Many A Slip!

Fourth Revision
Last Edited: 13-Oct-2015
A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. The original form of this document was compiled in 2005 by Sandy Finlayson with assistance from Martin Hunt and Mark McKay. This updated and converted version edited by John Lucas and Charles Rooke with contributions from Keith Wickham.
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

Many A Slip was devised by Ian Messiter, who also was the creator of Just a Minute for the BBC. It ran from 1964 to 1979. Assigning dates to recordings is problematic. The Radio Times (and therefore the BBC Genome) lists the cast for each episode but not the opening or following rounds. Therefore, unless there is a specific indication of a broadcast date or an unusual set of panelists, an episode can only be assigned to a range of years for the particular producer.

Series Summary (supplied by and with thanks to Mark McKay, updated from BBC Genome)
Series    Start Date End Date Episodes Notes Producer
1
1964-Mar-17 1964-Jul-21 19 Light Tuesday 7:31pm, repeated Home Wednesday 13:10pm Charles Maxwell
2
1965-Mar-09 1965-Jun-08 14 Light Tuesday 7:31pm (no repeats) Charles Maxwell
2A

1965-Jul-04
1965-Oct-03
14
Home Sunday 4:30pm (no repeats).  Repeat of series 2.
Concurrent with TV series
Some RT episodes are listed with music by Tommy Watt
or Alan Paul instead of Steve Race
Charles Maxwell
3
1966-Apr-10 1966-Aug-14 19 Light Sunday 9:30pm, repeated Light Friday 8:00pm Charles Maxwell
3A
1967-Feb-25 1967-Apr-15 8 Home Saturday 7:00pm (no repeats).  Repeats of series 3 episodes 12 to 19  Charles Maxwell
4
1967-Apr-16 1967-Jul-30 16 Light Sunday 9:30pm, repeated Home Saturday 7:00pm Charles Maxwell
5
1968-May-12 1968-Aug-04 13 R2 Sunday approx 4:31pm (no repeats) Tony Luke
5A 1968-Oct-01 1968-Dec-24 13 R4 Tuesday 12:25pm (no repeats).  Repeat of series 5 Tony Luke
6
1969-Jun-08 1969-Sep-06 13 R2 Sunday 9:30pm, later R4 Saturday 7:00pm
First landing on the moon pre-empted MAS on
20-Jul-1969 and thereafter R4 carried the initial
broadcast and R2 the repeat
Peter Titheradge
7
1970-Jan-04 1970-Mar-29 13 R4 Sunday 12:25pm, repeated R4 Friday 3:00pm
Peter Titheradge
8
1970-Jun-07 1970-Sep-27,
1970-Dec-24
17 +
special
R4 Sunday 6:15pm, episodes 5 to 13 repeated R4 Friday 4:00pm
R4 Thursday 9.45am, repeated R4 Friday 2:15pm
Peter Titheradge
9
1971-Apr-17 1971-Jul-10 13 R4 Saturday 7:30pm, episodes 2 to 13 repeated R4 Thursday 12:25pm Peter Titheradge
10
1971-Dec-28
1972-Mar-21
13
R4 Tuesday 6:15pm (no repeats) Peter Titheradge
10A
1972-Apr-09 1972-Jul-1972 13 R4 Sunday 7:00pm (no repeats).  Repeat of series 10 Peter Titheradge
11
1973-Jan-01 1973-Mar-26 13 R4 Monday 7:30pm (no repeats)
Trafford Whitelock
11A
1973-Sep-30
1973-Dec-23
13
R4 Sunday 7:00pm (no repeats).  Repeat of series 11
Trafford Whitelock
12
1974-Aug-13 1974-Nov-05 13 R4 Tuesday 12:27pm, repeated R4 Thursday 6:15pm John Cassels
13
1975-Nov-24 1976-Feb-09 12 R4 Monday 6:15pm (no repeats) Martin Fisher
14
1976-Oct-11 1976-Dec-28 12 R4 Monday 6:15pm (no repeats) Martin Fisher
15
1978-May-30 1978-Aug-15 12 R4 Tuesday 6:30pm (no repeats) Martin Fisher
15A
1979-Apr-17
1979-May-03
6
R4 Tuesdays 6:30pm and Thursdays 12:27pm.  Repeats from series 15
Martin Fisher
16
1979-Sep-18 1979-Dec-04 12 R4 Tuesday 6:30pm, repeated R4 Thursday 12:27pm Paul Mahew-Archer
TV
1965-Jul-26 1965-Sep-27 9
BBC TV2 Monday 7.30pm T Leslie Jackson

Series 1-4 (1964-1967) Produced by Charles Maxwell
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
BBC Lt Prg
17-Mar-1964
1-1

