RADIO SEASON 12 1978
Season length: 14 shows.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Regular Panellists: Kenneth Williams (all shows), Clement Freud (12 shows), Peter Jones (10 shows).
Semi-regular Panellists: Derek Nimmo (six shows), Sheila Hancock (four shows).
Guest Panellists: Patrick Moore (two shows), Janet Brown (two shows), Bernard Cribbins (two shows), Tommy Trinder (two shows), June Whitfield (two shows).
Making A Debut: Bernard Cribbins, Tommy Trinder, June Whitfield.
Commentary: The show is cut back to 14 shows, almost half the previous seasons. Tommy Trinder makes for a unique guest, amid some very fine shows. Kenneth appears in all shows as he was to do for the next 11 years.
246/12/1
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Broadcast date: 21 February 1978.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Sheila Hancock, Bernard Cribbins.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: John Browell.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Fools, steam rollers, fishing, sex equality, Erasmus Darwin, farce, tree felling, sporting women.
Winner: Sheila Hancock.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 246th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 204th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 152nd appearance, Sheila Hancock's 57th appearance, Bernard Cribbins's first appearance.
247/12/2
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Broadcast date: 28 February 1978.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Patrick Moore.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: John Browell.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Superstition, making the best of bathtime, Beckelin Lloyd Bauer, eliminating paperwork, the perfect murder, Hitler's big mistake, being in the chorus, being found out, my sensations.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 247th appearance, Clement Freud's 219th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 205th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 153rd appearance, Patrick Moore's 7th appearance.
248/12/3
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Broadcast date: 7 March 1978.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Tommy Trinder.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: John Browell.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Being scared, passports, a good fiddle, music hall, Aimee Semple MacPherson, beauty, my pleasure, pudding.
Winner: Kenneth Williams.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 248th appearance, Clement Freud's 220th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 206th appearance, Peter Jones's 141st appearance, Tommy Trinder's first appearance. This show on Just A Classic Minute Volume 4.
249/12/4
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Broadcast date: 14 March 1978.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Janet Brown.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: John Browell.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Eccentrics, how to cook locusts, doing people good, the Moon, Louis the Fifteenth, the green eye of the little yellow god, my destiny, pictures, conveyancing.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 249th appearance, Clement Freud's 221st appearance, Kenneth Williams's 207th appearance, Peter Jones's 142nd appearance, Janet Brown's 5th appearance.
250/12/5
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Broadcast date: 21 March 1978.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, June Whitfield.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: John Browell.
Venue: London.
Subjects: What makes me burst with pride, critics, phobias, paper tearing, James the First of England, frightening noises, cooking, crossing the channel by balloon.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 250th appearance, Clement Freud's 222nd appearance, Kenneth Williams's 208th appearance, Peter Jones's 143rd appearance, June Whitfield's first appearance.
251/12/6
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Broadcast date: 28 March 1978.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Sheila Hancock.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: John Browell.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Making a good start, bubbles, taps, travel, Euclid, life after marriage, wits, contrasts, keeping pigs, the deadliest of the seven sins.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 251st appearance, Clement Freud's 223rd appearance, Kenneth Williams's 209th appearance, Peter Jones's 144th appearance, Sheila Hancock's 58th appearance, Ian Messiter's 250th appearance blowing the whistle.
252/12/7
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Broadcast date: 4 April 1978.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Peter Jones.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: John Browell.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Salesmen, panache, gambits, odd people, Francis Bacon, traps, my swimsuit, strings, Jack Ketch.
Winners: Peter Jones and Derek Nimmo.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 252nd appearance, Clement Freud's 224th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 210th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 154th appearance, Peter Jones's 145th appearance.
253/12/8
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Broadcast date: 11 April 1978.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Sheila Hancock, Bernard Cribbins.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: John Browell.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Customs, why elephants can't jump, wind power, ambition, watches, how to stop hiccups, fables, Troy.
Winner: Derek Nimmo.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 253rd appearance, Kenneth Williams's 211th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 155th appearance, Sheila Hancock's 59th appearance, Bernard Cribbins's second and last appearance.
254/12/9
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Broadcast date: 18 April 1978.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Patrick Moore.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: John Browell.
Venue: London.
Subjects: How to become celebrated, my ambition, burglar alarms, absolute gravity, Jeremy Bentham, censorship, successful fibbing, popular misconceptions.
Winner: Kenneth Williams.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 254th appearance, Clement Freud's 225th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 212th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 156th appearance, Patrick Moore's 8th appearance.
255/12/10
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Broadcast date: 25 April 1978.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Tommy Trinder.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: John Browell.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Why parrots don't sneeze, inspirational flashes, Mrs Beeton, my hat, records, Pericles, whelks, Blondin, graffiti, my biographer.
Winner: Peter Jones.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 255th appearance, Clement Freud's 226th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 213th appearance, Peter Jones's 146th appearance, Tommy Trinder's second and last appearance, although a clip of him is heard in the 40th anniversary show.
256/12/11
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Broadcast date: 2 May 1978.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Janet Brown.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: John Browell.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Moose, tension, my home town, jelly, still, Robert Houdin, gold, parrots, what I do to win this game, genius, my favourite film.
Winner: Kenneth Williams.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 256th appearance, Clement Freud's 227th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 214th appearance, Peter Jones's 147th appearance, Janet Brown's 6th and last appearance.
257/12/12
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Broadcast date: 9 May 1978.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, June Whitfield.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: John Browell.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Attack, my friend's aunt, stimulating the dozy ones, fairgrounds, competition, my popadoms, Thomas Hardy, nursery rhymes, gruntling, hanging on to your money.
Winners: Clement Freud, Peter Jones and Kenneth Williams.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 257th appearance, Clement Freud's 228th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 215th appearance, Peter Jones's 148th appearance, June Whitfield's second and last appearance.
258/12/13
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Broadcast date: 16 May 1978.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Sheila Hancock.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: John Browell.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Making up, hilarity, sausage rolls, staying happy, my worst moment, phlogiston, singing, James Watt, Shangrila, good salesmanship.
Winners: Clement Freud and Sheila Hancock.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 258th appearance, Clement Freud's 229th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 216th appearance, Peter Jones's 149th appearance, Sheila Hancock's 60th appearance.
259/12/14
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Broadcast date: 23 May 1978.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Peter Jones.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: John Browell.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Getting wound up, eggs, forgetting the tag-line, brickworks, monk, whistles, sweet Fanny Adams, the Great Piazza Coffee House.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 259th appearance, Clement Freud's 230th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 217th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 157th appearance, Peter Jones's 150th appearance, John Browell's last show as producer.
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