Jon Naismith is a producer of a large number of BBC radio shows, primarily comedy, including, You'll Have Had Your Tea, The Unbelievable Truth and About a Dog. Since 1991 he has been the producer of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue[1].
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Trivia
Each of the six shows comprising a season of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue are recorded before a live theatre audience, with two programmes being recorded at each performance. It is traditional for Naismith to perform the duties of "warmup artist". This usually involves testing sound recording levels by means of a "patronising audience participation exercise" and a joke, to whit: Late one night a doctor answers the 'phone. "Doctor, help, our son has swallowed a condom" "Don't worry", says the doctor, "I'll be over straight away". As the doctor is putting his coat on over his pyjamas, the 'phone rings again: "Hello, doctor. Don't worry, we've found another one...." ...although he now has another one, supposedly told him by Barry Cryer, which goes something like this: A young man goes into a bar and sees an older woman sitting there. She comes over to him, they start talking and she appears to be chatting him up. They talk late into the night and she asks if he wants to come back to her place. Although she is old, she's still pretty attractive so he says yes. They go back to her house, have a little drink and talk some more. After a while, she tentatively asks if he would be interested in a mother-daughter threesome. She may be old but she still looks good so he agrees. Then she shouts up the stairs - "Mother!" Naismith also provides the mystery voice for the show, whenever Humph talks about something appearing on the laser display board, and the mystery voice for listeners at home.
Books
- The Little Book of Mornington Crescent. 2000. ISBN 978-0752818641
- with Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer: Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea?. 2005. ISBN 978-0007210510
- Uxbridge English Dictionary (I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue). 2005. ISBN 978-0007203376
