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REVISED
20 APRIL 2025
The BBC Radio programme Quote ...
Unquote was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom from 1976-2021.
The world of Quote ... Unquote
encompasses a substantial archive of material concerning quotations and
‘well-known phrases and sayings’ of many types.
Now that the radio show has come
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.
The April 2025 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”.
For details of the 2021 final series guests go to BROADCAST
NEWS.
BOOKS
AND E-BOOKS Go here for a
complete list 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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