Hamish and Dougal Hamish and Dougal Hamish and Dougal are two characters from the long-running BBC Radio 4 radio comedy panel game "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue", played by Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden, who later went on to have their own Radio 4 series, You'll Have Had Your Tea: The Doings of Hamish and Dougal. The series is occasionally broadcast on the BBC's repeat channel, Radio Four Extra. The fictional characters Hamish and Dougal originated in one of the rounds of "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" called Sound Charades. In this round the title of a book or film has
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue story became a favourite of Lyttelton's, who claimed in interviews that the "distinguished actor" had never actually been named on the show. Since 18 May 1985 (in the same episode as Kenny Everett made his debut) the show has included a fictional and completely silent scorer "whose job is eased by the fact no points are actually awarded", usually "the lovely Samantha" who sits on Humph's left hand. There is a seat with a microphone next to the Chairman which is "used" by Samantha. During the introductory music Humphrey Lyttelton would stand up and "help" Samantha into her seat. In