.

EpTx DatePanelChair
6/1 22.8.78 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL
6/2 29.8.78 TBT, BC, GG, JL HL
6/3 5.9.78 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL
6/4 12.9.78 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL
6/5 19.9.78 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL
6/6 26.9.78 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL
6/7 3.10.78 TBT, BC, GG, JLHL
6/810.10.78 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL
6/9 17.10.78 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL
6/10 24.10.78 TBT, BC, GG, WR HL

Series Seven.

EpTx DatePanelChair
7/1 16.7.79
7/2 23.7.79
7/3 30.7.79
7/4 6.8.79
7/5 13.8.79 TBT, BC, GG, DC HL
7/6 20.8.79
7/7 27.8.79
7/8 3.9.79
7/9 10.9.79TBT, BC, GG, DC HL
7/10 17.9.79
SP24.12.79
SP24.12.80

Series Eight.

EpTx DatePanelChair
8/1 22.8.81
8/2 29.8.81
8/3 5.9.81
8/4 12.9.81 DC, BC, GG, WR HL
8/5 19.9.81
8/6 26.9.81
8/7 3.10.81
8/8 10.10.81DC, BC, GG, WR HL
8/9 17.10.81
8/10 24.10.81
SP 25.12.81

Series Nine.

EpTx DatePanelChair
9/1 20.3.82
9/2 27.3.82
9/3 29.5.82 (postponed from 3.4.82)
9/4 10.4.82
9/5 17.4.82
9/6 24.4.82
9/7 1.5.82
9/8 8.5.82
9/9 15.5.82
9/10 22.5.82

Series Ten.

EpTx DatePanelChair
10/1 26.2.83 TBT, DC, GG, WR, HL
10/2 5.3.83 TBT, DC, GG, WR, HL Guildhall School of Music
10/3 12.3.83
10/4 19.3.83
10/5 26.3.83
10/6 2.4.83
10/7 9.4.83
10/8 16.4.83
10/9 23.4.83 from Imperial College
10/10 30.4.83

Series Eleven.

EpTx DatePanelChair
11/1 7.4.84
11/2 14.4.84
11/3 21.4.84
11/4 28.4.84
11/5 5.5.84
11/6 12.5.84
11/7 19.5.84
11/8 26.5.84
11/9 2.6.84 MH, BC, GG, WRHL
11/10 9.6.84 MH, BC, GG, WRHL

Series Twelve.

EpTx DatePanelChair
12/1 4.5.85
12/2 11.5.85
12/3 18.5.85TBT, BC, KE, WR HL
12/4 25.5.85TBT, BC, KE, WR HL
12/5 1.6.85
12/6 8.6.85
12/7 15.6.85 TBT, BC, BT, WR HL
12/8 22.6.85 TBT, BC, BT, WR HL
12/9 29.6.85
12/10 6.7.85

Series Thirteen.

EpTx DatePanelChair
13/1 26.7.86 TBT, JJ, GG, WR HL
13/2 2.8.86 TBT, JJ, GG, WRHL
13/3 9.8.86 TBT, MH, GG, WR HL
13/4 16.8.86 TBT, MH, GG, WR HL
13/5 23.8.86 TBT, BC, SF, WR HL
13/6 30.8.86 TBT, BC, SF, WR HL
13/7 6.9.86 TBT, MH, GG, WR HL
13/8 13.9.86
13/9 20.9.86
13/10 27.9.86TBT, BC, SF, WRHL
SP25.12.86

Series Fourteen.

EpTx DatePanelChair
14/117.8.87
14/224.8.87SF, BC, GG, WRHL
14/3 31.8.87
14/47.9.87SF, BC, GG, WRHL
14/514.9.87
14/621.9.87TBT, BC, GG, WRBob Table
14/728.9.87
14/85.10.87
14/912.10.87
14/1019.10.87

Series Fifteen.

EpTx DatePanelChair
15/17.1.89
15/214.1.89
15/321.1.89TBT, BT, GG, WRHL
15/428.1.89
15/54.2.89TBT, SF, GG, WRHL
15/611.2.89
15/718.2.89TBT, BT, GG, WRHL
15/825.2.89
15/9 4.3.89TBT, SF, GG, WRHL
15/10 11.3.89

Series Sixteen.

EpTx DatePanelChairFirst Round
16/15.2.90TBT, BC, GG, WRHLPredictions
16/212.2.90TBT, BC, GG, WRHLCrossbreeds
16/319.2.90TBT, BC, GG, WRHLGood News, Bad News
16/426.2.90TBT, BC, GG, WRHLWuthering Hillocks
16/55.3.90TBT, BC, GG, WRHLCrossbreeds
16/612.3.90TBT, BC, GG, WRHLGood News, Bad News

Series Seventeen.

EpTx DatePanelChairFirst RoundVenue
17/117.11.90
17/224.11.90
17/31.12.90
17/48.12.90TBT, BC, GG, WRHLCrossbreeds
17/515.12.90
17/622.12.90
17/729.12.90TBT, BC, GG, WRHLTelegramsWestminster Theatre

One show unassigned from this series starts with Good News, Bad News and is from the Westminster Theatre with the regular crew.

Series Eighteen.

Bill Tidy replaced Tim Brooke.Taylor for this series.

EpTx DatePanelChairFirst RoundVenue
18/122.6.91BC, GG, WR, BTHLGood News, Bad NewsBrighton
18/229.6.91BC, GG, WR, BTHLCrossbreedsBrighton
18/36.7.91BC, GG, WR, BTHLFamous Last Words
18/413.7.91BC, GG, WR, BTHLHistorical Headlines
18/520.7.91BC, GG, WR, BTHLBudget Remakes
18/627.7.91BC, GG, WR, BTHLSounds Peculiar