RADIO SEASON 20 1987
Season length: 12 shows.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Regular Panellists: Kenneth Williams (all shows), Peter Jones (10 shows), Derek Nimmo (10 shows), Clement Freud (six shows).
Semi-regular Panellists: Tim Rice (four shows).
Guest Panellists: Sheila Hancock (two shows), Alfred Marks (two shows), Eleanor Summerfield (one show), Stanley Unwin (one show).
Making A Debut: Stanley Unwin.
Commentary: Kenneth Williams is ailing and as a result doesn't sound as lively as he did a few years ago. There's a new producer but Edward Taylor's choices make the show seem a bit old, with an average age in the 60s. That the only newcomer is a man in his late 70s doesn't suggest a show trying to rejuvenate itself, which by this time was beginning to sound necessary.
369/20/1
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Broadcast date: 4 April 1987.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Peter Jones.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Customs, moving, classics, spiders, circular, making up, brokerage, bunk, blazers, mist.
Winner: Derek Nimmo.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 369th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 327th appearance, Clement Freud's 298th appearance, Peter Jones's 222nd appearance, Derek Nimmo's 221st appearance, Edward Taylor's first show as producer.
370/20/2
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Broadcast date: 11 April 1987.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Peter Jones, Alfred Marks.
Whistle Blower: Anne Ling.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Talking to plants, Methodists, film, gripping the audience, junk food, the Taj Mahal, a good turn, Victoria Sackville West, my birth sign, locks, having a nice day.
Winner: Kenneth Williams.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 370th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 328th appearance, Peter Jones's 223rd appearance, Derek Nimmo's 222nd appearance, Alfred Marks's 13th appearance.
371/20/3
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Broadcast date: 18 April 1987.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Peter Jones, Tim Rice.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Will power, Stromboli, fudge, unsolicited mail, Marcus Velius Petocilus, cannons, packing, great silent films, the life of Riley, the sex life of a sandhopper.
Winners: Derek Nimmo, Tim Rice and Kenneth Williams.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 371st appearance, Kenneth Williams's 329th appearance, Peter Jones's 224th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 223rd appearance, Tim Rice's 14th appearance.
372/20/4
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Broadcast date: 25 April 1987.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Sheila Hancock, Tim Rice.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Fools, jumpers, service, bathing a baby, lines, plagiarism, fortune telling, dice, Sir Christopher Cockerel, doggerel.
Winner: Tim Rice.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 372nd appearance, Kenneth Williams's 330th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 224th appearance, Sheila Hancock's 70th appearance, Tim Rice's 15th appearance.
373/20/5
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Broadcast date: 2 May 1987.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Peter Jones.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
Venue: London.
Subjects: A grand occasion, bats, winter woolies, snails, Wilmot Earl of Rochester, Singapore, the artistic temperament, red tape, rockers.
Winner: Derek Nimmo.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 373rd appearance, Kenneth Williams's 331st appearance, Clement Freud's 299th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 225th appearance, Peter Jones's 225th appearance.
374/20/6
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Broadcast date: 9 May 1987.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Stanley Unwin.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Winter pyjamas, trips, communication, cards, potatoes, Roman dormouse cooking, classical music, Sappho, the lady I saw you with last night, decoys, art.
Winner: Kenneth Williams.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 374th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 332nd appearance, Clement Freud's 300th appearance, Peter Jones's 226th appearance, Stanley Unwin's first appearance.
375/20/7
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Broadcast date: 16 May 1987.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Peter Jones, Tim Rice.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Habits, my thermal underwear, getting the audience excited, what I do best in 60 seconds, the Seychelles, punks, Buffalo Bill, perfection.
Winners: Tim Rice and Kenneth Williams.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 375th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 333rd appearance, Peter Jones's 227th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 226th appearance, Tim Rice's 16th appearance.
376/20/8
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Broadcast date: 23 May 1987.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Sheila Hancock, Tim Rice.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Ballooning, hedonism, carrying on, half-wits, wits, snoring, Louis The Fourteenth, the driving test, locks.
Winner: Derek Nimmo.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 376th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 334th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 227th appearance, Sheila Hancock's 71st appearance, Tim Rice's 17th appearance.
377/20/9
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Broadcast date: 30 May 1987.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Peter Jones, Alfred Marks.
Whistle Blower: Anne Ling.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Magic, the perfect murder, soul, over Niagara in a barrel, Barnum, decoys, contract, income tax inspectors.
Winner: Derek Nimmo.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 377th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 335th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 228th appearance, Peter Jones's 228th appearance, Alfred Marks's 14th and last appearance, although a clip of him is heard in the 40th anniversary special.
378/20/10
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Broadcast date: 13 June 1987.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Eleanor Summerfield.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Getting animated, estate agents I have known, a good meal, parachuting, Simon Bolivar, Dallas Texas, diction, fun, waiting for the whistle, selling the car, common sense.
Winner: Kenneth Williams.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 378th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 336th appearance, Clement Freud's 301st appearance, Peter Jones's 229th appearance, Eleanor Summerfield's 2nd and last appearance.
379/20/11
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Broadcast date: 20 June 1987.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Peter Jones.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Jersey, omens, salt, Rob Roy, a short address, what should be locked up, Mrs Beeton, herbal remedies, copper, farce, puns.
Winner: Kenneth Williams.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 379th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 337th appearance, Clement Freud's 302nd appearance, Peter Jones's 230th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 229th appearance.
380/20/12
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Broadcast date: 27 June 1987.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Peter Jones.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Glory, fast food, corn, Chile, rules, fancy dress, bedroom slippers, forging ahead, stamp, expense accounts, wine.
Winner: Derek Nimmo.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 380th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 338th appearance, Clement Freud's 303rd appearance, Peter Jones's 231st appearance, Derek Nimmo's 230th appearance.
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