HERO: Humphrey Lyttleton...

[martello]

...and Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer!

Last night myself and Amber found ourselves at the London Coliseum (home of the English National Opera, dontchaknow! ) for the recording of the first two episodes of the forthcoming 49th series of Radio 4's brilliant I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.

Getting tickets for the show (which always sells out pretty quickly) has long been an ambition of mine so I was very pleased to finally be in attendance last night, along with 2,399 other people - ISIHAC's largest-ever audience in its 35-year history apparently.

Amber is also a big fan of the show so I kept the fact we were going to see it last night a surprise ;D But what I didn't even know was that the guest panellist was to be Stephen Fry, a massive hero for Amber and myself (and Medibot I believe). An evening of nonsense and hilarity was enjoyed by all.

One word for Humph - 86 years old and still going strong. His command of the scripts written for him is even more farcical than it sounds on the finished programme but his own wit is as sharp as ever.

I'm looking forward to hearing the final edits sometime in June - if only to catch some of the punchlines that were drowned out from where we were by 2,400 people laughing in anticipation! ;D

[coops]

Brilliant show, still one of the funniest things in any form of media.

[medibot]

Jammy gits, Fry as well

[ambersalamander]

They did Mornington Crescent and everything!!!

It was fantastic, and Martello is also a hero for giving me such a fantastic surprise!

Yes, Humph's grasp of certain complex skills is slightly past its best, but his wit is, as Martello says, as sharp as ever. A bit like my granny, who is in fact the same age as him. It was nice finally to put a face to the voice- I'd never even seen a picture of him before! Mr Fry was of course brilliant, except at singing which I know he hates and know exactly why!

Big thank you to Martello of course, but also to the other amusing people

[bh]

:)You lucky kids, sounds a wonderful evening!!

[malxscfc]

Superb evening out!

Will sound odd on Radio with that kind of crowd. Normally they are in intimate little Theatres with an audience which even Yeading FC would consider 'middling'.

[amberaleman]

Last time I was at the Coliseum was for Berg's opera Lulu - three hours of atonal music culminating in the heroine's murder by Jack the Ripper.

I think I'd prefer some anarchic radio humour next time! I started listening to ISIHAC as a teenager in the 70s - tremendous that the show (and Humph) are still going.

[ambersalamander]

When that one is aired, I bet you'll all be able to hear martello laughing very loudly at Stephen Fry

[malxscfc]

amberaleman said:

... three hours of atonal music...

If I'd been in the Auditorium, at least one murder would have been effected far far sooner....