ISIRTA episodes and songs explained

See also: ISIRTA songs.

Show Name:I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
episodes and songs
Starring:Tim Brooke-Taylor
John Cleese
Graeme Garden
David Hatch
Jo Kendall
Bill Oddie

ISIRTA episodes and songs: a list of episodes and sketches from the comedy radio series I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again, and the songs which were featured in the episodes.

The songs are listed after the episodes on which they were featured (the listing of songs is unfortunately incomplete). Also included, where known, are the names of the script writers of the episodes, as well as the names of the singers and songwriters.

The original episode titles are unknown for the following songs:

For information about the cast and characters of the episodes and sketches, please click on the episode titles.

Episodes

Episode / Sketch title Script Writers Song Titles Singers Songwriters
Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Brian Cooke,
Graeme Garden,
Johnnie Mortimer,
and Bill Oddie
"Square Bashing Dance" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
"The Willow Tree"David Hatch and Jo KendallGraeme Garden
Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Brian Cooke,
Graeme Garden,
David Hatch,
Alan Hutchinson,
Bernard King,
David Lund,
Peter Lund, and
Johnnie Mortimer
"A Man’s Best Friend Is His Hound" Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
- "Just One of Those Things" Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
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- "I'm Gonna Live" Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Eric Idle,
Clive James,
and Bill Oddie
"Stop It, I Like It" Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
"These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)"Bill Oddie
(with interjections by Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, and Jo Kendall)
Jack Strachey and Eric Maschwitz
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"Ain't Got Rhythm" Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
"The House of the Rising Sun"Graeme Garden, with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie
(as The Tillingbourne Folk & Madrigal Society)
Traditional, adapted by Graeme Garden
Brian Cooke,
Graeme Garden,
David McKellar,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Bill Oddie, and
Peter Vincent
"If Folk Singers Went to College"
(with interpolations of "Eton Boating Song", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", and "Ball of Kerrymuir")
Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, and Jo Kendall Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie
Graham Chapman,
John Cleese,
Graeme Garden,
Jo Kendall,
and Bill Oddie
"Persecuting Pigeons in Trafalgar Square" Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
"Il Budgerigar from Covent Garden"John Cleese, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Jo Kendall, and Bill OddieGraeme Garden
Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Musical Football Results" David Hatch Bill Oddie
"Nigel Carter-Smith’s Society Band"Bill OddieBill Oddie
Britain for the British (Ireland) John Esmonde,
Graeme Garden,
Bernard King,
Bob Larbey,
David Lund,
and Bill Oddie
"Down at the Old Boutique" Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor Bill Oddie
Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Magical Mystery Bore: I Am the Milkman" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
"The Ballad of Bunny and Claude"Graeme Garden and the CastBill Oddie
Camelot (aka "Knights of the Round Table") Graeme Garden,
David Hatch,
Eric Idle,
and Bill Oddie
"Waiter, there's a Walrus in My Soup" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Sunday Evening" Bill Oddie, with Tim Brooke-Taylor (as Lady Constance de Coverlet), John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, and Jo Kendall Bill Oddie
John Esmonde,
Graeme Garden,
Bob Larbey,
David McKellar,
Bill Oddie, and
Peter Vincent
"Knitting Song" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
"BLIMPHT"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
- "Spring, Spring, Spring" Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"The Turkey Strangler's Song" Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Ironing My Goldfish" Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
Lizzie Evans,
Eric Idle,
and Bill Oddie
with Graham Chapman
and Derek Farmer
"Drinking Song" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
with Tim Brooke-Taylor
"Cloughie (Bring Back Brian Clough)" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 1 John Cleese,
Graeme Garden,
David Hatch,
and Clive James
"The Ferret Song" John Cleese and the Cast
(as The Lovin' Pruneful)
John Cleese and Graham Chapman
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 2 Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"My Mom Has Lost My Dad" Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 3 Tim Brooke-Taylor,
John Cleese,
Graeme Garden,
and Bill Oddie
with Peter Hutchins
and Leslie Sellers
"Where Is My Smile" Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 4 Tim Brooke-Taylor,
John Cleese,
Graeme Garden,
Eric Idle,
and Bill Oddie
with Andy Smith
and Don Carroll
"Favourite Melody (Beethoven's Fifth)" Bill Oddie Bill Oddie and Ludwig van Beethoven
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 5 Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Graham Chapman,
Graeme Garden,
Eric Idle,
and Bill Oddie
