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A most genteel panel game about sayings and quotations. Four panellists are quizzed on the origins of famous phrases and share their own favourite quotations (usually on a theme they've been given in advance). Time is also given over to answering queries sent in by listeners. There are no winners  - indeed, not even the semblance of a scoring system.
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A most genteel panel game about sayings and quotations. Four panellists are quizzed on the origins of famous phrases and share their own favourite quotations (usually on a theme they've been given in advance). Time is also given over to answering queries sent in by listeners. These are no winners  - indeed, not even the semblance of a scoring system - however it appears that there were points and winners in the 1970s series.
== Inventor ==
== Inventor ==

Revision as of 21:59, 3 February 2007

Contents

Host

Nigel Rees

Co-hosts

Readers include: Ronald Fletcher (first 200 shows), Patricia Hughes, Peter Barker, Peter Dickson, Tim Gudgin, William Franklyn, Peter Jefferson, Meryl O'Keeffe, Chris Emmett, Sally Grace

Broadcast

BBC Radio 4, 1976 to present

Synopsis

A most genteel panel game about sayings and quotations. Four panellists are quizzed on the origins of famous phrases and share their own favourite quotations (usually on a theme they've been given in advance). Time is also given over to answering queries sent in by listeners. These are no winners - indeed, not even the semblance of a scoring system - however it appears that there were points and winners in the 1970s series.

Inventor

Nigel Rees

Theme music

"Dudley Dell" by Dudley Moore. The piece is quite obscure and the 1961 single "Strictly For The Birds", of which it was the b-side, has become quite a collectors' item as a result of the track being used on the show.

Web links

Wikipedia entry

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