What a Monday morning to receive this most dire of all unwanted news – Bill Oddie OBE, flown the nest at 85. Clown. Musician. Footlighter. Naturalist hero. Pun-slinger without parallel. Old-time Music Hall hater and adorer. Activist. Humanitarian. Clever bugger. Banaman's Crow sidekick. Scourge of the humbug, the selfish and the pretentious. Owner of the…
Clue at 50: I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Present!
Half a century ago this evening, the only partially suspecting Radio 4 audience were first treated to 'the sound of time wasting', the all-new quiz show spin-off from the most ribald and funky comedy show of the 1960's, I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again. Admittedly, the very first pilot had been recorded the previous November…
Jem Roberts 