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Quote ... Unquote is a panel game broadcast on BBC Radio 4 based on quotations. Every episode since the beginning of the series on 4 January 1976 has been ... Quote...Unquote FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Fortherecordlabel,seeQuoteUnquoteRecords.FortheMr.Bunglesong,seeQuoteUnquote(song).Fortheactofsaying"quote"and"unquote"inconversation,seeScarequotes§ Inspeech. Thisarticlereliestoomuchonreferencestoprimarysources.Pleaseimprovethisbyaddingsecondaryortertiarysources.(October2015)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) Quote...UnquoteGenrePanelgameRunningtime30minutesCountryoforiginUnitedKingdomLanguage(s)EnglishHomestationBBCRadio4SyndicatesBBCRadio4ExtraHostedbyNigelReesAnnouncer(Readers)CharlotteGreen,SallyGrace,AlisonSkilbeckCreatedbyNigelReesRecordingstudioBBCRadioTheatreandremotelyOriginalrelease4 January 1976 (1976-01-04)–presentNo.ofseries56asofNovember 2020[ref]No.ofepisodes499asofNovember 2020[ref]AudioformatStereoOpeningthemeDuddlyDell,writtenandperformedbyDudleyMooreWebsiteOfficialwebsite Quote...UnquoteisapanelgamebroadcastonBBCRadio4basedonquotations.Everyepisodesincethebeginningoftheserieson4January1976hasbeenchairedbyitsdeviser,NigelRees.Theprogrammebroadcastits56thseriesinOctober/November2020. Contents 1Format 2Contestants 3Production 4References 5Externallinks Format[edit] Themainpartoftheprogrammeconsistsofanon-competitivequizwherethechairmanaskseachofthethreepanellists(originallyfour)inturntoidentifywhereacertainquotation,phraseorsayingcomesfrom.Inbetweentheserounds,thepanellistsareaskedtosharesomeoftheirfavouritequotationsonaspecifiedtheme.Otherpartsoftheprogrammearedevotedtoansweringqueriesfromtheprogramme'slistenersaboutthesourcesofquotationsandtheoriginsofeverydayphrasesandidioms. Contestants[edit] Therehavebeenover500guestsontheprogramme,manyappearingmultipletimes.Theyinclude:TomStoppard,PeterCook,PeterUstinov,NedSherrin,JudiDench,AlanBennett,DenisHealey,DavidAttenborough,KingsleyAmis,KennethWilliams,DouglasAdams,JohnMortimer,NeilKinnock,CeliaHaddon,KatharineWhitehorn,JulianMitchell,MalcolmMuggeridgeandLordGeorge-Brown. Production[edit] TheprogrammeusesformerBBCstaffannouncersoractorstoreadthequotations.RonaldFletcher[1]wastheoriginalreader.InrecentyearsthemainmalereaderhasbeenPeterJefferson,formerlyofRadio4,whotookoverfromWilliamFranklynwhentheactordiedin2006,thoughCharlotteGreenhastakenovertherolefromthebeginningofSeries50inAugust2014.FormerRadio3announcerPatriciaHugheswasanotherregular,startingin1994.[2] Anumberofsignificantcomedyproducershavesupervisedtheprogrammeearlyintheircareers,includingJohnLloyd(deviserofQI),TVexecutiveGeoffreyPerkins,HaveIGotNewsforYouproducerHarryThompsonandArmandoIannucci. Theprogramme'sthemetune,betweenwhichsnatchesofquotationsareinsertedatthebeginningofeachshow,is"DuddlyDell",writtenandperformedbyDudleyMoore—theB-sideofthesingle"StrictlyfortheBirds"(1961). References[edit] ^Rees,Nigel(9February1996)."RonaldFletcherobituary".TheIndependent.London:NewspaperPublishingplc.Retrieved1December2016. ^Rees,Nigel(24February2013)."PatriciaHughesobituary".TheGuardian.London:GuardianMediaGroup.Retrieved1December2016. Externallinks[edit] Quote...UnquoteatBBCOnline vteBBCRadio4ProgrammesComedy BunkBed CountArthurStrong'sRadioShow! 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