I did the pilot, and when they came through and said they were going to put it on the air, I had already some dates in the book with my band and so on. So Barry did the first one, he may have done a few more than the first one in the series, and I took it up from then.

Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton (23 May 1921 – 25 April 2008) also known as Humph was an English jazz musician and broadcaster and chairman of the BBC radio comedy programme I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. As a performer he is perhaps best-remembered for the hit single "Bad Penny Blues" (1956).