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2000

Information on every episode from Series 35 and 36

Series 35

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Date

22-May-00
29-May-00
05-Jun-00
12-Jun-00
19-Jun-00
26-Jun-00

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Chairman

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

Panellist 1

Graeme Garden
Graeme Garden
Sandi Toksvig
Sandi Toksvig
Graeme Garden
Graeme Garden

Panellist 2

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

Panellist 3

Tim Brooke-Taylor
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Tim Brooke-Taylor

Panellist 4

Neil Mullarkey
Neil Mullarkey
Jeremy Hardy
Jeremy Hardy
Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry

Pianist

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

“The show that gets laughs at the drop of a cat”

Humphrey Lyttelton (Series 35 Episode 6)

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Episode 1: New Victoria Theatre, Woking. Graeme and Barry makes their 250th appearances.  Neil Mullarkey makes his debut. 'Missed Hits', played for the 10th time, is played as 'Worst Sellers'. 'Goodbye Magazine' is the first brand new game of the 2000's. 
Episode 2: New Victoria Theatre, Woking. Colin's 225th show. 'Sound Charades' is the 10th game of the decade. 'Singing Relay' is played for the first time since s20e06. 
Episode 3: The Royal, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. 
Episode 4: The Royal, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. 'Superstitions' is about local folklore in Stoke. 
Episode 5: Royal National Theatre Complex, Southbank. 'One Song to the Tune of Another' is played for the 75th time. 'Murder' is played as 'Murder Mystery' for the first time since s6e10. 'What is the Question' is based on GCSE questions, and is the 25th different game of the decade. 
Episode 6: 275th episode. Royal National Theatre Complex, Southbank. 

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Jon Naismith's 16th series as Producer.

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The first shows Graeme has missed since Series 20.

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'Mornington Crescent' is played 3 times in a series for the first time since Series 32.
'One Song to the Tune of Another', 'Pick Up Song' and 'Swanee Kazoo' are also played 3 times.

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Series 36

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Date

13-Nov-00
20-Nov-00
27-Nov-00
04-Dec-00
11-Dec-00
18-Dec-00

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Chairman

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

Panellist 1

Graeme Garden
Graeme Garden
Sandi Toksvig
Sandi Toksvig
Graeme Garden
Graeme Garden

Panellist 2

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

Panellist 3

Tim Brooke-Taylor
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Tim Brooke-Taylor

Panellist 4

Sandi Toksvig
Sandi Toksvig
Tony Hawks
Tony Hawks
Jeremy Hardy
Jeremy Hardy

Pianist

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

“What would the show be like without 4 top class comedians?  Tune in next year to find out”

Humphrey Lyttelton (Series 36 Episode 6)

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Episode 1: Pavillion Theatre, Bournemouth. Tim and Barry's (as a panellist) 250th appearances. 'Squeak Piggy Squeak' is played for the first time since s09e06. 'Pick n Mixfords' is the 10th new game of the decade. 
Episode 2: Pavillion Theatre, Bournemouth. Sandi makes her10th appearance, and has the word 'arsehole' bleeped out. 
Episode 3: Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. 'Dropping Things' is the 300th different game played on the show. 
Episode 4: Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. 'Scrabble's is played as 'Euro Scrabble' and is a variation on 'Translations'. 
Episode 5: The Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe. 
Episode 6: The Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe. Humph's 275th episode. Tim and Jeremy have the word 'fucking' bleeped out, twice each. Iain Pattison makes a brief appearance. 'Singer and the Song' is played as 'Musical Families'. 

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Jon Naismith's 17th series as Producer, taking him to 118 shows.

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Humph end's 200 having chaired 275 episodes, 269 of those in a row.
Barry has appeared 255 times as a panellist, 261 times altogether.
Graeme has recorded 259 shows, with Tim on 255.

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Colin has now played in 235 shows, whilst Samantha has kept score in 145.

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'One Song to the Tune of Another', 'Pick Up Song' and Sound Charades' are all played 3 times.

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25 December 2000 - The 2000 Christmas Special, a compilation show, was broadcast.

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THE HISTORY, THE FACTS AND THE NUMBERS

I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T A CLUE

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