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell           

BBC Lt Prg
24-Mar-1964
1-2
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
31-Mar-1964
1-3
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
07-Apr-1964
1-4
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
14-Apr-1964
1-5
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Kenneth Horne
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
21-Apr-1964
1-6
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
28-Apr-1964
1-7
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
05-May-1964
BBC R7
1-8 George built himself
a new house
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell
BBC R7 Prg
28:26, 33334, s
BBC Lt Prg
12-May-1964
1-9
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
19-May-1964
1-10
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
26-May-1964
1-11
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
02-Jun-1964
1-12
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
09-Jun-1964
1-13 Institution of
Electrical
Engineers, London

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
16-Jun-1964
1-14
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Terence Alexander
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
23-Jun-1964
1-15
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Jon Pertwee
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
30-Jun-1964
1-16
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
07-Jul-1964
1-17
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
14-Jul-1964
1-18
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
21-Jul-1964
1-19
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
09-Mar-1965
2-1
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
16-Mar-1965
2-2
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
23-Mar-1965
2-3
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
30-Mar-1965
2-4
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
06-Apr-1965
2-5
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
13-Apr-1965
2-6
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
20-Apr-1965
2-7
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
27-Apr-1965
2-8
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
04-May-1965
2-9
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
11-May-1965
2-10
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
18-May-1965
2-11
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
25-May-1965
2-12
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
01-Jun-1965
2-13
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
08-Jun-1965
2-14
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
10-Apr-1966
3-1

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
17-Apr-1966
3-2
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
24-Apr-1966
3-3
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
01-May-1966
3-4
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
08-May-1966
3-5
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
15-May-1966
3-6
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
22-May-1966
3-7
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
29-May-1966
3-8
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
05-Jun-1966
3-9
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
12-Jun-1966
3-10
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
19-Jun-1966
3-11
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
26-Jun-1966
3-12
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
03-Jul-1966
3-13
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
10-Jul-1966
3-14
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
17-Jul-1966
3-15
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
24-Jul-1966
3-16
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
31-Jul-1966
3-17
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
07-Aug-1966
3-18
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
14-Aug-1966
3-19
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
16-Apr-1967

ABC RN
16-Oct-2007
4-1
For the benefit of
those who've never
heard Many A Slip
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell
TS
26:49, 12572, M
BBC Lt Prg
23-Apr-1967
4-2
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
30-Apr-1967
4-3
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
07-May-1967
4-4
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
14-May-1967
4-5
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
21-May-1967
4-6
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
28-May-1967
4-7
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
04-Jun-1967
4-8
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
11-Jun-1967
4-9
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
18-Jun-1967
4-10
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
25-Jun-1967
BBC R7
4-11 Pumfret was afraid
it might be his last
day
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell
BBC R7
29:48, 34934, s
BBC Lt Prg
02-Jul-1967
4-12
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
09-Jul-1967
4-13
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
16-Jul-1967
4-14
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
23-Jul-1967
4-15
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell

BBC Lt Prg
30-Jul-1967

ABC RN

08-Jan-2008
4-16 At Lord Pragwell’s
place recently…
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell
TS
26:59, 12651, M
Unassigned Episodes from the Charles Maxwell Era
BBC Lt Prg
1967

ABC RN
23-Oct-2007
4-n
"B"
The Great Bed of
Ware

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell
TS
27:04, 12697, M
BBC Lt Prg
1967

ABC RN
30-Oct-2007
4-n
"C"
The murderer had
left the house

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell
TS
26:59, 12657, M
BBC Lt Prg
1967

ABC RN
06-Nov-2007
4-n
"D"
The Gunpowder
Plot
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell
TS
26:48, 12569, M
BBC Lt Prg
1967

ABC RN
13-Nov-2007
4-n
"E"
Pumphret … walked
swiftly along to the
Pawn Broker’s shop

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell
TS
26:47, 12561, M
BBC Lt Prg
1967

ABC RN
20-Nov-2007
4-n
"F"
Mrs Pumphret …
was just
comparing her
husband
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell
TS
26:56, 12631, M
BBC Lt Prg
1967

ABC RN
27-Nov-2007
4-n
"G"
There were Three
White Mice
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell
TS
26:58, 12645, M
BBC Lt Prg
1967

ABC RN
04-Dec-2007
4-n
"H"
Down at the Many
A Slip race track
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell
TS
27:02, 12681, M
BBC Lt Prg
1967

ABC RN
11-Dec-2007
4-n
"I"
It’s a Many A Slip
News Bulletin
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell
TS
26:52, 12599, M
BBC Lt Prg
1967

ABC RN
18-Dec-2007
4-n
"J"
Pumphret … likes
to work on each
case alone
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell
TS
27:00, 12659, M
BBC Lt Prg
1967

