Many a Slip (radio series)

Many a Slip
Genre	Panel game
Running time	30 minutes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC Light Programme; BBC Radio 2; BBC Radio 4;
Syndicates	BBC Home Service; BBC Radio 4 Extra;
Hosted by	Roy Plomley; Steve Race at the piano;
Starring	Isobel Barnett; Richard Murdoch; Lance Percival; Gillian Reynolds; Tim Rice; Eleanor Summerfield;
Created by	Ian Messiter
Written by	Ian Messiter
Produced by	Charles Maxwell; Tony Luke; Peter Titheradge; Martin Fisher; Paul Mayhew-Archer;
Recording studio	Paris Theatre, London
Original release	17 March 1964 –; 4 December 1979
Website	www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09tc7w5

Many a Slip is a British panel game created by Ian Messiter which was broadcast from 1964 to 1979. It was chaired by Roy Plomley, with a musical mistakes round supplied by Steve Race. The title of the show is a reference to the English proverb "There's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip".

The BBC received requests from school teachers and lecturers for transcripts of Ian Messiter's pieces as a fun way of teaching educational subjects to pupils.