RADIO SEASON 19 1985-1986
Season length: 11 shows.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Regular Panellists: Kenneth Williams (all shows), Clement Freud (seven shows), Peter Jones (seven shows), Derek Nimmo (seven shows).
Semi-regular Panellists: None.
Guest Panellists: Barry Cryer (two shows), Tim Rice (two shows), Gyles Brandreth (two shows), William Franklyn (two shows), Simon Bates (two shows), Ian Hislop (two shows).
Making A Debut: Simon Bates, Ian Hislop.
Commentary: Kenneth is beginning to sound a bit quieter, but there's some good moments with a good range of guests. The one time three shows were recorded at once, with a special Christmas edition with the gang of four. Ian Hislop is the youngest person yet to play the game at 24, later to be equalled by Ross Noble.
358/19/1
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Broadcast date: 14 December 1985.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Peter Jones.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Nightmares, thunderbolts, Pandora, island of Mylos, Samuel Pepys's rude bits, racing snails, Gretna Green, getting uptight, how to relax.
Winner: Derek Nimmo.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 358th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 316th appearance, Clement Freud's 291st appearance, Peter Jones's 215th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 214th appearance, Ian Messiter's 350th appearance blowing the whistle.
359/19/2
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Broadcast date: 28 December 1985.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Peter Jones.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: The parson's nose, stuffing a bird, Christmas stocking, mince pies, Charles Dickens, crackers, brandy butter, pantomime, robin redbreast, what my aunt gets for Christmas.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 359th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 317th appearance, Clement Freud's 292nd appearance, Peter Jones's 216th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 215th appearance.
360/19/3
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Broadcast date: 4 January 1986.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Gyles Brandreth, Tim Rice.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Doppelganger, fashion, reading instructions, things I keep in jam jars, bark, weaverfish, unusual food, continental breakfast, sericulture, shuttle.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 360th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 318th appearance, Clement Freud's 293rd appearance, Tim Rice's 12th appearance, Gyles Brandreth's 9th appearance.
361/19/4
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Broadcast date: 11 January 1986.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Peter Jones, Simon Bates.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Slapstick, wine, tall story, annoying drivers, teeth, certificates, Sir Benjamin Hall, pleas, wonders of the world.
Winner: Derek Nimmo.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 361st appearance, Kenneth Williams's 319th appearance, Peter Jones's 217th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 216th appearance, Simon Bates's first appearance.
362/19/5
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Broadcast date: 18 January 1986.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Barry Cryer, Ian Hislop.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Trivia, package deal holidays, finishing school, sale, roads, a good subject, pointers, sports, string, nonsense.
Winner: Derek Nimmo.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 362nd appearance, Kenneth Williams's 320th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 217th appearance, Barry Cryer's 14th appearance, Ian Hislop's first appearance.
363/19/6
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Broadcast date: 25 January 1986.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, William Franklyn.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Arabian nights, you, laughter, stomach butterflies, wet picnics, sellers, a wicked thing I did, doing my own thing, going about.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 363rd appearance, Kenneth Williams's 321st appearance, Clement Freud's 294th appearance, Peter Jones's 218th appearance, William Franklyn's 3rd appearance.
364/19/7
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Broadcast date: 1 February 1986.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Peter Jones, Simon Bates.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Luxury, what I did today, builders, brinkmanship, Queen Victoria, breaststroke, waterfalls, the sex life of a ping pong ball, bath night, fibbing, magnet.
Winner: Derek Nimmo.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 364th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 322nd appearance, Peter Jones's 219th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 218th appearance, Simon Bates's 2nd and last appearance.
365/19/8
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Broadcast date: 8 February 1986.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Barry Cryer, Ian Hislop.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Bubble baths, blow, terrarium, Sunday lunch, clutch, Thomas Malthus, paradox, radio telephones, par.
Winner: Barry Cryer.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 365th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 323rd appearance, Derek Nimmo's 219th appearance, Barry Cryer's 15th appearance, Ian Hislop's 2nd and last appearance.
366/19/9
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Broadcast date: 15 February 1986.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Gyles Brandreth, Tim Rice.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Lawyers, confidence tricks, collections, discs, what goes into my wastepaper basket, Christian Doppler, sneezing, header tanks, wisecracks, old wives tales.
Winner: Kenneth Williams.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 366th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 324th appearance, Clement Freud's 295th appearance, Tim Rice's 13th appearance, Gyles Brandreth's 10th appearance.
367/19/10
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Broadcast date: 22 February 1986.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, William Franklyn.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Green jellybabies, auctions, cockroaches, when I do my nut, keeping a diary, sexist advertising, anyone in the third row, handle, banks, mosquitoes, greed, trombones.
Winner: Peter Jones.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 367th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 325th appearance, Clement Freud's 296th appearance, Peter Jones's 220th appearance, William Franklyn's 4th and last appearance.
368/19/11
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Broadcast date: 1 March 1986.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Peter Jones.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Weather, a ferret down my trousers, the chair, monsters of the deep, hot air, rain, Michael Faraday, Venice, Pluto.
Winner: Peter Jones.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 368th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 326th appearance, Clement Freud's 297th appearance, Peter Jones's 221st appearance, Derek Nimmo's 220th appearance, Pete Atkin's last show as producer.
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