Book description
'It's a great missing piece of the jigsaw - people go on endlessly
about Python and Peter Cook, which is all well and good but there's
basically this great corpus of work stretching for decades - and
consistently good ... A major piece of work, and universally loved.'
So says John Lloyd, brains behind Blackadder, QI, Spitting
Image, and so much besides - all shows with a massive debt to
I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again and I'm Sorry I Haven't A
Clue. Together they form a body of work stretching across five
decades, from Cambridge in 1960 to today's world-beating Antidote to
Panel Games, a laughter-bringer which has inspired unparalleled
adoration in millions over fifty series. This book tells the whole
story, from Footlights to Broadway to the ferret-filled madness of
Radio Prune - comedy's answer to the rock & roll revolution of the
sixties. Offering an exhaustive guide to the comedy world that brought
us Mornington Crescent, besides episode guides, glossaries and
rare facsimiles, Jem Roberts will take the story right up to the
present day, celebrating the lives of Willie Rushton, Sir David Hatch
and of course, the irreplaceable Humphrey Lyttelton. With exclusive
input from the Teams, plus Bill Oddie, Stephen Fry, Bill Bailey, Neil
Innes and many more, this is the long-overdue authoritative,
entertaining and, above all, very silly lasting celebration of an
unsung comic legacy that both shows so richly deserve.
Jem Roberts is a life long fan of
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.
He lives in Bath, where he runs the comedy sketch troupe The Unrelated
Family, and plays the ukulele very badly.
