I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again received an immediate cheer. I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (often abbreviated as ISIRTA) is a BBC radio comedy programme that originated from the Cambridge University Footlights revue "Cambridge Circus". It had a devoted youth following, with live recordings being more akin to a rock concert than a comedy show, a tradition that continued to "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue". The pilot programme and Series 1 were broadcast on the BBC Home Service. Series 2–9 were broadcast on the BBC Light Programme (renamed BBC Radio 2 in September 1967). It was first broadcast
Rough for Radio I it, so to speak.” In "Rough for Radio I", the voice and the music are switched on and off "as if" they are being broadcast simultaneously on two separate radio stations. The same idea is presented in "Cascando", but there the voice and the music do not seem to derive from an external source. Very much as the sound of the sea is in "Embers", in "Radio I", as it is sometimes called, “[m]usic is not, as usual, merely functional (for instance, as intermezzo, background music or even worse, quite simply a creator of atmosphere), but […] is allotted an