RADIO SEASON 6 1971-1972
Season length: 26 shows.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons (25 shows), Andree Melly (one show).
Regular Panellists: Clement Freud (all shows), Kenneth Williams (all shows), Peter Jones (all shows).
Semi-regular Panellists: Andree Melly (11 shows), Sheila Hancock (eight shows).
Guest Panellists: Aimi Macdonald (two shows), Juno Alexander (two shows), Katharine Whitehorn (two shows), Nicholas Parsons (one show).
Making A Debut: Peter Jones.
Commentary: The introduction of Peter Jones is something of a turning point in the show's history, with his style of poking fun at himself and the show bringing to an end any idea that the game is something to be taken as a serious contest. Peter was filling in for Derek Nimmo overseas but quickly stood out as someone from whom more should be heard. Andree makes her only appearance as chairman. Andree and Sheila have clearly cemented their places as the most regular woman foils for the three male panellists.
90/6/1
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Broadcast date: 12 October 1971.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Andree Melly.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: David Hatch.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Doing my own thing, surprises, how I feel in hot pants, being a new boy, getting the wind up.
Winner: Andree Melly.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 90th appearance, Clement Freud's 90th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 74th appearance, Andree Melly's 23rd appearance, Peter Jones's first appearance.
91/6/2
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Broadcast date: 19 October 1971.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Andree Melly.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: David Hatch.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Playing with my yoyo, friendship, bangers, coconuts, gossip, cannons.
Winner: Andree Melly.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 91st appearance, Clement Freud's 91st appearance, Kenneth Williams's 75th appearance, Andree Melly's 24th appearance, Peter Jones's second appearance.
92/6/3
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Broadcast date: 26 October 1971.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Andree Melly.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: David Hatch.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Men, gunge, my behaviour, a fool, things that make me laugh, bedtime stories, quotations worth repeating.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 92nd appearance, Clement Freud's 92nd appearance, Kenneth Williams's 76th appearance, Andree Melly's 25th appearance, Peter Jones's third appearance.
93/6/4
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Broadcast date: 2 November 1971.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Andree Melly.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: David Hatch.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Being tickled, slang, figures, pearls, the press, self-control, unusual things I have eaten, rubbish.
Winner: Andree Melly.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 93rd appearance, Clement Freud's 93rd appearance, Kenneth Williams's 77th appearance, Andree Melly's 26th appearance, Peter Jones's 4th appearance.
94/6/5
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Broadcast date: 9 November 1971.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Sheila Hancock.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: David Hatch.
Venue: London.
Subjects: The chairman, the love of my life, getting in a flap, Caliostro, roses, Hollywood, keeping up with the Joneses, Joseph Michael Montgolfier, journalism.
Winner: Sheila Hancock.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 94th appearance, Clement Freud's 94th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 78th appearance, Sheila Hancock's 17th appearance, Peter Jones's 5th appearance.
95/6/6
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Broadcast date: 16 November 1971.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Sheila Hancock.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: David Hatch.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Just a minute, poetry, surf riding, happenings, hokum, keeping a book, things to do in a train, being very serious.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 95th appearance, Clement Freud's 95th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 79th appearance, Sheila Hancock's 18th appearance, Peter Jones's 6th appearance.
96/6/7
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Broadcast date: 23 November 1971.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Sheila Hancock.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: David Hatch.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Lights, swashbuckling, Sir Francis Dashwood, meteorology, conjuring, sheep's eyes.
Winner: Sheila Hancock.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 96th appearance, Clement Freud's 96th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 80th appearance, Sheila Hancock's 19th appearance, Peter Jones's 7th appearance.
97/6/8
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Broadcast date: 30 November 1971.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Sheila Hancock.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: David Hatch.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Treachery, my future, my past, my present, stuff and nonsense, women's lib, useful hints.
Winner: Sheila Hancock.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 97th appearance, Clement Freud's 97th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 81st appearance, Sheila Hancock's 20th appearance, Peter Jones's 8th appearance.
98/6/9
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Broadcast date: 7 December 1971.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Katharine Whitehorn.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: David Hatch.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Flamboyancy, dogma, spiders, Lady Godiva, handicap, red tape, introductions.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 98th appearance, Clement Freud's 98th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 82nd appearance, Peter Jones's 9th appearance, Katharine Whitehorn's second appearance.
99/6/10
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Broadcast date: 14 December 1971.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Katharine Whitehorn.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: David Hatch.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Essentials, oysters, pears, fright, affection, sin, goodness, embarrassments.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 99th appearance, Clement Freud's 99th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 83rd appearance, Peter Jones's 10th appearance, Katharine Whitehorn's third and last appearance.
100/6/11
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Broadcast date: 21 December 1971.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Aimi Macdonald.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: David Hatch.
Venue: London.
Subjects: How to live to be a hundred years old, hundreds and thousands, the hundred days, making excuses, my giddy aunt, doing my nut, why I enjoy dancing the can-can.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 100th appearance, Clement Freud's 100th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 84th appearance, Peter Jones's 11th appearance, Aimi Macdonald's 6th appearance, Ian Messiter's 100th appearance blowing the whistle.
101/6/12
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Broadcast date: 28 December 1971.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Aimi Macdonald.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: David Hatch.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Optimism, sweet Williams, how to win friends, how to influence people, how to win at Just A Minute, balderdash, the horse.
Winners: Clement Freud and Aimi Macdonald.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 101st appearance, Clement Freud's 101st appearance, Kenneth Williams's 85th appearance, Peter Jones's 12th appearance, Aimi Macdonald's 7th appearance.
