I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue the programme but said that there's "got to be an agonising reappraisal" and that Lyttelton was the "very hub of the show". Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden all ruled themselves out as hosts: Cryer did not think the programme would work if a panellist became chairman and it "would need somebody of stature to be parachuted in". Jeremy Hardy also ruled himself out, saying "Humph had big shoes to fill and I wouldn't do it." In the "Clue" mailout for September 2008 Naismith stated: "Despite the rumours, we've made no decisions about possible replacements for Humph, and are unlikely
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue new series rotating with the other Monday night comedy staples such as "The Unbelievable Truth", "The Museum Of Curiosity" and "Just a Minute". Excluding compilations and repeats, this totals 481 episodes, (excluding series 70). Some early episodes of the series, including the first, were wiped in the late 1970s. Following the BBC's Treasure Hunt appeal for missing material in 2002, several shows were recovered from off-air recordings made by listeners. In 2007, "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue: The Official Stage Tour" visited 9 locations across England. While the broadcast shows are recorded on location, this was the first ISIHAC