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==Production==
Actors or former BBC staff announcers were engaged to read the quotations on the programme. Ronald Fletcher<ref>{{cite news |last=Rees |first=Nigel |author-link=Nigel Rees |title=Ronald Fletcher obituary |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-ronald-fletcher-1318053.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |location=London |date=9 February 1996 |access-date=1 December 2016 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> was the original reader. In later years the main male reader was [[Peter Jefferson (radio)|Peter Jefferson]], formerly of [[BBC Radio 4]], who took over from [[William Franklyn]] when that actor died in 2006. Another former Radio 4 announcer, [[Charlotte Green]], assumed the role from the beginning of Series 50 in August 2014. [[Patricia Hughes (radio presenter)|Patricia Hughes]], formerly in the same role on [[BBC Radio 3]], was another regular from 1994.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rees |first=Nigel |title=Patricia Hughes obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/feb/24/patricia-hughes |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=24 February 2013 |access-date=1 December 2016 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Several significant comedy producers supervised the programme early in their careers, including [[John Lloyd (producer)|John Lloyd]] (deviser of ''[[QI]]''), TV executive [[Geoffrey Perkins]], ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' producer [[Harry Thompson]], and [[Armando Iannucci]].

The programme's theme tune, between which snatches of quotations were inserted at the beginning of each show, was "Duddly Dell", written and performed by [[Dudley Moore]]; it had been the [[B-side]] of the single "Strictly for the Birds" (1961).

Following the 500th edition, broadcast in December 2021, Nigel Rees announced that he was ending the programme after 46 years, partly because the [[COVID pandemic]] had made it impossible to record in the traditional way with a studio audience, and also because of what he described as "cultural issues at the BBC", saying "I can no longer do the programme [in the way that] I have enjoyed doing it".<ref name="Kidd"/> He implied that the BBC's enthusiasm for "woke" attitudes had caused difficulty.<ref name="ST20220109" /> Rees has said the associated newsletter would continue.<ref name="Kidd"/><ref name="ST20220109" />