102/6/13
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Broadcast date: 4 January 1972.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Andree Melly.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: David Hatch.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Impulses. hopes, superstitions, Hadrian, the leaning tower of Pisa, tadpoles, cunning, Wednesday, racing.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 102nd appearance, Clement Freud's 102nd appearance, Kenneth Williams's 86th appearance, Andree Melly's 27th appearance, Peter Jones's 13th appearance.
103/6/14
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Broadcast date: 11 January 1972.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Andree Melly.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: David Hatch.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Cooking an octopus, bills, tourists, what I do when nobody's looking, profity, how I apply my mascara, rodomontade, geysers.
Winner: Kenneth Williams.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 103rd appearance, Clement Freud's 103rd appearance, Kenneth Williams's 87th appearance, Andree Melly's 28th appearance, Peter Jones's 14th appearance.
104/6/15
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Broadcast date: 18 January 1972.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Andree Melly.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: David Hatch.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Sensible winter underwear, my favourite sport, the most fun I ever had, why good cooking is a mark of civilisation, old jokes, charm, powder, the great bed of Ware.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 104th appearance, Clement Freud's 104th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 88th appearance, Andree Melly's 29th appearance, Peter Jones's 15th appearance.
105/6/16
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Broadcast date: 25 January 1972.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Andree Melly.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: David Hatch.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Jazz, Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hide, the best day of my life, the animal I would be if I were not human, the art of being feminine, power, happiness.
Winners: Clement Freud and Peter Jones.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 105th appearance, Clement Freud's 105th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 89th appearance, Andree Melly's 30th appearance, Peter Jones's 16th appearance.
106/6/17
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Broadcast date: 1 February 1972.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Sheila Hancock.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: simon Brett.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Quince, if I was sent to the Moon, the wind, confetti, the book I plan to write, innocence, Nero, nonsense, umbrage.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 106th appearance, Clement Freud's 106th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 90th appearance, Sheila Hancock's 21st appearance, Peter Jones's 17th appearance.
107/6/18
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Broadcast date: 8 February 1972.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Sheila Hancock.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: simon Brett.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Noise, fruit cup, finding a caterpillar in the salad, Louis Lumiere, attracting attention, lifesavers, independence, my vibrations, pets.
Winner: Sheila Hancock.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 107th appearance, Clement Freud's 107th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 91st appearance, Sheila Hancock's 22nd appearance, Peter Jones's 18th appearance.
108/6/19
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Broadcast date: 15 February 1972.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Sheila Hancock.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: David Hatch.
Venue: London.
Subjects: My life so far, unblocking the drain, seeing a friend off at the railway station, my friends, what Gladstone said in 1888, my favourite humorist, truth.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 108th appearance, Clement Freud's 108th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 92nd appearance, Sheila Hancock's 23rd appearance, Peter Jones's 19th appearance.
109/6/20
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Broadcast date: 22 February 1972.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Sheila Hancock.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: David Hatch.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Frozen food, art, the qualities that make up the ideal woman, the qualities that make up the ideal man, Suetonius, things that make me angry, tiddlywinks, inexperience, difficulties, follies.
Winner: Kenneth Williams.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 109th appearance, Clement Freud's 109th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 93rd appearance, Sheila Hancock's 24th appearance, Peter Jones's 20th appearance.
110/6/21
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Broadcast date: 29 February 1972.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Juno Alexander.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Simon Brett.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Fellow feeling, my desserts, one size tights, small talk, talking big, sense, joy, Machiavelli, optical illusions.
Winners: Clement Freud and Kenneth Williams.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 110th appearance, Clement Freud's 110th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 94th appearance, Peter Jones's 21st appearance, Juno Alexander's third appearance.
111/6/22
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Broadcast date: 7 March 1972.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Juno Alexander.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Simon Brett.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Hats, cornucopia, my favourite subject, pie, driving a bargain, Benito Mussolini, olives, fat heads.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 111th appearance, Clement Freud's 111th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 95th appearance, Peter Jones's 22nd appearance, Juno Alexander's 4th and last appearance.
112/6/23
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Broadcast date: 14 March 1972.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Andree Melly.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Simon Brett.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Highways and byways, what the butler saw, whims and fancies, my doings, how to avoid an emotional crisis while selecting a French pastry, putting a sock in it, the heebie-jeebies, the in thing.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 112th appearance, Clement Freud's 112th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 96th appearance, Andree Melly's 31st appearance, Peter Jones's 23rd appearance.
113/6/24
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Broadcast date: 21 March 1972.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Andree Melly.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: Simon Brett.
Venue: London.
Subjects: The abdabs, notwithstanding, mud wrestling, Doctor Johnson, kippers as pets, bloaters as enemies, when I was seven, sympathy, riddles.
Winner: Peter Jones.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 113th appearance, Clement Freud's 113th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 97th appearance, Andree Melly's 32nd appearance, Peter Jones's 24th appearance.
114/6/25
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Broadcast date: 28 March 1972.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Andree Melly.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: David Hatch.
Venue: London.
Subjects: My socks, puns, quail, the greatest invention of our age, how I affect others, questions I never ask, why I'm seldom wrong, jesters, bedsteads.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 114th appearance, Clement Freud's 114th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 98th appearance, Andree Melly's 33rd appearance, Peter Jones's 25th appearance.
115/6/26
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Broadcast date: 4 April 1972.
Chairman: Andree Melly.
Panel: Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Nicholas Parsons.
Whistle Blower: Ian Messiter.
Producer: David Hatch.
Venue: London.
Subjects: The position I now find myself in, women in authority, women in trousers, gentlemen prefer blondes, parsons, Doctor Spooner, how I feel about it all, tea with Aunty.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 115th appearance, Clement Freud's 115th appearance, Kenneth Williams's 99th appearance, Andree Melly's 34th appearance and only appearance as chairman, Peter Jones's 26th appearance.
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