I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again It also may have influenced other spoof-based British radio programmes such as "Radio Active", "On the Hour", "The Sunday Format", "The News Huddlines", and later "Bleak Expectations". Several cast members have since appeared in the radio comedy panel game "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue", a spinoff from "ISIRTA" that has outlived it by decades. Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden continue as regulars on the show. Episodes of "ISIRTA" have frequently been heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra (available on digital television, DAB digital radio and the web). Listeners in Australia occasionally find "ISIRTA" in the 5.30am vintage comedy timeslot
BBC Radio Comedy Writers Bursary BBC Radio Comedy Writers Bursary The BBC Radio Comedy Writers' Bursary (or the BBC Radio Comedy Department Contract Writer) is a scheme through which emerging comedy writers work in-house at the BBC Radio Comedy department for a year. The scheme began in 1978 and was devised by the then-head of Head of BBC Light Entertainment (Radio), David Hatch, and BBC Television's Head of Light Entertainment, James Gilbert. Each department put £5000 a year into a kitty to employ three young writers on a one-year contract. The only proviso was that there was to be no contract for a second year,