"One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) [Recorded 'Live in Cabaret' in the Cafe 'Ole']" Bill Oddie
(with introduction by Tim Brooke-Taylor and interruptions by Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, and Jo Kendall)
Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 6 Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"With a Girl Like You: Wild Things" Bill Oddie
(with comment by David Hatch)
Bill Oddie
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 7 Tim Brooke-Taylor,
John Cleese,
Graeme Garden,
David Hatch,
Eric Idle,
Ian Lang,
and Bill Oddie
"Working on the Railroad" Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 8 Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"The Ferrets of Old England" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 9 Graham Chapman,
Graeme Garden,
Eric Idle,
and Bill Oddie
"Baby Go To Sleep" (Lullaby) Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 10 Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"I've Got the Hiccups" Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 11 Tim Brooke-Taylor,
John Cleese,
Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Blues Song" Tim Brooke-Taylor and David Hatch Bill Oddie
"Man's Best Friend - a Duck"Bill OddieBill Oddie
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 12 Graeme Garden,
David Hatch,
Eric Idle,
and Bill Oddie
"Yodelling Goatherd" Bill Oddie, with Tim Brooke-Taylor (as Lady Constance de Coverlet) and the Cast Bill Oddie
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 13 Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"I Love a Show" (Footlights) Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
Dentisti
(Animal dentist in Africa)
Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Graeme Garden,
and Bill Oddie
"Taking My Oyster For Walkies" Bill Oddie and the Cast
(with introduction by David Hatch)
Bill Oddie
Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Spring, Spring, Spring" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
"We're Going to a Football Match"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"The Music of the Dawn"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"I Love You"Jo Kendall and John CleeseBill Oddie
"The Flippity Floppity Bunny Song"Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill OddieBill Oddie
"We're All Going to Die"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"Hope You've Had a Very Merry Christmas"Bill OddieBill Oddie
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"Let There Be Love" Bill Oddie Lionel Rand and Ian Grant
"Nuclear Submarine"Bill Oddie, David Hatch, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-TaylorBill Oddie
Dr. Heckle and Mr. JibeJohn Esmonde,
Graeme Garden,
Alan Hutchinson,
Bob Larbey,
and Bill Oddie
"The Eve of Election"Bill Oddie and Jo KendallBill Oddie
"The Rhubarb Tart Song"John Cleese and the CastJohn Cleese and John Philip Sousa
Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Les Girls" Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, and David Hatch Bill Oddie
England Our England
(documentary / travelogue)
John Esmonde,
Clive James,
Bob Larbey,
David McKellar,
Bill Oddie, and
Peter Vincent
"Don't Let It Rain on My Baby" Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
"Waiting for the London Bus"Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, and David HatchTim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie
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Simon Brett,
Derek Farmer,
Graeme Garden,
and Bill Oddie
"I Wish You Love" Bill Oddie
(with interjections by Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden)
Léo Chauliac, Charles Trenet, and Albert Askew Beach
Tim Brooke-Taylor,
David Hatch,
Derek Farmer,
and Bill Oddie
"In the Moonlight (Portuguese Dictionary Song)" Bill Oddie
(with English translations by John Cleese)
Bill Oddie
Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Football Chants" Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, and Jo Kendall
(as The Tillingbourne Folk & Madrigal Society)
Bill Oddie
Grimm Fairy Tale
(Princess Goldilocks and the Perverted Goblins)
Graeme Garden,
Eric Idle,
Bill Oddie,
and Andy Smith
"Aardvark, Ferret, Vulture" John Cleese and the Cast Bill Oddie
"I Must Go to Moscow (Russian Eurovision Song)"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"Something About Restaurant Food (Garcon, Garcon)"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Bradford Girls" Bill Oddie and the Cast
(alias: The Seaside Fellas)
Bill Oddie
Graeme Garden,
Jo Kendall,
and Bill Oddie
"We Are The Lads Of The M.C.C." Bill Oddie, with Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and David Hatch Bill Oddie
Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Graeme Garden,
and Bill Oddie
"Now Is The Time To Sing And Laugh As You Cry" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
"Come into the Garden, Maud"Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden
(as Timothy's Termites)
Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Michael William Balfe
Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Graeme Garden,
and Bill Oddie
"I Like Singing in the Bathtub" Bill Oddie
(with Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, and David Hatch as soldiers in a submarine)
Bill Oddie
Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Sisters" Tim Brooke-Taylor (as The De Coverlet Sisters) Irving Berlin
"Let's Laugh"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"The Show Must Go On And On And On"Bill Oddie and the Cast
