Bibliogryphon

Well the banana one is easy to solve it is William O' Connell not Connor and that is a typo by me because Banana's original entry was clear.

No that is one thing that has been proven with this game. The first three games were all won by different routes It will just be a tweak to the precedence of tie-breaks

I will investigate and report back

You are right I have adjusted the masterlist accordingly. I do remember one time whe I was adding on my phone I put all the hits in the wrong column and had to go through taking them off. Maybe thet was what it stems from

However the general sense of Bon Homie that would flow from such an event should negate any feeling of injustice on the part of msc. Why in the past week have we lost David Warner, Bernard Cribbins and Nichelle Nicholls when Norman Tebbitt, Nigel Lawson and Jim Davidson still walk the Earth As I have indicated there will probably be a rule change for round V

I know this is my fault but my memory stick with all my spreadsheets on has stopped working I can no longer access my long list of almost 1000 names and all my entries that are live. I have had to reconstruct the SHBD Masterlist from the pages here Anyone know how to repair memory sticks? (I have tried it in another computer)

I am now up to 6 with my list

The rules were constructed before I had run a game and I was trying to think of promoting innovation but the players are actually a pretty innovative lot so there are a lot more unique picks than I expected. It has not really been too obvious before but here we have msc with the most hits but no way of going out. However I will be making the change for Game V because I do not like retconning rules

For the SHBDP V we perhaps need to think about the priority of total hits vs uniques Thoughts welcome

Nichelle Nicholls is one of the really big hits here with fifteen players getting points on the board but only two players have new ways of winning Michael Jopling is the only name added to the list for @Banana but @Spade_Cooley steals Nigel Lawson from poor old @msc who despite having the most individual hit (9) has no ways of going out left because of uniques. John Prescott is a tie between Spade and @chilean way but at the moment I am not going to get too bothered about this because I do not think Prezza will be the first on this list to go 1. John Aniston (ro) 2. Lou Antonio (cc) 3. Tony Blair (ar) 4. Vasily Borisov (to) 5. Peter Brooke (ph) 6. Gordon Brown (cw) 7. Irene Camber (to) 8. Kenneth Clarke (ro) 9. Donald L. Coburn (ar) 10. James Darren (ar) 11. Charlie Falconer (cw) 12. Norman Fowler (ro) 13. Tom Gayford (ro) 14. Gordy Giovenelli (to) 15. Judy Grinham (ti) 16. John Gummer (ti) 17. Roy Hattersley (ro) 18. Douglas Hurd (ro) 19. Margaret Jay (cc) 20. Micheal Jopling (ba) 20. Tony Kubek (ar) 21. Vern Law (cc) 22. Nigel Lawson (sp) 23. James Mackay (bp) 24. John Major (ar) 25. Ken McMullen (ar) 26. John McPhee (cc) 27. Joanna Miles (ti) 28. John Morris (bp) 29. Koji Murofushi (to) 30. Marsh Norman (ar) 31. John Nott (ph) 32. Franco de Piccoli (ti) 33. John Prescott (cw/sp) 34. Bob Richards (to) 35. Bob Robertson (ar) 36. Andrew Robinson (ar) 37. Bill Rodgers (bp) 38. Gillian Shepard (cw) 39. Carel Struycken (ar) 40. Norman Tebbit (ro) 41. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (ti) 42. George Young (ar) 43. Anthony Zerbe (ro)

A. Iris Apfel B. David Butler C. Barbara Clegg D. Timothy Dudley-Smith E. Carl Erskine F. Athol Fugard G. Gaston Glock H. Sheldon Harnick I. James Ivory J. Norman Jewison K. Agnes Keleti L. Ray Lawler M. Josip Manolic N. Nichelle Nicholls O. Edna O’ Brien P. Leontyne Price Q. Mary Quant R. Ned Rorem S. Max Stafford-Clark T. Nikolai Tolstoy U. Gudrun Ure V. Erich Von Daniken W. Joy Whitby X. Xi Jinping Y. Arnold Yarrow Z. Zandra Rhodes Can I replace Nichelle Nicholls with Larry Niven? Forgot the urgency of this

Underground, overground.......oh wait. (Or should we save that for Mike Batt?)