ABC RN
25-Dec-2007
4-n
"K"
John, like most
people, had a
mother
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell
TS
27:06, 12705, M
BBC Lt Prg
1967

ABC RN
01-Jan-2008
4-n
"L"
Pumphret … is on
the trail again
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Charles Maxwell
TS
27:04, 12693, M

Series 5 (1968) Produced by Tony Luke
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
BBC R2
12-May-1968
ABC RN
15-Jan-2008
5-1
As this is the first
paragraph in the
first show of a
new series…
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Tony Luke
TS
26:59, 12657, M
BBC R2
19-May-1968

ABC RN
22-Jan-2008
5-2 Eustace Euripides
… now uses
equipment to
signal
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Tony Luke
TS
26:58, 12643, M
BBC R2
26-May-1968

ABC RN
29-Jan-2008
5-3 The origins of the
famous puppet
play
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Tony Luke
TS
27:01, 12667, M
BBC R2
02-Jun-1968

ABC RN
25-Jan-2001
5-4 HP felt that crime
detection was a
little slap hazard
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Tony Luke
TS
25:16, 7406, M
BBC R2
09-Jun-1968
5-5
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Tony Luke

BBC R2
16-Jun-1968
ABC RN
19-Feb-2008
5-6 Pumphret …
suddenly stood up
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Tony Luke
TS
26:49, 12573, M
BBC R2
23-Jun-1968

ABC RN
26-Feb-2008
5-7 Nervous, Hesitant,
Staring
Myoptically...
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Tony Luke
TS
27:06, 12709, M
BBC R2
30-Jun-1968

ABC RN
04-Mar-2008
5-8 Fanny, Granny and
Nanny went
shopping

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Tony Luke
TS
26:43, 12531, M
BBC R2
07-Jul-1968

ABC RN
11-Mar-2008
5-9 Humphrey
Pumphret
... finished a
large steak
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Tony Luke
TS
26:48, 12571, M
BBC R2
14-Jul-1968

ABC RN
18-Mar-2008
5-10 The Ability to use
fire...
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Tony Luke
TS
26:46, 12549, M
BBC R2
21-Jul-1968

ABC RN
25-Mar-2008
5-11 To the Exclusive
Many A Slip Fancy
Dressed Ball

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Tony Luke
TS
26:43, 12527, M
BBC R2
28-Jul-1968

ABC RN
01-Apr-2008
5-12 ... once a bird
called the phoenix
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Tony Luke
TS
26:52, 12599, M
BBC R2
04-Aug-1968

ABC RN
08-Apr-2008
5-13 HP ... was on the
trail of an escaped
criminal

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Tony Luke
TS
26:42, 12519, M
Unassigned Episodes from the Tony Luke Era






Series 6-10 (1969-1972) Produced by Peter Titheradge
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
BBC R2
08-Jun-1969

ABC RN
15-Apr-2008
6-1
TS 27
Before Speaking, I'd
Like to Say a Few
Words

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
27:02, 25300, s
BBC R2
15-Jun-1969

ABC RN
06-Aug-2001

6-2
TS 28
Those of You With
Long Memories will
remember the MAS
babies
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
27:06, 25361, s
BBC R2
22-Jun-1969

ABC RN

29-Apr-2008
6-3
TS 29
Quiz Games were
Played in Egypt

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
27:05, 25343, s
BBC R2
29-Jun-1969
ABC RN
06-May-2008
6-4
TS 30
It's an
advertisment seen
in the MAS estate
agency window
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
27:03, 25314, s
BBC R2
06-Jul-1969

ABC RN
13-May-2008
6-5
TS 31
HP the MAS
Detective was
having a good time
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
27:01, 25284, s
BBC R2
13-Jul-1969

ABC RN

20-May-2008
6-6
TS 32
So Many Stories
Exist About Robin
Hood

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
27:06, 25359, s
BBC R4
26-Jul-1969
schedule
change

ABC RN
27-May-2008
6-7
TS 33
Gerald Bird ... has
bought a boat
named Merrythew

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Graeme Garden
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
27:08, 25386, s
BBC R4
02-Aug-1969

ABC RN
03-Jun-2008
6-8
TS 34
Gordon Blue is the
MAS Chef and
Gastrologer

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
27:04, 25325, s
BBC R4
09-Aug-1969

ABC RN
10-Jun-2008
6-9
TS 35
When One Group is
Thought to Oppress
Another
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
27:07, 25377, s
BBC R4
16-Aug-1969

ABC RN
17-Jun-2008
6-10
TS 36
In case you have
no knowledge of
Mr and Mrs Happy
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
27:03, 25249, s
BBC R4
23-Aug-1969

ABC RN
24-Jun-2008
6-11
TS 37
The Best Ham is
Taken from the
rear or front legs
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
26:59, 25249, s
BBC R4
30-Aug-1969

