of the show) contacted the producer at Nicholas Parsons' suggestion and was invited to participate during the following year. Nimmo died in 1999, Jones in 2000 and Freud in 2009, leaving Merton as the only regular, although he is not in every episode. Each of the regulars brought their individual style to playing the game. Clement Freud liked to make lists and to challenge with only a few seconds to go. He was among the show's more competitive players, regularly referring to the rules and deprecating any deviation from them. Derek Nimmo often improvised descriptions of his experiences abroad, many derived from his extensive theatrical tours. He too was highly competitive, and was known for berating the chairman frequently. Peter Jones once said that in all his years playing the game, he never quite got the hang of it; nonetheless, his self-deprecating, laconic style suited the essential silliness of the show. Kenneth Williams was often the star of the show: his flamboyant tantrums, arch put-downs, and mock sycophancy made him the audience's favourite. Williams often stretched out his speeches by extending every syllable to breaking point (some words lasting for up to three seconds), and his outbursts of mock-anger regularly included his catchphrase "I've come all the way from Great Portland Street", as though he had journeyed for miles, when in fact his home was just around the corner from the BBC studios where most recordings took place. Merton frequently launches into surreal flights of fancy and fantasy, such as claiming to have had unusual occupations or to have experienced significant historical events. He also often wins points by challenging just before the whistle or for humorous challenges, another technique being to say the same word in the singular and the plural, for inexperienced panellists to challenge incorrectly. Guest panellists Over the 50-year history of the show, there have been many other panellists. Those appearing more than 20 times include: Others appearing as panellists on the Radio and TV programme include: James Acaster Jayde Adams Chris Addison Ray Alan Tom Allen Juno Alexander Stephen K. Amos Toni Arthur John Baddeley Bill Bailey Joan Bakewell Clare Balding Tony Banks Dane Baptiste Angela Barnes Isobel Barnett Lucy Bartlett Simon Bates Jeremy Beadle Lucy Beaumont Elisabeth Beresford Teddie Beverley Carol Binstead John Bishop Tony Blackburn Isla Blair Barbara Blake Hannah Henry Blofeld Hugh Bonneville Fern Britton Cyrus Broacha Tim Brooke-Taylor Janet Brown Ken