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Re: something clue fans might like to read.

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MiriamSep 25, 2008
 

 
I preordered yesterday. And I am STILL waiting for the Paul Merton in
China that I preordered in Dec 20008! The release date keeps getting
pushed back over and over! #@%^! Miriam


--- In just-a-minute@..., "thomaswake16"
<thomaswake16@...> wrote:

>
> 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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