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Re: ISIHAC tribute day

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Clitheroe KidMay 14, 2008
 

 
Radio 4 will honor Humphrey Lyttelton with a tribute day on Sunday June
15th.

On 15th June, Radio 4 will be broadcasting a special sequence of Humph
programmes, including a tribute from his fellow panel members from "I'm
Sorry I Haven't A Clue" along with series producer Jon Naismith.

----- Original Message -----
From: "lapsedcat" <lapsedcat@...>
To: <just-a-minute@...>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 5:40 PM
Subject: [just-a-minute] Re: ISIHAC TV pilot


> Does anyone know when the ISIHAC tribute show and the series of
> special programmes are going to be broadcast?
>
> --- In just-a-minute@..., "thomaswake16"
> <thomaswake16@...> wrote:
> >
> > I don't suppose anyone knows what year it was made? The closest I've
> > been able to find is "early 90s".
> >
> > --- In just-a-minute@..., "thomaswake16"
> > <thomaswake16@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Fair point. It just seems to me that most of the audio-only gags
> (e.g.
> > > Samantha) are running jokes that the live audience would have
> > > understood. I can't imagine it would have played as well with a TV
> > > audience, which would presumably include a reasonable number of
> people
> > > who had never listened to the radio show.
> > >
> > > Of course, the same was true of the radio series when it first
> > > started. I suppose it's like the JAM TV series - it seems to me
> that
> > > there's something fundamental about it that just wouldn't
> feel "right"
> > > on TV, but I can't really put my finger on what it is.
> > >
> > > --- In just-a-minute@..., "linda" <irishmanufan@>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In just-a-minute@..., "thomaswake16"
> > > > <thomaswake16@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I remember in last year's BBC "Time Shift" documentary about
> TV
> > > > > remakes of radio shows that a TV pilot of ISIHAC was made.
> This
> > > > seemed
> > > > > ridiculous to me at first, given that the nature of the show
> means
> > > > > that most of it could only really work on radio, and I was
> > > > intrigued
> > > > > at the idea.
> > > > >
> > > > > Does anyone know more about it? Google tells me that it was
> made by
> > > > > Granada and shelved because they wanted a younger line-up,
> but
> > > > other
> > > > > than that, I can't find much. Does anyone know what year was
> it
> > > > > recorded? Presumably Willie Rushton was also present if it
> was
> > > > made in
> > > > > the early 90s.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > this is taken from the bbc 30th anniversary of clue site :
> > > > There was going to be a TV version of Clue but you were deemed
> too
> > > > old for television.
> > > >
> > > > "Tim: Well, we did a pilot. BBC weren't interested, naturally.
> So we
> > > > did a pilot for ITV and everybody seemed to like it. We didn't
> get
> > > > it quite right but it was going in the right direction. It went
> to
> > > > the central area where they decide what to put on and they
> > > > said, "Yes, great programme but could we have some younger
> people in
> > > > it?"
> > > > Barry: Can I apologise for hogging this?
> > > > Graeme: Yes, of course you can.
> > > > Barry: I apologise for hogging this.
> > > > Graeme: At the back of all our minds was the worry that it is
> such a
> > > > radio programme. It really exists on radio and works on radio
> and is
> > > > about radio and putting it on television might somehow take
> away
> > > > from its myth, might somehow spoil the radio show. We were
> never
> > > > 100% about it.
> > > > Tim: I was 100% about it as long as you kept going on on radio
> at
> > > > the same time. That was pure greed though!
> > > > Barry: Willie was ambivalent as I remember, sort of bolt fast
> at one
> > > > point.
> > > > Tim: I would actually quite like to have done it in a way
> because
> > > > then we could have done some visual jokes which you can't do on
> > > > radio. So there would have been an extra element and we started
> to
> > > > try and put those on the pilot, didn't we? And not many of them
> > > > worked because they technically wouldn't work"
> > > >
> > > > if you think that the show would only work on radio what was
> your
> > > > reaction to the thought of the live shows . it worked fine on
> stage
> > > > so i can imagine it would have worked well on tv .
> > > > cheers
> > > > Linda
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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