Broadcast List
- 1st Series (1972) - 11 April-4 July (Introduction of 'Word for Word' and 'One Song to the Tune of Another')
- 2nd Series (1973) - 30 April-23 July (Including the first appearances of 'Sound Charades', a version of 'New Definitions' and the use of 'The Antidote to Panel games')
- 3rd Series (1974) - 28 August-2 October (Willie Rushton's first appearances)
- 4th Series (1975) - 29 July-16 September (Colin Sell's first appearance, Graeme mentions 'Gordon Bennett' for the first time as a late arrival and the name 'Pick-Up Song' is used but a different game.)
- 5th Series (1976) - 6 March-10 April (The first series in which 'Good News, Bad News' was played and 'Pick-Up Song' in its recognisable format.)
- 6th Series (1978) - 22 August-24 October (The first time 'Mornington Crescent' is played.)
- 7th Series (1979) - 16 July-17 September
- Christmas Special (1979) - 24 December
- Christmas Special (1980) - 24 December
- 8th Series (1981) - 22 August-24 October
- Christmas Special (1981) - 24 December
- 9th Series (1982) - 20 March-27 March, 10 April-22 May (The first playing of 'Just a Minim'.)
- 10th Series (1983) - 26 February-30 April
- 11th Series (1984) - 7 April-9 June
- 12th Series (1985) - 4 May-6 July (Kenny Everett replaces Graeme for two shows and Samantha makes her first appearance.)
- 13th Series (1986) - 26 July-27 September (Willie predicts his own death in 1996.)
- Christmas Special (1986) - 25 December
- 14th Series (1987) - 17 August-19 October
- 15th Series (1989) - 7 January-11 March
- 16th Series (Spring 1990) - 5 February-12 March
- 17th Series (Autumn 1990) - 17 November-22 December (The first time a letter sent in by Mrs Trellis from South Wales is read out.)
- 18th Series (Summer 1991) - 22 June-27 July (Bill Tidy replaces Tim and Humph asks 'what do points mean?' for the first.)
- 19th Series (Autumn 1991) - 19 October-7 December (Sven makes his first appearance standing in for Samantha.)
- 20th Series (Summer 1992) - 23 May-27 June (The first time an a show ends with a 'film club'.)
- 21st Series (Autumn 1992) - 14 November-19 December, 26 December (The first time 'Swanee-Kazoo' is played.)
- 22nd Series (1993) - 6 November-11 December
- Christmas Special (1993) - 25 December
- 23rd Series (Summer 1994) - 28 May-2 July
- 24th Series (Autumn 1994) - 5 November-10 December
- 25th Series (Summer 1995) - 27 May-1 July
- 26th Series (Autumn 1995) - 11 November-16 December
- Christmas Special (1995) - 25 December (Hamish and Dougal make their first appearance.)
- 27th Series (Summer 1996) - 1 June-6 July
- 28th Series (Autumn 1996) - 9 November-14 December (Willie records his last show.)
- 29th Series (Summer 1997) - 7 June-12 July
- 30th Series (Autumn 1997) - 8 November-13 December, 25 December
- Compilations (1998) - 6 April-20 April
- 31st Series (Summer 1998) - 27 April-1 June
- 32nd Series (Autumn 1998) - 30 November-4 January 1999
- Christmas Special (1998) - 25 December
- Special (1999) - 11 January
- 33rd Series (Summer 1999) - 24 May-28 June
- 34th Series (Autumn 1999) - 8 November-13 December
- Christmas Special (1999) - 25 December
- 35th Series (Summer 2000) - 22 May-26 June
- 36th Series (Autumn 2000) - 13 November-18 December
- 37th Series (Summer 2001) - 28 May-2 July
- 38th Series (Autumn 2001) - 12 November-17 December
- Christmas Special (2001) - 24 December
- Special (2002) - 13 April
- 39th Series (Summer 2002) - 20 May-24 June
- 40th Series (Autumn 2002) - 18 November-23 December
- 41st Series (Summer 2003) - 26 May-30 June
- 42nd Series (Autumn 2003) - 17 November-22 December, 22 December, 25 December
- 43rd Series - (Summer 2004) - 31 May 2004 - 5 July 2004
- 44th Series - (Winter 2004) - 6 December 2004 - 17 January 2005, 27 December
- 45th Series - (Summer 2005) - 30 May 2005 - 4 July 2005
- Special (2005) - 1 September
- 46th Series - (Autumn 2005) - 14 November 2005 - 26 December 2005, 12 December
- Special (2005) - 24 December
- 47th Series (2006) - 22 May-26 June
- 48th Series (2006) - 13 November-18 December
- 49th Series (2007) - 4 June-9 July
- 50th Series (2007) - 12 November - 17 December, 24 December, 25 December
- 51st Series (2009) - 15 June - 20 July
- 52nd Series (2009) - 16 November - 21 December
- 53rd Series (2010) - 21 June - 26 July
- 54th Series (2010–2011) - 27 December - 31 January
- 55th Series (2011) - 27 June - 1 August
- 56th Series (2011) - 14 November - 19 December
- 57th Series (2012) - 25 June - 30 July
Excluding compilations and repeats, this totals 409 episodes. Some early episodes of the series, including the first, were wiped in the late 1970s. Following the BBC's Treasure Hunt appeal for missing material in 2002, several shows were recovered from off-air recordings made by listeners.
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