The ISIHAC Series 7 Info Page

Last Updated
14 Jul 2022

Here is a list of the Venues, Teams 'competing' (I use the word loosely!) & Games played on the BBC Radio 4 show I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. If you have details of any other shows or corrections, please e-mail me here, and I will add them to the list


BROADCAST INFO

GAMES

TEAMS

Show RPT1
 
Venue - Unknown
 
Sat 02 Jun 1979
12.27pm R4
 

 

(Last Updated:
01 Jan 2018)
 
(This show is shown as a repeat in the Times archive. If you can confirm which show it is a repeat of, please e-mail me. It could be from 1978 as the following repeat shows came from that series)
Teams:
Barry Cryer
+
Graeme Garden
 
Tim Brooke-Taylor
+
Willie Rushton
***
Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
***
Pianist:
Colin Sell
***
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins
Show RPT2
 
Venue - Unknown
 
Sat 09 Jun 1979
12.27pm R4
 

 

(Last Updated:
01 Jan 2018)
 
Repeat of 03 Oct 78 (Radio Times archive gives cast which matches this show from 1978.)
Teams:
Barry Cryer
+
Graeme Garden
 
Tim Brooke-Taylor
+
Jonathan Lynn
***
Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
***
Pianist:
David Firman
***
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins
Show RPT3
 
Venue - Unknown
 
Sat 16 Jun 1979
12.35pm R4
 

 

(Last Updated:
01 Jan 2018)
 
Repeat of 03 Oct 78, although it appears to be 8 minutes short of normal transmission time. (Radio Times archive shows this as 'Revised Repeat')
Teams:
Barry Cryer
+
Graeme Garden
 
Tim Brooke-Taylor
+
Jonathan Lynn
***
Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
***
Pianist:
David Firman
***
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins
***
Length:
19min 28sec
Show RPT4
 
Venue - Paris Theatre
 
Sat 23 Jun 1979
12.27pm R4
 

 

(Last Updated:
27 Feb 2006)
 
Repeat of 19 Sep 78
  • Blues/Calypso
    • The Alcoholic Calypso
    • The Colin Sell Blues
  • Paranoia
    • Willie & Tim both watch Crossroads
    • Graeme & Barry both have amnesia
    • Willie & Tim are both in Crossroads
    • Graeme & Barry are both very, very boring
  • Sound Charades
    • The Nutcracker Suite
    • Ippy Tom-Bee
  • Mornington Crescent
    • Moves in a clockwise direction are penalised inversely
  • Pick Up Song
  • Late Arrivals at the Travellers' Ball
Teams:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
+
Willie Rushton
 
Graeme Garden
+
Barry Cryer
***
Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
***
Pianist:
Colin Sell
***
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins
***
Length:
27min 27sec
Show RPT5
 
Venue - Paris Theatre
 
Sat 30 Jun 1979
12.27pm R4
 

 

(Last Updated:
14 Feb 2007)
 
Repeat of 26 Sep 78
Teams:
Barry Cryer
+
Graeme Garden
 
Willie Rushton
+
Tim Brooke-Taylor
***
Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
***
Pianist:
Colin Sell
***
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins
***
Length:
27min 22sec
Show RPT6
 
Venue - Unknown
 
Sat 07 Jul 1979
12.27pm R4
 

 

(Last Updated:
27 Feb 2006)
 
Repeat of 24 Oct 78
Teams:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
+
Willie Rushton
 
Graeme Garden
+
Barry Cryer
***
Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
***
Pianist:
Colin Sell
***
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins
***
Length:
27min 47sec
Show 1
 
Venue - Paris Theatre
 
Mon 16 Jul 1979
6.30pm R4
 
Wed 18 Jul 1979
12.27pm R4
 


(Recorded - Mon 14 May 1979)
 

(Last Updated:
04 Aug 2003)
 
Teams:
Graeme Garden
+
Barry Cryer
 
Tim Brooke-Taylor
+
Willie Rushton
***
Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
***
Pianist:
Colin Sell
***
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins
***
Length:
27min 34sec
Show 2
 
Venue - Paris Theatre
 
Mon 23 Jul 1979
6.30pm R4
 
Wed 25 Jul 1979
12.27pm R4
 


(Recorded - Mon 21 May 1979)
 

(Last Updated:
23 Feb 2013)
 
Teams:
Graeme Garden
+
Barry Cryer
 
Tim Brooke-Taylor
+
Willie Rushton
***
Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
***
Pianist:
Colin Sell
***
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins
***
Length:
27min 47sec
Show 3
 
Venue - Paris Theatre
 
Mon 30 Jul 1979
6.30pm R4
 
Wed 01 Aug 1979
12.27pm R4
 


(Recorded - Tue 29 May 1979)
 

(Last Updated:
04 Aug 2003)
 
Teams:
Graeme Garden
+
Barry Cryer
 
Tim Brooke-Taylor
+
Willie Rushton
***
Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
***
Pianist:
Colin Sell
***
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins
***
Length:
26min 18sec
Show 4
 
Venue - Paris Theatre
 
Mon 06 Aug 1979
6.30pm R4
 
Wed 08 Aug 1979
12.27pm R4
 


(Recorded - Thu 14 Jun 1979)
 

