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25 April 2008 - Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton, jazz musician, cartoonist, broadcaster and national treasure dies, aged 86.

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15 June 2008 - Humph Sunday, an afternoon of shows featuring, and about, Humph are broadcast on Radio 4:

• Humph's 2006 appearance on Desert Island Discs.

• Chairman Humph - a tribute is hosted by Stephen Fry and featuring Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Sandi Toksvig, Andy Hamilton, Tony Hawks, Melvyn Bragg, Rob Brydon, Johnny Greenwood, Iain Pattinson, Jack Dee, Jeremy Hardy, Dame Judy Dench, Jermaine Greer, Colin Sell and Jon Naismith.  Written by Graeme.

• The King of The Swingers, Humph's profile of Louis Prima.

 

16 June 2008 - Humph Memorial, a repeat of s23e01, is broadcast.
23 June 2008 - Humph Memorial, a repeat of s36e06, is broadcast.
30 June 2008 - Humph Memorial, a repeat of s42e01, is broadcast.
07 July 2008 - Humph Memorial, a repeat of s45e02, is broadcast.
14 July 2008 - Humph Memorial, a repeat of s46e03, is broadcast.
21 July 2008 - Humph Memorial, a repeat of s46e01, is broadcast.

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2 July 2008 - the first episode of Cabin Pressure, written by and starring John Finnemore, is broadcast.

25 August 2008 - 'Fry's English Delight' begins on BBC Radio 4, featuring Stephen Fry.

29 August 2008 - former producer, Geoffrey Perkins dies.

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