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Re: something clue fans might like to read.

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thomaswake16Sep 22, 2008
 

 
Excellent, thanks for this.

I'd also like to note that the tour DVD is available to pre-order on
Amazon and Play.

--- In just-a-minute@..., "linda" <irishmanufan@...> wrote:
>
> i would'nt noramly post the i'm sorry i haven't a clue offical
> mailing list mail out here but jon naismith has some interesting
> things to say about the future of clue and who will host it . i
> include all of it here .
>
> Dear I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Mailing List Member,
>
> It seems an opportune moment to communicate after the hiatus caused
> by the death of our beloved Chairman Humph in April this year.
>
> Firstly, on behalf of the team, I'd like to thank the thousands of
> you who sent us messages of condolence. There were so many I regret
> I have still not replied to 900 or so - I promise I will in due
> course. And belatedly, on Humph's behalf, I'd like to thank the
> thousands who sent Humph "Get Well" messages when he first went into
> hospital. I spent several hours printing out as many as I could and
> took a huge pile of them in for Humph to read in his hospital bed.
> I'm so pleased he was able to able to appreciate the scale of
> everyone's affection for him at what must have been a very worrying
> time.
>
> You will probably have heard the various Radio tributes to Humph
> since his death. I do hope you caught the ISIHAC team's tribute to
> the great man on 15th June narrated by Stephen Fry. If you didn't,
> I'm pleased to say that BBC Audiobooks will be releasing it later
> this year, together with the show Humph In Wonderland which we
> recorded last Christmas. I will send further details of these in
> due course.
>
> And you might also have read Radio 4's announcement that we will be
> continuing with I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue in 2009. We have all
> been slightly ambivalent about continuing the show without Humph,
> but have been greatly encouraged by the huge number of emails you've
> sent encouraging us to keep going. Despite the rumours, we've made
> no decisions about possible replacements for Humph, and are unlikely
> to make any decisions this year at least. Certainly I don't
> envisage us selecting anyone on a permanent basis for several series.
>
> For anyone suffering withdrawal symptoms in the absence of their
> biannual dose of 'Clue', there are several programmes and
> publications either currently available or in the pipeline...
>
> * On BBC iPlayer you can currently catch both the BBC4 tribute to
> Humph, and a half-hour excerpt from the ISIHAC Tour show we filmed
> at the Lowry Centre in Salford earlier this year. This is the only
> complete film of ISIHAC in existence and was the last recording
> Humph made before he went into hospital just ten days later. We
> will be releasing the entire show as a DVD in due course, hopefully
> by Christmas. The links to the iPlayer shows are as follows: For
> the BBC4 Humph Tribute it's
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00ddwcy/ and for the half-hour
> tour show except it's http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00dmpd2/
>
> * On 10th October our publisher Trevor Dolby at Preface Books is
> bringing out the complete collection of Humph's introductions to all
> the places we visited over seventeen years touring the show, written
> by Iain Pattinson. The book is entitled Lyttelton's Britain and
> contains a large amount of previously unbroadcast material. As I
> say in a foreword to the book, I think the combination of Iain
> Pattinson and Humphrey Lyttelton has been the single most important
> writer/performer partnership in British Radio since Galton & Simpson
> started writing for Tony Hancock. It's a wonderful and hilarious
> collection and I confidently predict it will be a best-seller. You
> can pre-order a copy of Lyttelton's Britain now, and Trevor is
> offering this book at a special discounted rate of 35% off the
> retail price to members of this mailing list - that's less than
> Amazon. Just go to http://www.chairmanhumph.co.uk/ and click
> on 'Pre-Order Now', then enter the promotional code 'Lyttelton'
> before purchasing, and the price will amend to £9.74 plus £2.75
> postage, so £12.49 in total.
>
> * Finally, I must tell you that our good friend and Clue regular
> Andy Hamilton is touring his one man show 'Hat of Doom' around the
> country over twenty dates from now until early December. You will
> of course know Andy from his regular appearances on The News Quiz as
> well as Radio 4's Old Harry's Game. Andy was co-creator and writer
> of Channel 4's legendary Drop The Dead Donkey and has recently co-
> created and written the stunningly good BBC1 sitcom Outnumbered,
> which returns for a second series this Autumn. For the complete
> list of Andy's tour dates, go to:
> http://www.varietylives.com/schedule.html
>
> And that's about it for now. I will of course keep you posted of
> any future developments.
>
> With best wishes
>
> Jon Naismith
> Producer, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
>
> graeme garden and barry cryer during interviews for their new book
> of hamish and dougal scrpits have said the same thing . there will
> be no permanet new host at least for the next season if not longer .
>
> it will be interesting to see how this works out .
>
> by the way i have the legends humphrey lyttleton on megaupload
> should anyone be interested .
>
> cheers
> Linda
>

 
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