I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T A FOLLOW ON

I haven't managed to catch this evening's 'I'm Sorry...' just yet but I heard a few moments at the end. I have listened to Stephen Fry's attempts at chairing over the past two weeks. It's all good and entertaining and the usual things are there - plus the glittering Victoria Wood - but somehow its not quite right. Strangely enough, listening to a snippet of Jack Dee this evening nailed it for me.

Now I like Jack Dee and it is of course the law that Stephen Fry must be regarded as a 'national treasure' but the problem is that they are doing stuff designed for Humph. That's not sensible. Both ae perfectly capable of projecting their own personas and they should be allowed to do this, not try to recreate what has gone before.

So, retire Samantha and Sven, lose the double entendres, bring in some new games such as might suit the new quizmasters and move this brilliant programme on, rather than wallowing in rather too much self-pity over the sorry demise of Humph.

The most glaring example of this was following the loss of Willie Rushton when new comedians were brought in. Jeremy Hardy didn't try to do a 'Willie'. He was Jeremy Hardy and now he's one of the regular highlights. In the words of Mr Punch: that's the way to do it!

Or, as Humph might have said of Samantha, she's been doing the same old things with five old men for over 30 years so it about time she turned over and tried out a few new openings.