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First
Broadcast

7.30pm, Friday, 22nd December 1967 on BBC Radio 4

Recorded

Sunday, 16th July 1967 at The Piccadilly, 201 Piccadilly, London, England

Chair

Nicholas Parsons [b.1923

, d.2020] 1/1016

Panel

Wilma Ewart [b.

] 1/1
Clement Freud [b.1924

, d.2009] 1/548
Derek Nimmo [b.1930

, d.1999] 1/309
Beryl Reid [b.1919

, d.1996] 1/1

Whistle

Ian Messiter [b.1920

, d.1999] 1/389

Producer

David Hatch [b.1939

, d.2007] 1/167

Subjects

Excuses For Being Late - Wilma Ewart (20s)
Knitting A Cablestitch Jumper - Clement Freud (31s)
Keeping Fit - Beryl Reid (13s)
Phrenology - Wilma Ewart (30s)
The English Nanny - Clement Freud (45s)
Things To Do In The Bath - Derek Nimmo (3s)
What To Buy At A Jumble Sale - Beryl Reid (30s)
The Many Uses Of Bubble Gum - Wilma Ewart (3s)
Chinese Restaurants - Clement Freud (18s)

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Recordings

Source	Description	Date	Duration	Sound Quality
BBC Audio CD 2011	The Classic Collection	6 Oct 2011	25m20s	Excellent
BBC Radio 4 Extra	Digital MPEG-2 stream via DAB/DVB	4 Oct 2012	25m15s	Excellent

The pilot for the show was recorded in 1967. The chairman was originally planned to be Jimmy Edwards but he was unavailable on the proposed recording dates and was replaced by Nicholas Parsons. Whilst executives at the BBC disliked the pilot, its producer, David Hatch, threatened to resign if he could not oversee a full series. Not wishing to lose Hatch, the BBC relented.

David went on to become Head of Light Entertainment in the seventies, Director of Programmes in the eighties, and Managing Director of the BBC from 1987-1993.

Comment posted 27th February 2013 at 12:22 UTC by admin