Iain Pattinson

His work included writing the chairman's script for the long-running BBC Radio 4 panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, delivered by the programme's veteran chairman Humphrey Lyttelton from 1992 until Lyttelton's death in 2008.

Pattinson continued to write the scripts for subsequent chairmen, including Jack Dee, for a further 11 years.

While she's very keen on his kidneys in red wine and his oxtail in beer, Samantha says it's difficult to beat his famous tongue in cider.

"[5] They also played on whatever location the show was being recorded, such as "By the 1890s, Wimbledon was well established as a commuter town with regular horse buses running to the city.

"[6] Pattinson was also a writer on many other well-known TV and radio light entertainment programmes, including Week Ending, The News Quiz, Would I Lie to You?