(with Tim Brooke-Taylor as Lady Constance de Coverlet and Graeme Garden as Arnold Totteridge)
Bill Oddie
Simon Brett,
Graeme Garden,
and Bill Oddie
"You'll Feel Much Worse" Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
"Trio Los Banditos"Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, and Tim Brooke-TaylorBill Oddie
Graeme Garden,
David Hatch,
Eric Idle,
and Bill Oddie
"Why Can't the Animals" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
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Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
with Peter Kemp
and Chris Miller
"Cactus In My Y-Fronts" Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden Bill Oddie
Jorrocks: Memoirs of a Fox Hunting ManGraeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"An Excerpt from the Reception for the Belgian Ambassador at 10 Downing Street"
(a medley of "There's No Business Like Show Business", "Knees Up, Mother Brown", "That's Entertainment!", and "Make 'Em Laugh")
Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, and the CastIrving Berlin / Traditional / Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz / Bill Oddie / Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown
"Hello! Hello! Who's Your Lady Friend?" Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, John Cleese, and Tim Brooke-Taylor Harry Fragson, Worton David, Bert Lee
"Thud-Bang-Bang-Wobble-Bing-Bang-Bong (Eurovision Song)" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
"D'ye Ken John Peel?" Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden John Woodcock Graves and Bill Oddie
Julius CaesarTim Brooke-Taylor,
John Cleese,
Graeme Garden,
Alan Hutchinson,
Eric Idle,
and Bill Oddie
"The Ship Put to Sea in the Month of May" Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall, and Bill Oddie
(as The Tillingbourne Folk & Madrigal Society)
Eric Idle and John Cameron
"Police Constable Herbert Platt, Somerset Constabulary – Greatest Lawman of Them All" Bill Oddie
(with John Cleese as P.C. Herbert Platt)
Bill Oddie
Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Chartered Accountant" Bill Oddie and the Cast
(with John Cleese as the chartered accountant)
Bill Oddie
Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"The Terrapin Song" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
Eric Idle
and Bill Oddie
"Ferry Across the Mersey (Liverpudlian Love Song)" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
"Liverpool"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
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Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Graeme Garden,
David Hatch,
Eric Idle,
and Bill Oddie
"The Ballad of Sir William Grimbling" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
"Cricket Calypso"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
David Hatch
and Bill Oddie
"If I Were the Only Girl in the World" Jo Kendall
"Professional Work Song"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
Derek Farmer,
Graeme Garden,
and Bill Oddie
"What a Wonderful World" Bill Oddie, with:
Concerned friends – Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden
Doctor – John Cleese
Nurse – Jo Kendall
Bob Thiele and George David Weiss
"Down on Melody Farm"Bill Oddie and the Cast
(with Tim Brooke-Taylor as Constance the Chicken, Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, and David Hatch as Marty Mutton and the Baa-Liners, and John Cleese as a mouse)
Bill Oddie
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Brian Cooke,
Graeme Garden,
Chick Jacob,
Les Liddy,
Johnnie Mortimer,
and Bill Oddie
"After the Fall" Bill Oddie and Jean Hart Bill Oddie
"The Wind" Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, and Bill Oddie
(as The Tillingbourne Folk & Madrigal Society)
Bill Oddie
"The Freedom Day"Bill Oddie and Jean HartBill Oddie
Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Philip Cox, and
Graeme Garden
"Drown All Your Troubles Away (The Masochism Song)" Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Graeme Garden,
and Bill Oddie
"Stuff That Gibbon" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
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John Esmonde,
Graeme Garden,
Eric Idle,
Bob Larbey,
David Lund,
Peter Lund,
and Bill Oddie
"Travel Song"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"I'm in Love with a Lion"Jo KendallBill Oddie
Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Nappy Love" Bill Oddie, with Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor Bill Oddie
John Cleese
and Bill Oddie
"Julie Andrews" Bill Oddie and the Cast
(with exclamations by Graeme Garden)
Bill Oddie
- "Joke Song" Bill Oddie
(with the other joke by John Cleese)
Bill Oddie
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Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 1 Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Knees" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 2 Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"We're All Going on a Hovercraft Ride" Bill Oddie, with Tim Brooke-Taylor Bill Oddie
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 3 Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Hold Me In Your Arms (Just to Keep Me Warm)" Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 4 "The Ballad of Oliver Cromwell" John Cleese and the Cast John Cleese and Frédéric Chopin
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 5 Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
with Simon Brett
"She's Gone" Bill Oddie and the Cast
