RADIO SEASON 18 1984-1985
Season length: 20 shows.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Regular Panellists: Kenneth Williams (all shows), Clement Freud (12 shows), Peter Jones (12 shows), Derek Nimmo (12 shows).
Semi-regular Panellists: Tim Rice (four shows), Martin Jarvis (four shows), Henry Kelly (three shows).
Guest Panellists: Sheila Hancock (two shows), Barry Cryer (two shows), Gyles Brandreth (two shows), Libby Purves (two shows), John Baddeley (two shows), William Franklyn (two shows), Toni Arthur (one show).
Making A Debut: Toni Arthur, John Baddeley, William Franklyn, Martin Jarvis, Henry Kelly.
Commentary: These shows were recorded towards the end of 1983, and the start of 1984 and it seems certain that at the time it was expected that they would all run in 1984. But the Beeb cut the 1984 offerings of 10 shows, with the remaninder running in 1985. The shows themselves are good fun with Kenneth especially prominent. But there are signs that maybe the time was approaching when a shake-up might be needed. A new approach to the theme music, even slower than before, is in place for three years.
338/18/1
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Broadcast date: 16 June 1984.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Tim Rice.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: The opening shot, getting locked in, my undoing, sigillography, witticisms, unconventional sources of energy, unblocking the kitchen sink, ESP.
Winner: Tim Rice.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 338th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 296th appearance, Clement Freud's 279th appearance, Peter Jones's 203rd appearance, Tim Rice's 8th appearance.
339/18/2
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Broadcast date: 23 June 1984.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Libby Purves, Henry Kelly.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Getting a thrill, cards, lie detectors, fortune telling, Lymphenburg Palace near Munich, a book I should have read, keeping fit, my greatest mistake, modesty.
Winner: Libby Purves.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 339th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 297th appearance, Clement Freud's 280th appearance, Libby Purves's 4th appearance, Henry Kelly's first appearance.
340/18/3
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Broadcast date: 30 June 1984.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Gyles Brandreth, Martin Jarvis.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: A hoax, paws, spooks, the Bermuda Triangle, Sri Lanka, the last time I pulled a cracker, how to make friends with a centipede, slot machines, duck, busking.
Winner: Gyles Brandreth.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 340th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 298th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 202nd appearance, Gyles Brandreth's 7th appearance, Martin Jarvis's first appearance.
341/18/4
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Broadcast date: 7 July 1984.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Peter Jones, William Franklyn.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: My gambit, keeping a room tidy, puffin, alchemy, Hindenburg Zeppelin, getting noticed, doggerel, stage fright, press.
Winner: Derek Nimmo.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 341st appearance, Kenneth Williams's 299th appearance, Peter Jones's 204th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 203rd appearance, William Franklyn's first appearance.
342/18/5
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Broadcast date: 14 July 1984.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, John Baddeley.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: The Marie Celeste, picnics, getting abroad for the holidays, avoiding crocodiles, dirty tricks, unsolicited mail, billiards, boar's head, nepotism, croquet.
Winner: Derek Nimmo.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 342nd appearance, Kenneth Williams's 300th appearance, Clement Freud's 281st appearance, Derek Nimmo's 204th appearance, John Baddeley's first appearance.
343/18/6
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Broadcast date: 21 July 1984.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Henry Kelly.
Whistle Blower: Mary Bell.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Encouragement, the origin of the cocktail stick, pudding, being interviewed, theatre of the absurd, autographs, what I can do in a minute, spring heeled Jack, press reporting, likeable chimney pots.
Winner: Peter Jones.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 343rd appearance, Kenneth Williams's 301st appearance, Clement Freud's 282nd appearance, Peter Jones's 205th appearance, Henry Kelly's 2nd appearance, Mary Bell's first appearance blowing the whistle.
344/18/7
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Broadcast date: 28 July 1984.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Gyles Brandreth, Martin Jarvis.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Hide, birds, writing books, sentences, champagne, fishing.
Winner: Martin Jarvis.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 344th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 302nd appearance, Derek Nimmo's 205th appearance, Gyles Brandreth's 8th appearance, Martin Jarvis's 2nd appearance.
345/18/8
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Broadcast date: 4 August 1984.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, John Baddeley.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Tongue twisters, calorie counting, my talent, adders, offence, Hipparchus, haunted theatres, what went on behind the gymnasium, the biggest fib I ever told, how they found me out, saving petrol, static.
Winner: Kenneth Williams.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 345th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 303rd appearance, Clement Freud's 283rd appearance, Derek Nimmo's 206th appearance, John Baddeley's 2nd and last appearance.
346/18/9
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Broadcast date: 11 August 1984.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Peter Jones, Tim Rice, Barry Cryer.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Looking to the future, rhinoceros, fairgrounds, Athens, hobgoblins, slapstick, jargon, sorting myself out, power of the mind, my hobby.
