Jeremy Hardy to feature in various comedy shows including "Blackadder Goes Forth" (1989), and has presented a television documentary about the political background to the English Civil War as well as an edition of "Top of the Pops" in 1996. He was one of the two team captains on the BBC Two game show "If I Ruled the World" that ran for two series in 1998–1999. He has become best known for his work on BBC Radio 4, particularly on "The News Quiz", "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" and his long-running series of monologues "Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation". His
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue practice the seat and microphone were only used by the producer to welcome the audience, to introduce the participants and to give any other information to the audience such as the expected date of broadcasting, and to supervise re-recordings of fluffs made in the programme. Lyttelton would describe Samantha's social activities, usually in an apology received from the unseen character who had been detained, often with a "gentleman friend". His comments included sexual innuendo and double entendres, like "Samantha likes nothing better than a little potter in the woodshed in the morning", though many were far more daring and explicit.