ABC RN
01-Jul-2008
6-12
TS 38
HP ... wanted to
arrest a criminal
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
27:06, 25356, s
BBC R4
06-Sep-1969

ABC RN
08-Jul-2008
6-13
TS 39
Gerald Bird's Boat,
the Merrythew

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
26:57, 25215, s
BBC R4
04-Jan-1970

ABC RN
15-Jul-2008
7-1
TS 41?
This is how we
play Many A Slip

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
26:59, 12651, M
BBC R4
11-Jan-1970
7-2
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
18-Jan-1970
7-3
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
25-Jan-1970
7-4
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
01-Feb-1970
7-5
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
08-Feb-1970
7-6
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
15-Feb-1970
7-7
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
22-Feb-1970
7-8
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
01-Mar-1970
7-9
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
08-Mar-1970
7-10
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
15-Mar-1970
7-11
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
22-Mar-1970
7-12
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
29-Mar-1970
7-13
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
07-Jun-1970


8-1


Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
14-Jun-1970


8-2
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
21-Jun-1970


8-3

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
28-Jun-1970


8-4

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
05-Jul-1970


8-5
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
12-Jul-1970


8-6
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
19-Jul-1970


8-7
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
26-Jul-1970


8-8
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
02-Aug-1970


8-9
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
09-Aug-1970


8-10
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
16-Aug-1970


8-11
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
23-Aug-1970


8-12
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
30-Aug-1970


8-13
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
06-Sep-1970


8-14
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
13-Sep-1970

8-15

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
20-Sep-1970


8-16
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
27-Sep-1970


8-17

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
24-Dec-1970
special
TS 40
Christmas Edition
Since the
beginning of the
Christian Era
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
27:03, 25305, s
BBC R4
17-Apr-1971


9-1

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
24-Apr-1971


9-2
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
01-May-1971


9-3
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
08-May-1971


9-4
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
15-May-1971


9-5
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
22-May-1971


9-6
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
29-May-1971


9-7
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
05-Jun-1971


9-8
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
12-Jun-1971


9-9
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
19-Jun-1971


9-10


Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
26-Jun-1971


9-11


Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
03-Jul-1971

9-12


Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
10-Jul-1971


9-13



Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
28-Dec-1971
10-1

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
04-Jan-1972
10-2

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
11-Jan-1972
10-3
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
18-Janr-1972
10-4
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
25-Jsn-1972
10-5
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
01-Feb-1972
10-6
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
08-Feb-1972
10-7
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
15-Feb-1972
10-8
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
22-Feb-1972
10-9
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
29-Feb-1972
10-10
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
07-Mar-1972
10-11
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
14-Mar-1972
10-12
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

BBC R4
21-Mar-1972
10-13

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge

Unassigned Episodes from the Peter Titheradge Era
1970
ABC RN
12-Nov-2001
7-n
TS 42?
HP ... doing a
little private
research
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
26:57, 6318, M
1970
ABC RN
29-Jul-2008
7-n
TS 43?
Gerald Bird, who
is oblivious to
those who say

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
26:57, 12641, M
1970
ABC RN
05-Aug-2008
7-n
TS 44?

When One
Woman Alone

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
26:54, 12615, M
1970
ABC RN
12-Aug-2008
7-n
TS 45?
Gordon Blue,
Cuisinierre and Cook
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
27:02, 12675, M
1970
ABC RN
19-Aug-2008
7-n
TS 46?
Augustus
Bughampton
had a Father
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
26:54, 12617, M
1970
ABC RN
17-Dec-2001
7-n
TS 47?
Jack, Jake
and Jock

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
26:56, 6314, M
1970
ABC RN
02-Sep-2008
7-n
TS 48?
Sky Blue
Necklet Ribbon
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
27:04, 12697, M
1970
ABC RN
09-Sep-2008
7-n
TS 49?
Frank and his
sons Cecil and
Oswald
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
26:47, 12557, M
1970
ABC RN
16-Sep-2008
7-n or 8-n
TS 50?
Antarctica
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
26:53, 12607, M
1970
ABC RN
23-Sep-2008
7-n or 8-n
TS 51?
Humphrey Pumphret
was most certain

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
26:58, 12651, M
1970
ABC RN
30-Sep-2008
7-n or 8-n
TS 52?
Three Girl
Caterpillars

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
26:52, 12597, M
1970
ABC RN
07-Oct-2008
7-n or 8-n
TS 53?
Humphrey Pumphret
was on the trail of a
woman actress
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
26:54, 12615, M
1970
ABC RN
14-Oct-2008
8-n
TS 54?
Hink, Hank, Hunk
and Honk

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
26:56, 12629, M
1970
ABC RN
23-Feb-2001
8-n
TS 55?
Caulking the
Timbers of the
Merrythrew
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
25:18, 7413, M
1970
ABC RN