(Last Updated:
25 Feb 2013)
 
  • Yard Of Ale
  • Word For Word
  • Biographies
  • Mornington Crescent
    • Even numbers attract penalty number 12
  • Songs Sung in Unsuitable Ways
    • Silent Night sung very loudly
    • I Feel Pretty sung by Willie Rushton
    • A Room With A View sung as Eddie Waring
    • I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General sung as Patrick Campbell
  • Ad Lib Poem
  • Good News, Bad News
  • Late Arrivals at the Science Fiction Ball
Teams:
Graeme Garden
+
Barry Cryer
 
Tim Brooke-Taylor
+
Willie Rushton
***
Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
***
Pianist:
Colin Sell
***
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins
***
Length:
26min 17sec
Show 5
 
Venue - Unknown
 
Mon 13 Aug 1979
6.30pm R4
 
Wed 15 Aug 1979
12.27pm R4
 


(Recorded - Thu 21 Jun 1979)
 

(Last Updated:
25 Feb 2013)
 
  • Straight Face
  • Good News, Bad News
  • Songs Sung in Unsuitable Ways
    • Maybe It's Because I'm A Londoner sung as George Formby
    • Why Can't The English sung as Arthur Mullard
    • Rule Britannia sung as a German
    • Bright Eyes sung as a man eating a rabbit pie
  • Suitcases
    • Letters 'T' & 'B'
  • Musical Chairs
  • Sounds Peculiar
  • Mornington Crescent
    • Alternative diagonal rule
  • Late Arrivals at the Gourmets' Ball
Teams:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
+
Denise Coffey
 
Graeme Garden
+
Barry Cryer
***
Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
***
Pianist:
Colin Sell
***
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins
***
Length:
26min 33sec
Show 6
 
Venue - Paris Theatre
 
Mon 20 Aug 1979
6.30pm R4
 
Wed 22 Aug 1979
12.27pm R4
 


(Recorded - Mon 14 May 1979)
 

(Last Updated:
25 Feb 2013)
 
Teams:
Barry Cryer
+
Graeme Garden
 
Tim Brooke-Taylor
+
Willie Rushton
***
Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
***
Pianist:
Colin Sell
***
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins
***
Length:
25min 38sec
Show 7
 
Venue - Paris Theatre
 
Mon 27 Aug 1979
6.30pm R4
 
Wed 29 Aug 1979
12.27pm R4
 


(Recorded - Mon 27 Aug 1979)
 

(Last Updated:
26 Feb 2013)
 
Teams:
Barry Cryer
+
Graeme Garden
 
Tim Brooke-Taylor
+
Willie Rushton
***
Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
***
Pianist:
Colin Sell
***
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins
***
Length:
24min 56sec
Show 8
 
Venue - Paris Theatre
 
Mon 03 Sep 1979
6.30pm R4
 
Wed 05 Sep 1979
12.27pm R4
 


(Recorded - Tue 29 May 1979)
 

(Last Updated:
01 Jan 2018)
 
Teams:
Barry Cryer
+
Graeme Garden
 
Tim Brooke-Taylor
+
Willie Rushton
***
Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
***
Pianist:
Colin Sell
***
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins
***
Length:
27min 34sec
Show 9
 
Venue - Unknown
 
Mon 10 Sep 1979
6.30pm R4
 
Wed 12 Sep 1979
12.27pm R4
 


(Recorded - Thu 21 Jun 1979)
 

(Last Updated:
26 Feb 2013)
 
Teams:
Graeme Garden
+
Barry Cryer
 
Tim Brooke-Taylor
+
Denise Coffey
***
Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
***
Pianist:
Colin Sell
***
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins
***
Length:
26min 34sec
Show 10
 
Venue - Paris Theatre
 
Mon 17 Sep 1979
6.30pm R4
 
Wed 19 Sep 1979
12.27pm R4
 


(Recorded - Thu 14 Jun 1979)
 

(Last Updated:
04 Aug 2003)
 
Teams:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
+
Willie Rushton
 
Graeme Garden
+
Barry Cryer
***
Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
***
Pianist:
Colin Sell
***
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins
***
Length:
27min 10sec
Show SP1
 
1979 Xmas Special

Venue - Paris Theatre
 
Mon 24 Dec 1979
9.35am R4
 
Wed 26 Dec 1979
2.00pm R4
 


(Recorded - Sun 16 Dec 1979)
 

(Last Updated:
04 Aug 2003)
 
Teams:
John Junkin
+
Graeme Garden
 
Willie Rushton
+
Tim Brooke-Taylor
***
Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
***
Pianist:
Colin Sell
***
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins
***
Length:
41min 35sec
Show SP2
 
1980 Xmas Special

Venue - Paris Theatre
 
Wed 24 Dec 1980
8.20pm R4
 
Fri 26 Dec 1980
9.45am R4
 


(Recorded - Sat 20 Dec 1980)
 

(Last Updated:
01 Jan 2018)
 
Teams:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
+
Willie Rushton
 
Barry Cryer
+
Graeme Garden
***
Chairman:
Humphrey Lyttelton
***
Pianist:
Colin Sell
***
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins
***
Length:
44min 32sec


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