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REVISED
10 JANUARY 2022
The BBC Radio quiz Quote ...
Unquote has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom since 1976.
Devised and introduced by me, the world of Quote ... Unquote now encompasses a substantial archive of material
concerning quotations and ‘well-known phrases and sayings’ of many
types.
Now that the radio show is coming to an end, searching for
‘lost’ quotations and for the origins of phrases and sayings is
undertaken in The “Quote ...
Unquote” Newsletter and through this website.
To mark the end of the programme, I have chosen highlights for a
retrospective with the title “Quote … Unquote: A
Celebration”. This was
broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Boxing Day and BBC Radio 4 Extra from 20
December. In addition there are
several classic editions available on R4X.
All of these shows are available on BBC Sounds.
Series 57 of the radio show – beginning with the 500th
edition – has now been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and is still available on
BBC Sounds.
For details of final series guests go to BROADCAST
NEWS.
The January 2022 issue of the Newsletter
is now available – free – as an e-mail-attached PDF. To be put on the e-mailing list go to HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH “QUOTE ...
UNQUOTE”.
NEW
BOOKS AND E-BOOKS Go here for details
of my books and e-books including:
RADIO
SHOW ARCHIVE – PRODUCERS/READERS/PANELLISTS Complete list of participants in the
radio show 1976-2021, together with other programme details.
RADIO SHOW ARCHIVE –
SERIES/EPISODES Complete
list of all 57 series with transmission dates and names of guests.
NEWSLETTER
An
introduction to the quarterly electronic publication and how to obtain e-book
compilations of back numbers.
SPECIMEN ARTICLES FROM THE
NEWSLETTER Including:
‘Not necessarily in the right order’; ‘Crisis? What crisis?’; the ‘Far away
is close at hand in images of elsewhere’ graffito; Angelina Jolie’s
tattoo motto; ‘Round up the usual suspects’; ‘Play it again,
Sam’; and the story of our signature tune ‘Duddly Dell’.
AUDIO DOWNLOADS How you can get to hear past editions of
the radio show; the ‘greatest hits’ compilation; and the
forthcoming three series download.
CURRENT
FAQs The most
frequently asked questions on the sources of quotations and the origins of
phrases and sayings.
SEARCHING
FOR LOST QUOTATIONS The big list of unsolved queries. See if you can help find the sources of
quotations and the origins of well-known phrases and sayings.
NIGEL’S SPEAKING
ENGAGEMENTS, LECTURES AND PERFORMANCES. To give you an idea of what I do.
JUST
SO YOU KNOW WHO YOU'RE DEALING WITH ... A few notes on me.
HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH
“QUOTE ... UNQUOTE” And how to
obtain the Newsletter.
mail to: nigel.rees @
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