28-Oct-2008
8-n
TS 56?
As everyone
has a little
scientific knowledge
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
26:55, 12623, M
1970
ABC RN

04-Nov-2008
8-n
TS 57?
To mention the
Names of Frederick
or Charles
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
27:01, 12677, M
1970
ABC RN

11-Nov-2008
8-n
TS 58?
Here's the latest
report from Little
Haven on Gerald
Bird
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
26:44, 12537, M
1970
ABC RN

18-Nov-2008
8-n
TS 59?
Gordon Blue, the
MAS chef has a
few words about
fish
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
26:51, 12595, M
1970
ABC RN

25-Nov-2008
8-n
TS 60?
The History of
Seven Years Bad
luck

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
27:03, 12683, M
1970
ABC RN

02-Dec-2008
8-n
TS 61?
That symbol of film
fame, the Oscar
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
26:46, 12551, M
1970
ABC RN

09-Dec-2008
8-n
TS 62?
Look back a few
years and
remember the fun
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
26:52, 12601, M
1970
ABC RN

16-Dec-2008
8-n
TS 63?
Wonders of the
World
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
27:01, 12667, M
1970
ABC RN

23-Dec-2008
8-n
TS 64?
Bernard Shaw
Lists Canada
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
26:56, 12631, M
1970
ABC RN

30-Dec-2008
8-n
TS 65?
Gordon Blue
Recommends Bacon
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
27:03, 12667, M
1970
ABC RN

06-Jan-2009
8-n
TS 66?
Slang Expressions
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS
27:01, 12667, M
1971
ABC RN

13-Jan-2009
9-1?
TS 67
Rome was
founded by twin
wolves
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
24:57, 23347, s
start of TS box
1971
ABC RN

20-Jan-2009
9-2?
TS 68
Gin
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
25:00, 23397, s
1971
ABC RN

27-Jan-2009
9-3?
TS 69
William Tell
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
25:02, 23418, s
1971
ABC RN

03-Feb-2009
9-4?
TS 70
Capital and
Famous Cities
of the World

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
25:05, 23463, s
1971
9-5?
TS 71
Canada occupies the
entire northern half
of North America
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
25:08, 23523, s
1971 9-6?
TS 72
The next time you
say "Cheers"
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
25:03, 23438, s
1971 9-7?
TS 73
Oslo, capital of
Sweden
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
25:08, 23511, s
1971 9-8?
TS 74
The fox, of all its
unpleasant habits
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
25:10, 23542, s
1971 9-9?
TS 75
The film "A Night to
Remember"
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
24:59, 23375, s
1971 9-10?
TS 76
Mrs Sesquipedalia had
heard
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
25:07, 23509, s
1971 9-11?
TS 77
Party plot, Macbeth
the tradegy

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
25:08, 23522, s
1971 9-12?
TS 78
On the MAS bookshelf
are some well-known
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
25:04, 23456, s
1971
9-13?
TS 79
Aurora borealis is the
term
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
25:05, 23466, S
end of TS box
1972 10-n
TS 80
Ay, it was on a bra'
bricht moonlicht nicht
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
25:02, 23418, s
start of TS box
1972 10-n
TS 81
Quite a lot happened
in the year 1935
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
25:04, 23459, s
1972 10-n
TS 82
The word "gill" can
refer to several things
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
25:04, 23448, s
1972 10-n
TS 83
From almost anywhere
in the world,
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
25:04, 23446, s
1972
10-n
TS 84
HP gave his wife a
large lunch of roses
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
25:00, 23393, s
1972
10-n
TS 85
The year 1939 was
the one in which
Germany was at war
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
25:03, 23433, s
1972
10-n
TS 86
Novelists and
playwrights come and
go
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
25:06, 23492, s
1972
10-n
TS 87
Now that beards are
back n fashion
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
25:10, 23541, s
1972
10-n
TS 88
At the fair, Teddy,
Neddy, and Eddie
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Peter Titheradge
TS (KW)
25:01, 23414, s

Series 11 (1973) Produced by Trafford Whitelock
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
BBC R4
01-Jan-1973
11-1

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock

BBC R4
08-Jan-1973
11-2
TS 89
Humphrey Pumfret
was enjoying sitting
in the court
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock
R4 (R7?)
28:09, 26393, s

TS (KW)
25:06, 23414, s
BBC R4
15-Jan-1973
11-3
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock

BBC R4
22-Jan-1973
11-4
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock

BBC R4
29-Jan-1973
11-5
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock

BBC R4
05-Feb-1973
11-6
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock

BBC R4
12-Feb-1973
11-7
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock

BBC R4
19-Feb-1973
11-8
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock

BBC R4
26-Feb-1973
11-9
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock

BBC R4
04-Mar-1973
11-10
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock

