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1987

Information on every episode from Series 14

Series 14 - 1987

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Date

17-Aug-87
24-Aug-87
31-Aug-87
07-Sep-87
14-Sep-87
21-Sep-87
28-Sep-87
05-Oct-87
12-Oct-87
19-Oct-87

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Chairman

Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Lyttelton

Panellist 1

Graeme Garden
Graeme Garden
Graeme Garden
Graeme Garden
Graeme Garden
Graeme Garden
Graeme Garden
Graeme Garden
Graeme Garden
Graeme Garden

Panellist 2

Barry Cryer
Barry Cryer
Barry Cryer
Barry Cryer
Barry Cryer
Barry Cryer
Barry Cryer
Barry Cryer
Barry Cryer
Barry Cryer

Panellist 3

Tim Brooke-Taylor
Stephen Fry
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Stephen Fry
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Tim Brooke-Taylor

Panellist 4

Willie Rushton
Willie Rushton
Willie Rushton
Willie Rushton
Willie Rushton
Willie Rushton
Willie Rushton
Willie Rushton
Willie Rushton
Willie Rushton

Pianist

Colin Sell
Colin Sell
Colin Sell
Colin Sell
Colin Sell
Colin Sell
Colin Sell
Colin Sell
Colin Sell
Colin Sell

“if you’re going to take instructions from the piano player I might as well go home”

Humphrey Lyttelton (Series 14 Episode 7)

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Episode 1: Willie's 100th appearance. 75th time the classic panel line-up has appeared together on the show, 65th with Colin. Monica makes her debut as scorer. 'Double Feature' is played for the 25th time. 'Listeners Question' is the 175th game played on the show. The first show to have at least 10 rounds since Christmas 1980. Paul Spencer produces the show for the first time.
Episode 2: Humph makes his 125th appearance.
Episode 3: Tim's 125th appearance. The second round, a signing round, was split between 'Mad Wriggle' and 'Calypso'. The first 'Calypso' sang since s11e03. 
Episode 4: Samantha returns. 'Suitcases' is played for the first time since s11e07. 'Musical Chairs' is played for the first time since s07e05. 'Singing Sprint is played for the 10th time, and for the first time since s11e04. 
Episode 5: 'Cheddar Gorge' is played for the first time. 'Famous First Words' is played for the first time since s08e03. 
Episode 6: 'Good News Bad News' is played for the 25th time. 'Feelings', placed once before, is referred to as 'Feelies'. 
Episode 8: Graeme's 125th appearance. Tim's middle name is revealed to be Julian. 'Mornington Crescent' is a stalemate as the teams get stuck in a loop. Humph actually gives out a score, with Tim and Willie winning 14points to 13.
Episode 9: The introduction for this episode is missing. Samantha makes her 25th appearance. 'Complete Speeches' is played for the 10th time. 'Bed Time Story' played for the first time since s10e07. 
Episode 10: 'Paul Spencer produces his 10th episode.  Barry makes his 125th appearance (6 as chairman). 'Translations' is called 'Foreign Phrases'. 

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Paul Spencer produces this series.


Humph has made 133 appearances, with Tim on 131, Graeme on 127, Barry on 126 (6 as chairman) and Willie on 109.


Colin ends the series on 95 appearances, and Samantha is on 26.
 

'Late Arrivals' (played 138 times) is played in all 10 episodes. 'Ad-Lib Poem', 'Calypso' and 'Mornington Crescent' are played 4 times.

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