Winner: Kenneth Williams.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 346th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 304th appearance, Peter Jones's 206th appearance, Barry Cryer's 12th appearance, Tim Rice's 9th appearance.
347/18/10
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Broadcast date: 18 August 1984.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Peter Jones.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Sparkle, one of the seven deadly sins, being sincere when you don't mean it, strange laws, clerihews, Vesuvius, fallacies, a pistol shot, stopping hiccups, losing one's baggage.
Winners: Clement Freud and Derek Nimmo.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 347th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 305th appearance, Clement Freud's 284th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 207th appearance, Peter Jones's 207th appearance.
348/18/11
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Broadcast date: 6 February 1985.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Peter Jones, Martin Jarvis.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Taking command, barley, second-hand cars, package deal holidays, Halley's Comet, avoiding a party, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, the eighth wonder of the world, the occult.
Winner: Derek Nimmo.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 348th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 306th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 208th appearance, Peter Jones's 208th appearance, Martin Jarvis's 3rd appearance.
349/18/12
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Broadcast date: 13 February 1985.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Libby Purves, Toni Arthur.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: What I saw in a joke shop, laughing gas, things I hide under my bed, the Naska ground drawings, the Mad Hatter's tea party, barbecue, passports, fan letters I answer, the terrors of show business.
Winners: Clement Freud and Kenneth Williams.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 349th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 307th appearance, Clement Freud's 285th appearance, Libby Purves's 5th and last appearance, Toni Arthur's only appearance.
350/18/13
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Broadcast date: 20 February 1985.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Tim Rice.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Punctuality, swimming, stowaways, keeping fish, the worst film I ever saw, Girolamo Savonarola, bears, milking a cow, my favourite sport, bluff.
Winner: Kenneth Williams.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 350th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 308th appearance, Clement Freud's 286th appearance, Peter Jones's 209th appearance, Tim Rice's 10th appearance.
351/18/14
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Broadcast date: 27 February 1985.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: The Taj Mahal, fun in Scunthorpe, plots, how to cheer up a semolina pudding, pop goes the weasel, reasons to eat garlic, dreadful puns, reading the Riot Act, fixing roulette wheels, my giddy aunt.
Winner: Derek Nimmo.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 351st appearance, Kenneth Williams's 309th appearance, Clement Freud's 287th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 209th appearance, Sheila Hancock's 68th appearance, Pete Atkin's 50th show as producer.
352/18/15
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Broadcast date: 6 March 1985.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Peter Jones, Martin Jarvis.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: A turn, mosquitoes, Sam Goldwyn, snoring, Hercules and the hydra, phobias, weights, Bognor Regis, falling out of bed, a flash in the pan.
Winners: Peter Jones and Derek Nimmo.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 352nd appearance, Kenneth Williams's 310th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 210th appearance, Peter Jones's 210th appearance, Martin Jarvis's 4th appearance.
353/18/16
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Broadcast date: 13 March 1985.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Henry Kelly.
Whistle Blower: Mary Bell.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Seals, falling in love, electrifying the audience, what I keep in old jam jars, genealogy, petty cash, Diogenes, spaghetti, home-made beer, an odd fact, limelight.
Winner: Kenneth Williams.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 353rd appearance, Kenneth Williams's 311th appearance, Clement Freud's 288th appearance, Peter Jones's 211th appearance, Henry Kelly's 3rd and last appearance, Mary Bell's 2nd and last appearance blowing the whistle.
354/18/17
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Broadcast date: 20 March 1985.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Milking a camel, a short address, avoiding tax, sharks, it's a strange thing I saw on my travels, standing in the corner, Nijinsky, snorkelling, the Beaujolais, my worst moment on stage.
Winner: Derek Nimmo.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 354th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 312th appearance, Clement Freud's 289th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 211th appearance, Sheila Hancock's 69th appearance.
355/18/18
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Broadcast date: 27 March 1985.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Peter Jones, William Franklyn.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Hail, finches, an odd orchestral instrument, branches, the stain on the floor, quasars, when my big end went, bugs, sensation.
Winner: Derek Nimmo.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 355th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 313th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 212th appearance, Peter Jones's 212th appearance, William Franklyn's 2nd appearance.
356/18/19
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Broadcast date: 3 April 1985.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Peter Jones, Tim Rice, Barry Cryer.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Epics, relations, dogs, how to cure backache, Parkinson's law, rhymes, getting locked out, spell.
Winner: Tim Rice.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 356th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 314th appearance, Peter Jones's 213th appearance, Barry Cryer's 13th appearance, Tim Rice's 11th appearance.
357/18/20
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Broadcast date: 10 April 1985.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Peter Jones.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: The intellectual members of our audience, taking the chair, Spoonerisms, my personal evolution, a deadlier sin than the one Derek Nimmo talked about a few weeks back, taking photographs, deal, Joseph Priestly, my forebears, the binary system.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 357th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 315th appearance, Clement Freud's 290th appearance, Peter Jones's 214th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 213th appearance.
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