BBC R4
11-Mar-1973
11-11
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock

BBC R4
18-Mar-1973
11-12
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock

BBC R4
25-Mar-1973
11-13
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock

Unassigned Episodes from the Trafford Whitelock Era
1973
11-n
TS 90
The year 1943 was
a year of momentousness
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock
TS (KW)
25:05, 23467, s
1973 11-n
TS 91
Because of interest in
Tutankhamun
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock
TS (KW)
25:05, 23465, s
1973 11-n
TS 92
HP heard that film
producer Hiram Peapod
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock
TS (KW)
25:02, 23420, s

end of TS box
1973 11-n
TS 93
People who have a
professional interest in
the leopard
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock
TS (KW)
25:09, 23532, s
start of TS box
1973 11-n
TS 94
There are many
expressions involving the
word "monkey"
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock
TS (KW)
25:08, 23517, s
1973 11-n
TS 95
Messers Slip, Slap, Slop,
and Slurp are a firm
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock
TS (KW)
25:09, 23532, s
1973 11-n
TS 96
HP followed the spy
across New York's
Central Park
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock
TS (KW)
25:04, 23462, s
1973 11-n
TS 97
It was not until February
1949 that clothes
rationing ended
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock
TS (KW)
25:11, 23560, s
1973 11-n
TS 98
Sue, Pru and Hugh were
each enjoying their meal
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock
TS (KW)
25:07, 23499, s
1973 11-n
TS 99
Making a spoonerism from
the title "A Tale of Two
Cities"
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Trafford Whitelock
TS (KW)
25:04, 23461, s

Series 12 (1974) Produced by John Cassels
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
BBC R4
13-Aug-1974
12-1

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Paul Jennings, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: John Cassels

BBC R4
20-Aug-1974
BBC R7
12-2 Looking along the
MAS bookcase
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Paul Jennings, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: John Cassels
BBC R7
27:42, 32463, s
BBC R4
27-Aug-1974
12-3
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Paul Jennings, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: John Cassels

BBC R4
03-Sep-1974
12-4
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Paul Jennings, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: John Cassels

BBC R4
10-Sep-1974
12-5
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Paul Jennings, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: John Cassels

BBC R4
17-Sep-1974
12-6
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Paul Jennings, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: John Cassels

BBC R4
24-Sep-1974
12-7
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Paul Jennings, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: John Cassels

BBC R4
01-Oct-1974
12-8
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Paul Jennings, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: John Cassels

BBC R4
08-Oct-1974
12-9
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Paul Jennings, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: John Cassels

BBC R4
15-Oct-1974
12-10
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Paul Jennings, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: John Cassels

BBC R4
22-Oct-1974
12-11
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Paul Jennings, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: John Cassels

BBC R4
29-Oct-1974
12-12
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Paul Jennings, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: John Cassels

BBC R4
05-Nov-1974
12-13
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Paul Jennings, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: John Cassels

Unassigned Episodes from the John Cassels Era
1974
12-n
TS 100
Gadoid means
belonging to the
codfish family
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Paul Jennings, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: John Cassels
TS (KW)
25:06, 23479, s
1974 12-n
TS 101
For the notable
personality for this
week we've chosen
Joan of Arc
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Paul Jennings, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: John Cassels
TS (KW)
25:05, 23476, s
1974 12-n
TS 102
More and more
people are getting
abroad each year
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Paul Jennings, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: John Cassels
TS (KW)
24:55, 23316, s
1974 12-n
TS 103
The right and wrong
way to pronounce
a word
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Paul Jennings, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: John Cassels
TS (KW)
25:07, 23503, s
1974 12-n
TS 104
Half the lies about
HP aren't true
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Paul Jennings, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: John Cassels
TS (KW)
25:08, 23519, s
1974 12-n
TS 105
Here are a few
abbreviations that
may be useful
Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Paul Jennings, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: John Cassels
TS (KW)
25:07, 23497, s

end of TS box

Series 13-15 (1975-1978) Produced by Martin Fisher
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
BBC R4
24-Nov-1975
13-1
TS 106
If you've never
heard Many a Slip
Katharine Whitehorn, Eleanor Summerfield, Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:09, 25404, s

start of TS box
BBC R4
01-Dec-1975
13-2
TS 107
The MAS detective
HP had been asked
to infiltrate
Katharine Whitehorn, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:11, 25429, s

BBC R4
08-Dec-1975
13-3
TS 108
Charles Spencer
Chaplin
Katharine Whitehorn, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:09, 25407, s

BBC R4
15-Dec-1975
13-4
TS 109
I have a friend
called Whoo Pee
Katharine Whitehorn, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:12, 25447, s

