I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue show's longevity. On 18 April 2008 the producer of "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue", Jon Naismith, announced that, owing to hospitalisation to repair an aortic aneurysm, Humphrey Lyttelton would be unable to record the scheduled shows and that they would have to be postponed. The final show of the 2008 "Best of" tour on 22 April would be presented by Rob Brydon. Following Lyttelton's death there was speculation that the series might be cancelled because replacing him would be extremely difficult if not impossible. In a eulogy in "The Guardian", Barry Cryer did not allude to the future of
Give Us a Clue panel games", "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue", during a round of Sound Charades — usually with a gay innuendo-laden gag at the expense of Lionel Blair. A licensed version of it aired in New Zealand in the 1990s, after the British original had screened there for several seasons. SVT in Sweden broadcast their own version with the title Gäster med gester. Give Us a Clue Give Us a Clue was a British televised game show version of charades which was broadcast on ITV from 1979 to 1992. The original host was Michael Aspel from 1979 to 1984, followed by