- Genre: Radio Comedy Panel Game
- Running Time: 30 minutes
- Home Station: BBC Radio 4, with repeats on BBC Radio 4 Extra, BBC World Service and you can listen to an episode from 1982 on the BBC iPlayer
- First Broadcast: 11 April 1972, only exception to series was 1998 and 2008 (Humph’s illness/ death)
- Series Length: Normally 6 per series, with 1-2 series a year. Series are recorded with two programmes running back to back
- Audience: Over 2 million listeners. Recorded in front of a live audience, normally 1,500 seat theatres sell out within a week of being advertised
Starring
Chairman
Humphrey (Humph) Lyttelton (Chairman from 1972 until his death April 2008. He recorded the 50th series)
Then Stephen Fry, Rob Brydon and Jack Dee shared the role in 2009, for the postponed 51st series). Dee continued in the role for the 52nd series and for the next this year.
Chairman’s Script written by Iain Pattinson (1992 to present day).
Panelists
Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer, Tim Brokke-Taylor and Wilie Rushton
John Cleese, Phil Jupitus, Paul Merton, Ross Noble, Victoria Wood, David Mitchell and Jo Brand.
Piano Accompaniment
It was Dave Lee, now Colin Sell.
Other Information
Voted second funniest radio programme ever after The Goon Show, the show has won many awards including the Gold Sony Radio Comedy Award in 1995, 2002 and 2004.
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