BBC R4
22-Dec-1975
13-5
TS 110
As we were giving
imitations of bird
calls
Andree Melly, Katharine Whitehorn,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:05, 25447, s
BBC R4
29-Dec-1975
13-6
TS 111
The MAS food
advisor Egon Bacon
has asked
Andree Melly, Katharine Whitehorn,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:08, 25386, s
BBC R4
05-Jan-1976
13-7
TS 112
HP the MAS
detective knew it
was a long time
Katharine Whitehorn, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:03, 25305, s
BBC R4
12-Jan-1976
13-8
TS 113
Dr Scalpel the local
GPO
Katharine Whitehorn, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:06, 25361, s
BBC R4
19-Jan-1976
13-9
TS 114
It's a long while
since you heard of
that haberdine
Katharine Whitehorn, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:16, 25511, s
BBC R4
26-Jan-1976
13-10
TS 115
The father of Egon
Bacon the MAS food
advisor
Katharine Whitehorn, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:08, 25372, s
BBC R4
02-Feb-1976
13-11
TS 116
HP the MAS knew
that if the rules of
evidence
Katharine Whitehorn, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:11, 25442, s
BBC R4
09-Feb-1976
13-12
TS 117
The MAS bird
watcher Albert
Ross
Katharine Whitehorn, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
26:55, 25189, s

end of TS box
BBC R4
11-Oct-1976

14-1
TS 118
As this is the first of
a new series of MAS
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:09, 25404, s

start of TS box
BBC R4
18-Oct-1976
14-2
TS 119
Dr Scalpel was
watching a TV
travel program
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:09, 25405, s

BBC R4
25-Oct-1976
14-3
TS 120
Living as I do on the
banks of the Thames
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:09, 25405, s
BBC R4
01-Nov-1976
14-4
TS 121
HP the MAS detective
faced Fearless Fred
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:06, 25359, s
BBC R4
08-Nov-1976
14-5
TS 122
Simon went up to the
bar and ordered
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:04, 25326, s
BBC R4
15-Nov-1976

ABC RN
14-Sep-2000
14-6
TS 123
Humphrey Pumfrett
was on the track of
the most unknown
person
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:03, 25305, s
BBC R4
22-Nov-1976
14-7
TS 124
Mr Umbrage thought
that the behavior of
Miss Sparkle
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:08, 25394, s
BBC R4
29-Nov-1976
14-8
TS 125
MAS's most
unsuccessful actor
Ham Acton realized
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:08, 25386, s
BBC R4
06-Dec-1976
14-9
TS 126
The river Avon, the
one that joins the
River Severn
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:04, 25318, s
BBC R4
13-Dec-1976

ABC RN
12-Oct-2000
14-10
TS 128
The MAS
gardener, Bill
Waterbutts, who
only broadcasts
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:05, 25336, s
#10 and 11
may be reversed
if TS order is OK
BBC R4
20-Dec-1976
14-11
TS 127
Fearless Fred the
unsuccessful MAS
criminal
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:01, 25278, s
BBC R4
28-Dec-1976
schedule
change

ABC RN
26-Oct-2000
14-12
TS 129
Shakespeare
(gasp) The plot
of S's Twelfth
Night is
concerned
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:08, 25382, s

end of TS box
BBC R4
30-May-1978
no broadcasts
in 1977

BBC R7
ABC RN
02-Nov-2000
15-1
TS 130
It's usual, in the
first part of a
new show
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
R7
27:52, 26136, s
TS (KW)
27:07, 25379, s

start of TS box
BBC R4
06-Jun-1978

ABC RN
09-Nov-2000
15-2
TS 131
The first
passenger
Comet flight
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:09, 25404, s
BBC R4
13-Jun-1978

ABC RN
16-Nov-2000
15-3
TS 132
Antonyms of
adjectives
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:05, 25334, s
BBC R4
20-Jun-1978

ABC RN
23-Nov-2000
15-4
TS 133
The MAS four hens
never vary in their
characteristics
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:09, 25404, s
BBC R4
27-Jun-1978
15-5
TS 134
The MAS oil
millionaire has given
up his love
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:05, 25349, s
BBC R4
04-Jul-1978
15-6
TS 135
Fannie Shufflebottom
was behaving like the
proverbial bear
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:07, 25378, s
BBC R4
11-Jul-1978

ABC RN
30-Nov-2000
15-7
TS 136
The MAS hotel usually
serves pickled herring
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:06, 25350, s
BBC R4
18-Jul-1978

ABC RN
23-Nov-2000
15-8
TS 137
Ethel and Henry went
to the cattle market
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
TS (KW)
27:01, 25280, s
BBC R4
25-Jul-1978
BBC R7
15-9
TS 138
It was a lovely
Spring day everywhere
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
R7
27:53, 26154, s

