His introductions are being published today as Lyttelton's Britain, and here is what he had to say about our city:

FOR 18 years Humphrey Lyttelton and the regular I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue team toured England in search of the perfect audience – and Humph and the gang were no strangers to Peterborough.

At every venue Humph presented a short history of the location both to the audience, to the teams and the delightful scorer Samantha.

The last time the gang were here was December last year, when they recorded the show at the Broadway Theatre.

Humphrey Lyttelton chaired the recording, while regular panelists Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer worked alongside guests Jack Dee and Andy Hamilton.

Sadly, Humph passed away aged 86 in April this year, but had worked right until the end, and had even been due to play The Key here in Peterborough in mid-April with his jazz band before falling ill.

As a tribute to the greatly loved jazz musician and comedian, publisher Preface has put together Lyttelton's Britain, featuring all of his short histories of the places the I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue team visited as part of their BBC Radio 4 show.

The unique guide tells you everything you never knew you wouldn't ever need to know about the background and inhabitants of Britain's most prominent towns and cities, from Brighton to Belfast – and Peterborough.

Humphrey Lyttelton formed his first jazz band in 1948, and it soon became the leading exponent of traditional jazz in Britain.

In a long and vigorous musical career, Humph played with a vast array of musical talent from the late great Louis Armstrong to Radiohead.

Over the 50 series of "Clue" that Humph hosted, the programme became one of the most successful comedy series in the history of BBC Radio, winning every award for radio comedy going.

Humph died in April after celebrating 40 years as host of Radio 2's Best of Jazz and 60 years as a bandleader.

Iain Pattinson wrote Humphrey Lyttelton's scripts for BBC R4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue for 15 years, and so also wrote all of Humph's riffs about the towns and cities the boys visited over the years.

» Humphrey Lyttelton had several very interesting things to say about Peterborough - read a selection of his comments

Lyttelton's Britain is published today (October 9), is priced at £14.99, and is available from all good bookshops or search Google for online shops selling the title.

Elsewhere online:
Read some of the thousands of messages left on the www.humphreylyttelton.com website following his death: 'Remember Humph'.

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - BBC Radio 4.