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WELCOME TO THE

“QUOTE ... UNQUOTE”

WEBSITE

FROM NIGEL REES

REVISED 18 January 2012

The BBC Radio quiz Quote ... Unquote has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom since 1976. Devised and introduced by myself, the programme has become something of an institution and the world of Quote ... Unquote now encompasses a substantial archive of material concerning quotations and ‘well-known phrases and sayings’ of many types. When the programme is not on the air, searching for ‘lost’ quotations and for the origins of phrases and sayings is undertaken in The “Quote ... Unquote” Newsletter and through this website.

Series 48 will be recorded during May 2012 and broadcast in July/August. More details in due course. For more information and photos, see BROADCAST NEWS. Details, too, of our signature tune.

The January 2012 issue of the Newsletter is now available – free – as an e-mail-attached PDF. To be put on the e-mailing list go to HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH “QUOTE ... UNQUOTE”.

NEW BOOKS AND E-BOOKS

Details of my new book Don’t You Know There’s a War On!, plus the Kindle e-book editions of The Golden Age of Graffiti, The Best Guide to Humorous Quotations and a new autobiography entitled my radio times.

BROADCAST NEWS

Information about broadcasts on BBC Radio 4 and the Internet. Also details of the show’s signature tune.

RADIO SHOW ARCHIVE – PRODUCERS/READERS/PANELLISTS

Complete list of participants in the radio show since 1976, together with other programme details.

RADIO SHOW ARCHIVE – SERIES/EPISODES

Complete list of all series to date with transmission dates and names of guests.

NEWSLETTER

An introduction to the quarterly electronic publication.

SPECIMEN ARTICLES FROM THE NEWSLETTER

Including: the ‘Far away is close at hand in images of elsewhere’ graffito; Angelina Jolie’s tattoo motto; ‘round up the usual suspects’; and ‘play it again, Sam’.

NIGEL’S SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, LECTURES & PERFORMING

Read about what I tend to talk about and how.

CURRENT FAQs

The most frequently asked questions on the sources of quotations and the origins of phrases and sayings.

SEARCHING FOR LOST QUOTATIONS

The ‘Hard Core’ of unsolved queries. See if you can help me find the sources of quotations and the origins of well-known phrases and sayings. See also:

LATEST QUOTATION QUERIES

I am looking for solutions to these new quotation queries. Any help given will be individually acknowledged. Results will be posted in The “Quote ... Unquote” Newsletter and, in due course, may be mentioned on the “Quote ... Unquote” radio show.

JUST SO YOU KNOW WHO YOU'RE DEALING WITH ...

A few notes on me.

HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH “QUOTE ... UNQUOTE”

And how to obtain the Newsletter.

e-mail now: nigel.rees@btinternet.com