TS (KW)
27:11, 25431, s
BBC R4
01-Aug-1978
BBC R7
15-10
TS 139
For MAS farmer
Wally Cowslip
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
R7
27:53, 26154, s

TS (KW)
27:07, 25337, s
BBC R4
08-Aug-1978
15-11
TS 140
You might like to know
of a
few abbreviations
in common use
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
R7
27:46, 25967, s

TS (KW)
27:06, 25359, s
BBC R4
15-Aug-1978
ABC RN
04-Jan-2001
15-12
TS 141
Mrs Whistle who
had been a
Colorado soprano
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, David Nixon
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Martin Fisher
R7
27:15, 25552, s
TS (KW)
27:03, 25317, s

end of TS box
Unassigned Episodes from the Martin Fisher Era

Series 16 (1979) Produced by Paul Mayhew-Archer
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
BBC R4
18-Sep-1979

ABC RN
11-Jan-2001
16-1
TS 145
I'll explain to
those of you
who don't know
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
R4 (R7?)
27:31, 25801, s
TS (KW)
27:04, 25319, s
BBC R4
25-Sep-1979
16-2  
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

BBC R4
02-Oct-1979
16-3
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

BBC R4
09-Oct-1979
16-4
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

BBC R4
16-Oct-1979
16-5
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

BBC R4
23-Oct-1979
16-6
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

BBC R4
30-Oct-1979
16-7
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

BBC R4
06-Nov-1979
16-8
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

BBC R4
13-Nov-1979
16-9
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

BBC R4
20-Nov-1979
16-10
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

BBC R4
27-Nov-1979
16-11
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

BBC R4
04-Dec-1979
16-12
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

Unassigned Episodes from the Paul Mayhew-Archer Era
1979
16-n
TS 142
The title of this show
Many a Slip has made
many people wonder
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
TS (KW)
27:08, 25389, s
start of TS box
1979 16-n
TS 143
Excepting nudists,
most everyone is
interested
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
TS (KW)
27:07, 25379, s
1979 16-n
TS 144
The coincidences
concerning the deaths
of American presidents
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
TS (KW)
27:02, 25292, s
1979 16-n
TS 146
It is generally
acknowledged that the
name Jack
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
TS (KW)
27:03, 25315, s
1979 16-n
TS 147
Aunt Fan, Fan was her
surname, we called her
Aunt Fannie
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
TS (KW)
27:07, 25379, s
1979 16-n
TS 148
Professor Brainstorm
the MAS philosopher
was in a tractile mood
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
TS (KW)
27:08, 25393, s
1979 16-n
TS 149
1970 was the year that
Britain tried to get out
of the Common Market
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
TS (KW)
27:07, 25379, s
1979 16-n
TS 150
This is the story of
Shakepeare's Hamlet
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
TS (KW)
27:15, 25491, s
1979 16-n
TS 151
French. While talking
English, it is supposed
to be bad manners
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
TS (KW)
27:10, 25424, s
1979 16-n
TS 152
With of this program
overturning so many of
our safe thoughts
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
TS (KW)
27:09, 25401, s
1979 16-n
TS 153
Here are some of the
few things you are
unlikely to know
Gillian Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield,  Tim Rice, Lance Percival
Roy Plomley, written by Ian Messiter, Tune Twisters by Steve Race
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
TS (KW)
27:12, 25442, s

Television Series (1965)
Date Episode Title Cast Parameter
BBC TV2
26-Jul-1965
1

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Peter Haigh, Written By: Ian C. Messiter
Produced By: T. Leslie Jackson

BBC TV2
02-Aug-1965
2

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Peter Haigh, Written By: Ian C. Messiter
Produced By: T. Leslie Jackson

BBC TV2
09-Aug-1965
3

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Peter Haigh, Written By: Ian C. Messiter
Produced By: T. Leslie Jackson

16-Aug-1965


Not found in Radio Times/BBC Genome

BBC TV2
23-Aug-1965
4

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Peter Haigh, Written By: Ian C. Messiter
Produced By: T. Leslie Jackson

BBC TV2
30-Aug-1965
5

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Peter Haigh, Written By: Ian C. Messiter
Produced By: T. Leslie Jackson

BBC TV2
06-Sep-1965
6

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Peter Haigh, Written By: Ian C. Messiter
Produced By: T. Leslie Jackson

BBC TV2
13-Sep-1965
7

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Peter Haigh, Written By: Ian C. Messiter
Produced By: T. Leslie Jackson

BBC TV2
20-Sep-1965
8

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Peter Haigh, Written By: Ian C. Messiter
Produced By: T. Leslie Jackson

BBC TV2
27-Sep-1965
9

Isobel Barnett, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Murdoch, Lance Percival
Peter Haigh, Written By: Ian C. Messiter
Produced By: T. Leslie Jackson


Documentaries and Collateral Material
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