Colin Sell Colin Sell Colin Sell (born 1 December 1948) is a British pianist who has appeared on the radio panel games "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" and "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue". He has become famous mostly for his long service on the latter show, where the opening credits are "At the piano is Colin Sell, and your chairman is Humphrey Lyttelton/Jack Dee", in the manner of the show none of the panelists are credited in the opening credits, but are introduced by the chairman, usually in a sarcastic manner ("the foremost available comedians. I'm sorry. The four "most available"
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue show, the chairman asked the teams to read the cuttings that they had brought along with them, in the manner of fellow Radio 4 show "The News Quiz". The teams proceeded to read their cuttings, but only to themselves, followed by some interested murmurs from the teams and much laughter from the audience. Self-deprecation forms a big part of the show's humour. It frequently pokes fun at itself and its supposed low quality. For example, Lyttelton was heard to exclaim at the end of a round: According to Willie Rushton, "The show gets quite filthy at times, but the audience