(with spoken part by Jo Kendall)
Bill Oddie
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 6 Andrew Fisher,
Graeme Garden,
and Bill Oddie
"The Family's On the Rocks" Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
"Boobirella"Bill OddieBill Oddie
"In Perfect Harmony"Tim Brooke-Taylor (as Boobirella) and Bill Oddie (as Pikelet)Bill Oddie
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 7 Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Baby Samba" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 8 Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Marcellus Lane" Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, Jo Kendall, and John Cleese Bill Oddie
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 9 Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Listening to the Flowers Grow" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 10 Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Carry Me Back to Europe" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 11 Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Give Me a Song That Has Nothing To Do with a Melody" Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 12 Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"The Henry V Song" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 13 Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Denmark Street" Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
"Strangers in Paradise"David HatchAlexander Borodin, Robert Wright, George Forrest
"The Grimbling Song"Bill OddieBill Oddie
"Auld Lang Syne"Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, Jo Kendall, and Bill OddieRobert Burns
John Cleese,
Brian Cooke,
Graeme Garden,
Tony Hendra,
Johnnie Mortimer,
and Hugh Woodhouse
"I Love You-ooo (Yippee)" Jean Hart and Bill Oddie, with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden as coyotes Bill Oddie
"She's Gone"Bill Oddie and the Cast
(with spoken word by Jean Hart)
Bill Oddie
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Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"The Brew That We All Love the Most" Bill Oddie, John Cleese, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, and David Hatch
(with objections from Jo Kendall)
Graeme Garden
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John Cleese
and Bill Oddie
"We're Going to a Football Match" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
Graeme Garden,
Peter Hutchins,
David McKellar,
Eric Idle, and
Peter Vincent
"My Baby's Become a Folk Singer" Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
"The Ballad of Robin Hood"David HatchBill Oddie
Simon Brett,
Rowling Baker,
Graeme Garden,
and Jo Kendall
"Bounce" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"The Masochist's Rag" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
"In the Old Bazaar in Cairo"Graeme Garden and Bill OddieCharlie Chester, K. Morris, Clinton Ford, Bill Oddie
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Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Sick Man Blues" Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor Bill Oddie
John Esmonde,
David Hatch,
Eric Idle,
Bob Larbey,
David McKellar,
Bill Oddie, and
Peter Vincent
"Rhubarb Tart Blues" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
"Meet Me in the Churchyard, Nellie"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
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Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Full Frontal Radio" Bill Oddie and the Cast
(announcement by Graeme Garden)
Bill Oddie
Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Silence" Bill Oddie and the Cast
(as The Confirmed Bachelors)
Graeme Garden
Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Graeme Garden,
Alan Hutchinson,
Bill Oddie,
and David Tate
"Roger's Keep Fit Class" Bill Oddie, with Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, and David Hatch Bill Oddie
Tim Brooke-Taylor,
John Cleese,
Graeme Garden,
Eric Idle,
and Bill Oddie
"Take It Off" (dieting) Bill Oddie Bill Oddie
Graeme Garden,
Peter Kemp,
and Bill Oddie
"TV Themes Medley" Bill Oddie and the Cast
(as The Tillingbourne Folk & Madrigal Society)
Bill Oddie
The 25th Anniversary SpecialGraeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
with Jo Kendall
and Lizzie Lord
"Spring, Spring, Spring"
(with an interpolation of "Listening to the Flowers Grow")
Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"The Ferret Song"John Cleese and the CastJohn Cleese and Graham Chapman
Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Lizzie Evans,
Derek Farmer,
and Bill Oddie
"Telephone Directory Song" Bill Oddie, with Jo Kendall as the switchboard operator Bill Oddie
"I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside"Bill OddieJohn H. Glover-Kind
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Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Bill Oddie, and
Douglas Young
"The Good Old Days" Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden Bill Oddie
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- "Repeat After Me" Bill Oddie and the Cast Bill Oddie
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Tim Brooke-Taylor,
David Hatch,
Alan Hutchinson,
Eric Idle,
and Bill Oddie
"Don't Laugh at Me 'Cause I'm a Fool" Bill Oddie
(with laughter from Tim-Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, and Jo Kendall)
Norman Wisdom and June Tremayne
"Living on My Old-Age Pension"Bill Oddie and the Cast
(as The How)
Bill Oddie
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