BBC Radio show I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue announces Bristol tour date

BBC Radio show I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue announces Bristol tour date

Posted on: 08 Dec 2023

The award-winning antidote to the panel game, hosted by Jack Dee, returns to the stage in 2024 with a smash hit sell-out touring show.

 

I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue drops by The Bristol Hippodrome on Thursday 21 March 2024.

 

Join legendary funnyman Jack Dee and a host of other top-notch comedians for an unmissable evening of inspired nonsense, all set to musical accompaniment from legendary pianist, Colin Sell. Tickets for this one are already on sale and sure to fly out the door so grab yours whilst you still can!

 

BUY TICKETS HERE

 

 

I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue is THE most listened-to comedy programme on UK radio, regularly attracting an audience of around 2.5 million, an astonishing figure that would put it comfortably into the top 10 programmes on BBC 2.

 

The programme was devised by Graeme Garden in 1972 as an alternative to I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again, the chaotic sketch show featuring the likes of John Cleese, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, and Tim Brooke-Taylor that ran between 1964 and 1973. This new show devised a way of turning ISIRTA into a game, which meant not needing to write a weekly script.

 

Jazz legend Humphrey Lyttelton was the surprise first chairman with the pilot show proving a nerve-wrecking experience due to the lack of a script. However, Radio 4 commissioned a series, and the first show was aired in April ’72 with the aforementioned cast. Sell joined the show 2 years later, discovering that accompanying tone-def guests was part of the joke.

 

The show quickly became one of BBC Radio’s most popular creations, captivating audiences all over the country. After 37 years as the programme’s chair, Humphrey Lyttelton passed away in 2008. A devastating loss to those working on the show and its fans, after consideration, due to the overwhelming response, it was decided that the show must go on.

 

Since then, the show’s regulars have continued their good work (although in recent times Graeme has cut down his appearances) with chairman duties in the safe hands of British comedy legend Jack Dee.

 

 

The I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue live show will appear at The Bristol Hippodrome on Thursday 21 March 2024 – secure your tickets HERE.

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Stanley Gray

Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.