Derry/Londonderry name dispute Londondara." An episode of BBC Radio 4 radio comedy panel game, "Just A Minute", was recorded in the city. During the opening remarks it is customary for the host (Nicholas Parsons) to introduce the place where the show is being recorded. On this occasion, Parsons said the show was being broadcast from "Derry, Londonderry, but we like to say Legendary!" Different mnemonic acronyms are used to remember the names of the six counties of Northern Ireland: "FAT LAD" for Londonderry, "FAT DAD" for Derry. Among places and other entities named after the city or county, some have "Derry" (such as
Many a Slip (radio series) Many a Slip (radio series) Many a Slip was a BBC Radio 4 panel game created by Ian Messiter that ran from 1964 to 1979. It was chaired by Roy Plomley, with a musical mistakes round supplied by Steve Race. The title of the show is a reference to the English proverb "There's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip". The BBC received requests from school teachers and lecturers for transcripts of Ian Messiter's pieces as a fun way of teaching educational subjects to pupils. For the first couple of series, the contestants were Isobel Barnett and Eleanor