I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again the pilot programme having been broadcast on 30 December 1963 under the title "Cambridge Circus". The ninth, final series was transmitted in November and December 1973, with fewer episodes (eight instead of the earlier thirteen per series). An hour-long 25th anniversary show was broadcast in 1989. It is comically introduced as "full frontal radio". "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue", a spinoff panel game show, was first produced in 1972. The title of the show comes from a sentence commonly used by BBC newsreaders following an on-air flub: "I'm sorry, I'll read that again." Having the phrase used to recover
BBC Radio Comedy Writers Bursary of the BBC Radio Comedy Department's output as well as script-editing sketch-shows and sitcoms. Bursary recipients are also encouraged to develop new formats and create their own shows. The names of the writers who have received the bursary were first displayed on a commemorative wooden plaque, set up at the retirement of the Head of Light Entertainment Radio, Jonathan James-Moore. Following the Department's change of location, the current whereabouts of the plaque are unknown. The list of writers' names was later displayed on the wall outside the toilets at the BBC Radio Comedy office. BBC Radio Comedy Writers Bursary The