I'm Sorry I Haven't Got a Clue Live Show

Mary
Authored by Mary
Posted: Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 10:09

The multi-award-winning radio comedy I’m Sorry I Haven’t Got a Clue comes to the Plymouth Pavilions on Saturday 6 February.

Join Barry Cryer, Miles Jupp, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Jeremy Hardy and host Jack Dee for an unmissable evening of inspired nonsense. Colin Sell provides piano accompaniment.

“Whether the teams are singing the words of one song to the tune of another, making up serial rhymes or entering the mythic maze of Mornington Crescent, they have now become the National Theatre of fun" Gillian Reynolds, Daily Telegraph.

Here's the Pavilions' 60-second interview with Jack Dee: 

- You've proved yourself as a brilliant host since taking over from Humphrey Lyttelton on ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue’.  When did you first hear the show and what did you like about it?

I’d always been aware of it but started paying much more attention to it about 20 years ago. For me the show became a constant reminder that great comedy is a kind of structured silliness and a complete lack of self-importance.

- What are your favourite rounds?

I prefer the longer rounds as I can concentrate on my Sudoku.

- Are there any rounds you'd want to join in?

Mainly the one after the show in the bar.

- Will Samantha be on tour with the show?

Samantha very much plans to be with us. In fact she’s travelling down to Plymouth a day early to try some of your seafood restaurants as she’s particularly partial to shellfish.  She says she can’t wait to enjoy some local winkles in cider.

- Was Samantha upset by the recent controversy or did she take it lying down?

She made her position clear and helped us all to rise above it.

- Will you be kind to Colin Sell at the piano?

Yes. So long as he doesn’t try to play it.

- Who is your second favourite of the regular players?

As host it would be improper to declare any likes or dislikes. People can sometimes mistake this for a complete lack of interest in the games or those playing them.

- How do you think radio comedy has changed over the 40 years that Clue has been running?

I like to think that it’s more sunny and optimistic and that that’s mainly down to me.

- Have you played at the Plymouth Pavilions before, and what do you think of our local audiences?

I have played Plymouth many times. I’ve always had nice audiences there but I’ve no idea if they were local. They might have all come in a coach from Nuneaton as a joke.

Ticket information

Cost: £27.50 (ticket prices inc 10% booking fee)

To book tickets please visit www.plymouthpavilions.com or call the ticket store on 0845 146 1460*

*Calls cost 2p per minute plus your phone company's access charge.

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