Preiew: I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue at Sunderland Empire

I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue

SunderlandEmpire

Thursday 8 January 2015

 

BBC Radio’s multi award-winning antidote to panel games returns to the stage in 2015 with its sell out touring show. The I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue Stage Show will be coming to the Sunderland Empire for one night only on Thursday 8 January 2015, starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Jeremy Hardy.

In the chair for this special series of appearances will be the one and only Sandi Toksvig.  Here she answers some of our questions.

What have you done with regular Chairman Jack Dee?

I had him sent on a Herring awareness course in the Lofoten Islands.  It’s rather intense and he won’t be back for some time.

You've appeared as a guest on Clue in the past.  How do you feel about taking over the chair for this tour?

I think it was only a matter of time. The truth is I don’t really like sitting with the other panelists as some of their conditions are catching.

You're a brilliant host of The News Quiz, how will chairing Clue be different?

I’m going to be using a different chair.  It’s subtle but those of us who are in the chairing business know it can make for a marked variation in style.

What are your favourite rounds and are there any rounds you'd want to join in?

There are rounds?  I wonder if I ought to read the rules.

Will Samantha be on tour with the show?

I have spent many years leading up to this moment and I don’t believe it would be possible to manage without Samantha.  She is the ying to my yang, the crumble to my apple, the yodel to my Swiss holiday.

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

She swallowed the whole thing with professionalism.

Will you be kind to Colin Sell at the piano?

No.

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

I’m not sure it has. Indeed I am fairly confident Tim has worn the same suit since 1967.

Scandinavian TV has made a great impact in re-shaping crime drama.  Do you see a flood of Scandinavian comedy coming our way soon?

I think there have been a lot of poorly translated subtitles. The Killing, The Bridge, Borgen, those are all comedies.

Have you played the Sunderland Empire before?

I have played here before and I love the Sunderland Empire.  Vesta Tilley performed here and they say Sid James’ ghost walks the halls.  How marvellous.  No wonder the audiences are so happy.

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Tickets

Tickets available in person at the Box Office from £21.50 or from £24.40 when calling 0844 871 3022* or booking online at www.ATGtickets.com/Sunderlandplus a transaction fee applies.

Groups of 10+ can call: 0844 871 3042

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Preview: An Audience with Tim Brooke-Taylor at Darlington Central Hall Dolphin Centre

He’s a Goodie!

                 

An Audience with Tim Brooke-Taylor

Darlington Civic Theatre at Central Hall Dolphin Centre

Friday 3 October         

 

Tim Brooke-Taylor Photo: Hattie Miles

Best known as one third of TV comedy trio The Goodies, Tim has been delighting audiences with his gentle, zany humour ever since joining the famous Cambridge Footlights back in the early 1960s.

His TV credits include On the Braden Beat, The Frost Programme, At Last 1948 Show, Me and My Girl and, of course, The Goodies. Tim is now a regular panellist on the ever-popular radio show I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue.

In this show he is in conversation with broadcaster Chris Serle best known for his work as a reporter on That’s Life with Esther Rantzen. Tim will also share anecdotes and film clips from a career spanning 50 years.

     

Tickets:

Tickets are £16* Discounts £14*

*Includes £1 restoration levy

To book contact the Box Office on 01325 486 555 or visit www.darlingtoncivic.co.uk

Preview: An Audience With Tim Brooke-Taylor at Darlington Civic Theatre

A Goodie Comes To Darlo

An Audience With Tim Brooke-Taylor

Darlington Civic Theatre

Monday 23 June at 7.30pm

Best known as one third of TV comedy trio "The Goodies", Tim has been delighting audiences with his gentle, zany humour ever since joining the famous Cambridge Footlights back in the early 1960s.

As a student performer he appeared alongside the likes of Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle and Jonathan Lynn touring extensively with the Cambridge Circus Revue, before moving into television, where his credits include" On The Braden Beat", "The Frost Programme" (as editor), "At Last the 1948 Show" and "Me and My Girl".

Now a regular panellist on the ever-popular radio shows, "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue" and "Just A Minute", Tim will be at the Tivoli in conversation with broadcaster Chris Serle, best known for his work as a reporter on "That’s Life" with Esther Rantzen, sharing anecdotes and film clips from a career spanning over 50 years.

Tim has also appeared in countless stage productions and written several books.

His most memorable ‘claim to fame’ came with the popular TV series The Goodies with Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden.  Brooke-Taylor, Garden, and Oddie also appeared on Top of the Pops with their song "Funky Gibbon".

After the end of The Goodies on UK television, Brooke-Taylor also worked again with Garden and Oddie on the animatedtelevision comedy series Bananaman, in which Brooke-Taylor was the narrator, as well as voicing the characters of King Zorg of the Nurks, Eddie the Gent, Auntie and Appleman.

Brooke-Taylor was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours.

An Audience With Tim Brooke-Taylor covers all these subjects and more with Tim in conversation with the broadcast journalist and former That’s Life! co-presenter Chris Serle. 

Tickets* £13 & £15

To book contact the Box Office on 01325 486 555 or visit www.darlingtoncivic.co.uk

*plus £1 per ticket restoration levy