One of the biggest advantages of getting rid of Boris Johnson was that hopefully his cabinet of none of the talents would go with him. Dorries, Rees-Mogg and Patel chief amongst them. However I think Liz Truss will keep a lot of the same names. Has Tugendhat made a play for Foreign secretary?

Poor, unfortunate soul

Another hit for @MariNisiabrings us to 30 hits in total and a new leader board MariNisa - 7 Yvonne - 3 Bibliogryphon - 3 Hell - 3 Chilean Way - 3 Grimgrass - 3 Arghton - 3 Death Impends - 1 Lady Fiona - 1 Doorslammer - 1 WEP - 1 Summer in Transylvania - 1

1922 Rachel Robinson/Norman Lear 1923 Gloria Whelan/ Ned Rorem 1924 Priscilla Pointer/Sheldon Harnick 1925 Ysanne Churchman/Pete Murray 1926 Georgia Holt/Timothy Dudley-Smith 1927 Leontyne Price/Kenneth Anger 1928 Queen Ratna of Nepal/Jean Marie Le Pen  1929 Imelda Marcos/John Woodvine 1930 Edna O'Brien/Bill Treacher 1931 Leslie Caron/Ken Bates

Pope Benedict XVI

Sorry I have pinched Carole Cook

There are now more players with three hits than with one hit

Thanks for letting me know Swapped out for Carole Cook

Congratulations @arghton 1922 Rachel Robinson/John B. Goodenough 1923 Gloria Whelan/ Ned Rorem 1924 Carole Cook/Sheldon Harnick 1925 Ysanne Churchman/Pete Murray 1926 Georgia Holt/Timothy Dudley-Smith 1927 Leontyne Price/Kenneth Anger 1928 Queen Ratna of Nepal/Jean Marie Le Pen  1929 Imelda Marcos/John Woodvine 1930 Edna O'Brien/Bill Treacher 1931 Leslie Caron/Ken Bates

She is my Wildcard pick for the game I run with former colleagues. Even if you do not recognise the name her work includes The L-shaped Room and The Indian in the Cupboard

The ten episodes thing is causing me a bit of an issue. Many highly acclaimed dramas have fewer than ten episodes but in running time the could be equivalent to 10 half hour episodes

The total number of outs is now 43. Higher than the number of Cabinet Ministers selected to play in the game 1. John Aniston (ro) 2. Lou Antonio (cc) 3. Tony Blair (ar) 4. Vasily Borisov (to) 5. Peter Brooke (ph) 6. Gordon Brown (cw) 7. Irene Camber (to) 8. Kenneth Clarke (ro) 9. Donald L. Coburn (ar) 10. James Darren (ar) 11. Charlie Falconer (cw) 12. Norman Fowler (ro) 13. Tom Gayford (ro) 14. Gordy Giovenelli (to) 15. Judy Grinham (ti) 16. John Gummer (ti) 17. Roy Hattersley (ro) 18. Douglas Hurd (ro) 19. Margaret Jay (cc) 20. Tony Kubek (ar) 21. Vern Law (cc) 22. Nigel Lawson (mc) 23. James Mackay (bp) 24. John Major (ar) 25. Ken McMullen (ar) 26. John McPhee (CC) 27. Joanna Miles (ti) 28. John Morris (bp) 29. Koji Murofushi (to) 30. Marsh Norman (ar) 31. John Nott (ph) 32. Franco de Piccoli (ti) 33. John Prescott (cw) 34. Bob Richards (to) 35. Bob Robertson (ar) 36. Andrew Robinson (ar) 37. Bill Rodgers (bp) 38. Gillian Shepard (cw) 39. Carel Struycken (ar) 40. Norman Tebbit (ro) 41. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (ti) 42. George Young (ar) 43. Anthony Zerbe (ro)

This is @CaptainChorizo second unique hit so all their other uniques come into play as potential outs