RADIO SEASON 35 1999
Season length: 10 shows.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Regular Panellists: Clement Freud (eight shows), Peter Jones (eight shows), Paul Merton (eight shows).
Semi-regular Panellists: None.
Guest Panellists: Tony Hawks (two shows), Graham Norton (two shows), Kit Hesketh-Harvey (two shows), Steve Frost (two shows), Fred MacAulay (two shows), Stephen Fry (two shows), Jenny Eclair (two shows), Richard Vranch (one show), Greg Proops (one show).
Making A Debut: None.
Commentary: The first season without Derek features plenty of Clement, Peter and Paul, with strong back-up including a returning Stephen Fry. Some excellent shows among this bunch with the shows with Stephen a particular highlight.
507/35/1
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Broadcast date: 5 July 1999.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Stephen Fry.
Whistle Blower: Jane Gibson.
Producer: Chris Neill.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Flirting, mint, making a silk purse out of a sow's ear, limbering up, my sixth sense, rubber plants, when less is more, Charles Dickens, peeling an orange.
Winner: Peter Jones.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 555th appearance, Clement Freud's 396th appearance, Peter Jones's 320th appearance, Paul Merton's 75th appearance, Stephen Fry's 7th appearance. this show on Just A Minute 4.
508/35/2
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Broadcast date: 12 July 1999.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Graham Norton, Fred MacAulay.
Whistle Blower: Jane Gibson.
Producer: Chris Neill.
Venue: Glasgow.
Subjects: Breeding porcupines, tartan, vital statistics, the new rock and roll, nuts in May, derring-do, a fiendish mind, dirty laughs, the face in the crowd, the final twist.
Winner: Paul Merton.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 556th appearance, Clement Freud's 397th appearance, Paul Merton's 76th appearance, Graham Norton's 14th appearance, Fred MacAulay's 8th appearance.
509/35/3
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Broadcast date: 19 July 1999.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Peter Jones,, Jenny Eclair Kit Hesketh-Harvey, Steve Frost.
Whistle Blower: Jane Gibson.
Producer: Chris Neill.
Venue: Oxford.
Subjects: Dreaming spires, Svengali, the millennium bug, Oxford brogues, thinking out loud, May ball, fishing for compliments, the one-way system, brown envelope.
Winners: Steve Frost and Kit Hesketh-Harvey.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 557th appearance, Peter Jones's 321st appearance, Kit Hesketh-Harvey's 15th appearance, Steve Frost's 13th appearance, Jenny Eclair's 7th appearance.
510/35/4
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Broadcast date: 26 July 1999.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Tony Hawks.
Whistle Blower: Jane Gibson.
Producer: Chris Neill.
Venue: York.
Subjects: The wrong number, sticking my neck out, testing times, a close shave, the best way to eat spaghetti, a moonlight flit, summer season, the shambles, a good bedside manner.
Winner: Paul Merton.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 558th appearance, Clement Freud's 398th appearance, Peter Jones's 322nd appearance, Paul Merton's 77th appearance, Tony Hawks's 34th appearance.
511/35/5
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Broadcast date: 2 August 1999.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Peter Jones, Jenny Eclair, Kit Hesketh-Harvey, Steve Frost.
Whistle Blower: Jane Gibson.
Producer: Chris Neill.
Venue: Oxford.
Subjects: Mother tongue, the union, breaking the mould, boat race, focus groups, a special skill, the life I wish I had led, rhyming couplets, a mug's game, the hardest lesson of all.
Winner: Jenny Eclair.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 559th appearance, Peter Jones's 323rd appearance, Kit Hesketh-Harvey's 16th appearance, Steve Frost's 14th appearance, Jenny Eclair's 8th appearance.
512/35/6
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Broadcast date: 9 August 1999.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Stephen Fry.
Whistle Blower: Jane Gibson.
Producer: Chris Neill.
Venue: London.
Subjects: The novel inside me, wearing my other hat, loudspeakers, lottery, timetables, the green eyed monster, mouse mats, housekeeping, counting sheep.
Winners: Clement Freud and Stephen Fry.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 560th appearance, Clement Freud's 399th appearance, Peter Jones's 324th appearance, Paul Merton's 78th appearance, Stephen Fry's 8th appearance.
513/35/7
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Broadcast date: 16 August 1999.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Greg Proops.
Whistle Blower: Jane Gibson.
Producer: Chris Neill.
Venue: Edinburgh.
Subjects: The end of the century, school days, my most embarrassing purchase, the black sheep of the family, glad rags, the glitterati, duck, the best of a bad bunch, an old fashioned look, deviation.
Winner: Paul Merton.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 561st appearance, Clement Freud's 400th appearance, Peter Jones's 325th appearance, Paul Merton's 79th appearance, Greg Proops's 4th appearance. This show on Just A Minute 4.
514/35/8
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Broadcast date: 23 August 1999.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Richard Vranch.
Whistle Blower: Jane Gibson.
Producer: Chris Neill.
Venue: Edinburgh.
Subjects: Something I do only in Edinburgh, double agent, green fingers, volcano, gizmoes, the twinkle in my eye, cellar, what this audience needs to know, eating my words, neeps and tatties.
Winner: Paul Merton.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 562nd appearance, Clement Freud's 401st appearance, Peter Jones's 326th appearance, Paul Merton's 80th appearance, Richard Vranch's 9th and last appearance and only radio appearance.
515/35/9
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Broadcast date: 30 August 1999.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Tony Hawks.
Whistle Blower: Jane Gibson.
Producer: Chris Neill.
Venue: York.
Subjects: York, inferiority complex, pudding, flannel, the bait, double bill, snakes and ladders, chop suey, my best chat-up lines, window shopping.
Winner: Peter Jones.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 563rd appearance, Clement Freud's 402nd appearance, Peter Jones's 327th appearance, Paul Merton's 81st appearance, Tony Hawks's 35th appearance.
516/35/10
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Broadcast date: 6 September 1999.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Graham Norton, Fred MacAulay.
Whistle Blower: Jane Gibson.
Producer: Chris Neill.
Venue: Glasgow.
Subjects: Speakeasy, tieing the knot, the West Lothian question, the lifecycle of a mayfly, the shortest night, bangers and mash, what I'd be doing if I wasn't doing this, chancing my arm, penny pinching, a wee dock and doris.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 564th appearance, Clement Freud's 403rd appearance, Paul Merton's 82nd appearance, Graham Norton's 15th appearance, Fred MacAulay's 9th appearance, Jane Gibson's last appearance blowing the whistle.
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