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For 22 years, he was a panelist in the long-running BBC Radio 4 radio panel comedy game show I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. He joined the show as a regular team member from the third series, and continued right up to his untimely death in 1996. No permanent replacement has been found for Rushton, instead his seat has been filled by a series of guests. Rushton also illustrated Auberon Waugh's "Way Of The World" column in The Daily Telegraph from 1990 until his death. Whilst working for Private Eye, in 1963 (under the slogan "Death to the Tories") he fought the Kinross and West Perthshire by-election against Sir Alec Douglas-Home (known in the Eye as Baillie Vass), who was seeking to be elected in order to become Prime Minister. On the eve of poll he retired from the election and endorsed the Liberal candidate, who seemed the most credible challenger; this was too late to take his name from the ballot paper and Rushton received 45 votes.
He was a popular choice for narrating audio books, especially those for children. In particular he recorded eighteen of the books by Rev. W. Awdry for The Railway Stories series; he also recorded adaptations of Asterix books and Alice in Wonderland. Rushton died from complications from a heart operation on 11 December 1996. MemorialsHe is honoured by a blue plaque at Mornington Crescent tube station, a reference to the game Mornington Crescent on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. BBC7 showcased his contribution to I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue – in the week of the tenth anniversary of his death – by rebroadcasting five episodes of the show, one on each weekday night (11 – 15 December 2006). The broadcasts chosen included the last shows he recorded for the programme. Bibliography
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