I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue pause in the middle of speaking, a reference to Radio 4's other long-running panel show "Just a Minute". (Likewise, occasionally on "Just a Minute", a panellist will make a challenge of "Mornington Crescent".) Chairman Jack Dee frequently pokes fun at "Just a Minute", particularly its chairman Nicholas Parsons, whom he mimics in constantly emphasising the long experience of some panellists, and the fact that the programme can be heard all over the world. The programme has won the Gold Sony Radio Comedy Award three times: Other awards: "Clue" has been broadcast since 11 April 1972 on BBC Radio 4 with
Today (BBC Radio 4) department in 1963, and started to become more news-orientated. The two editions also became longer, and by the end of the 1960s it had become a single programme two hours in length that enveloped the news bulletins and the religious talk that had become "Thought for the Day" in 1970. In May 1977, Radio 4 controller Ian McIntyre cut it to two 25-minute parts, filling the gap with "Up to the Hour". The new format was unpopular with BBC staff, including Peter Donaldson who on at least one occasion openly ridiculed the programme on air. It also provoked comments in