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	~~{{Short description\|BBC radio comedy panel game}}~~
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	==History==		==History==
	[[File:I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.jpg\|thumb\|right\| (L-R) Ross Noble, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Humphrey Lyttelton, producer [[Jon Naismith]], Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer during a 2005 recording. Naismith is sitting in the chair reserved for "Samantha".]]		[[File:I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.jpg\|thumb\|right\| (L-R) Ross Noble, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Humphrey Lyttelton, producer [[Jon Naismith]], Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer during a 2005 recording. Naismith is sitting in the chair reserved for "Samantha".]]
	''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue'' developed from the long-running radio [[sketch show]] ''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again]]'', the writers of which were [[John Cleese]], [[Jo Kendall]], [[David Hatch]], [[Bill Oddie]], [[Tim Brooke-Taylor]] and especially [[Graeme Garden]] who suggested the idea of an unscripted show<ref name="history">{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clue/article/\|title=I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue — A History\|publisher=BBC}}</ref> which, it was decided, would take the form of a parody [[panel game]]. A panel game with no competition was not itself a new idea: the BBC had a history of successful quiz shows designed to allow witty celebrities to entertain where winning was not important. Examples include ''[[It Pays to Be Ignorant\|Ignorance Is Bliss]]'', ''[[Just a Minute]]'', ''[[My Word!]]'' and ''[[My Music (radio)\|My Music]]'' on the radio and ''[[Call My Bluff (UK game show)\|Call My Bluff]]'' on television.~~{{citation needed\|date=January 2020}}~~		''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue'' developed from the long-running radio [[sketch show]] ''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again]]'', the writers of which were [[John Cleese]], [[Jo Kendall]], [[David Hatch]], [[Bill Oddie]], [[Tim Brooke-Taylor]] and especially [[Graeme Garden]] who suggested the idea of an unscripted show<ref name="history">{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clue/article/\|title=I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue — A History\|publisher=BBC}}</ref> which, it was decided, would take the form of a parody [[panel game]]. A panel game with no competition was not itself a new idea: the BBC had a history of successful quiz shows designed to allow witty celebrities to entertain where winning was not important. Examples include ''[[It Pays to Be Ignorant\|Ignorance Is Bliss]]'', ''[[Just a Minute]]'', ''[[My Word!]]'' and ''[[My Music (radio)\|My Music]]'' on the radio and ''[[Call My Bluff (UK game show)\|Call My Bluff]]'' on television.

	The pilot episode (at that time titled ''I'm Sorry, They're At It Again'') opened with Graeme Garden and Jo Kendall singing the words of "[[Three Blind Mice]]" to the tune of "[[Ol' Man River]]" followed by Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor performing the lyrics of "[[Sing a Song of Sixpence]]" to the melody of "[[These Foolish Things]]". [[Dave Lee (jazz musician)\|Dave Lee]], who was bandleader on ''I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again'', was at the piano and a number of rounds were introduced by a short phrase of music. Other rounds included "Dialogue Read in a Specific Accent" and "Songs Sung as Animals".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.isihac.info/Programme_Info_Page.php\|title=Games Info\|publisher=The I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Info Site}}</ref> In 1974 Bill Oddie was replaced by [[Willie Rushton]], with Barry Cryer as Graeme Garden's teammate, and Humphrey Lyttelton as chairman, and the personnel remained constant from this point until Rushton's death in 1996, although occasional guest panellists appeared in the 1980s and early 1990s (see below). Since then the panel has featured a variety of guest comedians.<ref name="people">{{cite web\|url=https://www.isihac.net/about.php\|title=About\|publisher=The I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Info Site}}</ref>		The pilot episode (at that time titled ''I'm Sorry, They're At It Again'') opened with Graeme Garden and Jo Kendall singing the words of "[[Three Blind Mice]]" to the tune of "[[Ol' Man River]]" followed by Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor performing the lyrics of "[[Sing a Song of Sixpence]]" to the melody of "[[These Foolish Things]]". [[Dave Lee (jazz musician)\|Dave Lee]], who was bandleader on ''I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again'', was at the piano and a number of rounds were introduced by a short phrase of music. Other rounds included "Dialogue Read in a Specific Accent" and "Songs Sung as Animals".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.isihac.info/Programme_Info_Page.php\|title=Games Info\|publisher=The I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Info Site}}</ref> In 1974 Bill Oddie was replaced by [[Willie Rushton]], with Barry Cryer as Graeme Garden's teammate, and Humphrey Lyttelton as chairman, and the personnel remained constant from this point until Rushton's death in 1996, although occasional guest panellists appeared in the 1980s and early 1990s (see below). Since then the panel has featured a variety of guest comedians.<ref name="people">{{cite web\|url=https://www.isihac.net/about.php\|title=About\|publisher=The I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Info Site}}</ref>

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	{{Short description\|BBC radio comedy panel game}}		{{Short description\|BBC radio comedy panel game}}
	~~{{Use dmy dates\|date=July 2014}}~~
	~~{{Use British English\|date=November 2012}}~~
	{{Infobox radio show		{{Infobox radio show
	\| show_name = I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue		\| show_name = I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
	\| image = ~~Current_cast_of_ISIHAC~~.jpg		\| image = Current cast of ISIHAC.jpg
	~~\| imagesize = 200px~~
	\| caption = The show's panel (including guest panellist [[Jeremy Hardy]], top middle) with host [[Jack Dee]] (bottom row, left) in 2010.		\| caption = The show's panel (including guest panellist [[Jeremy Hardy]], top middle) with host [[Jack Dee]] (bottom row, left) in 2010.
	\| alt = I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue panel, including Jeremy Hardy and Jack Dee		\| alt = I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue panel, including Jeremy Hardy and Jack Dee
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	==External links==		==External links==
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	*{{BBC programme}}
	*{{BBC Online\|comedy/imsorryihaventaclue\|''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue''}}		*{{BBC Online\|comedy/imsorryihaventaclue\|''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue''}}
	*{{BBC Online\|comedy/clue\|''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue''}} (Previous website)		*{{BBC Online\|comedy/clue\|''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue''}} (Previous website)
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	*{{cite web \|url=http://www.radioechoes.com/?page=series&genre=OTR-Comedy&series=Im%20Sorry%20I%20Havent%20A%20Clue \|title=I'm Sorry I Havent A Clue \|publisher=[[RadioEchoes]] \|date=1972–1999}} 353 episodes.		*{{cite web \|url=http://www.radioechoes.com/?page=series&genre=OTR-Comedy&series=Im%20Sorry%20I%20Havent%20A%20Clue \|title=I'm Sorry I Havent A Clue \|publisher=[[RadioEchoes]] \|date=1972–1999}} 353 episodes.

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