This particular recording of Just A Minute is coming from the beautiful seaside town of North Wales, Llandudno. 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. Those shows were hosted by Gyles Brandreth, [33] [34] as were two episodes recorded and broadcast in August 2019, when Parsons was again unwell. nicknamed the " Minute Waltz" (which, despite its name, lasts longer than 60 seconds; the nickname actually refers to "minute" as in "small" rather than the unit of time). Here is an example of a speech which successfully lasted for a full minute without being challenged.

Words contained in the given subject are now exempt unless repeated many times in quick succession, although this was a later addition to the rules. In 2018, Nicholas Parsons was unable to attend the recording of two editions of the programme as he had the flu. There were no regular panellists but those appearing were Pam Ayres, Clare Balding, Isla Blair, Jo Brand, Gyles Brandreth, Ken Bruce, Michael Cashman, Barry Cryer, Stephen Frost, Liza Goddard, Tony Hawks, Peter Jones, Maria McErlane, Richard Morton, Tom O'Connor, Su Pollard, Steve Punt, Wendy Richard, John Sergeant, Brian Sewell, Linda Smith, Richard Vranch and Gary Wilmot. The pilot for Just a Minute was recorded in 1967, featuring Clement Freud, Derek Nimmo, Beryl Reid and Willma Ewert as panellists. Nimmo died in 1999, Jones in 2000 and Freud in 2009, leaving Merton as the only regular, although he is not in every episode.Join national treasure and Just a Minute regular Gyles Brandreth on a hilariously addictive romp through British history. So what I do is say, "Yes it is rotten food, let us sing a song", making sure that that particular chanson has a few vowels in it that require her to open her mouth! In this spoof version the contestants must sing songs — always chosen for their highly repetitive lyrics — without repetition, hesitation, or deviation (from the tune).

In the early years the rules were more complicated, as special rules were sometimes tried out in addition, on a one-off basis: a ban on the word "is" might apply in a round, for example, or "the". A year later, the show left London for the first time; the first such shows broadcast were recorded in Bury St Edmunds [42] and Llandudno.Over the years, the application of these rules has been inconsistent, and their interpretation is the focus of much of the comic interplay between those appearing, who often challenge the chairman's rulings. For the show's 25th anniversary in 1992, a two-hour compilation album entitled Just A Minute: Silver Minutes was released on long-play vinyl and cassette. On occasion a similar courtesy has been extended by the whistle-blower, who will refrain from indicating the end of the minute so as to not interrupt a panellist in full and entertaining flow (this once led to Paul Merton speaking for one minute and thirty seconds on the topic " Ram-raiding"). Join national treasure and Just a Minute regular Gyles Brandreth on a hilariously addictive romp through British history. The episodes were recorded on 1 April 2018 with Gyles Brandreth standing in for Parsons and were broadcast on 4 and 11 June 2018.

Looking at the index, there's a handful of entries for Scotland and Wales, and we won't talk about Ireland, cause the author doesn't. Other early incarnations of the show, all created by Messiter, include a 1952 version on South African radio, and a television version on the DuMont network in the United States: One Minute Please. In India, a Malayalam version, known as ഒരു നിമിഷം, Oru Nimiṣaṁ, '(Just a Moment)', has been broadcast since 2017 on Flowers TV, hosted by Sreekandan Nair; the programme was previously broadcast on Asianet, Dooradarshan and Malayalam radio station Akashavani. BBC Radio 4 was launched on 30 September 1967, around three months before Just a Minute was created. The first show in 1967 was recorded in the Playhouse Theatre in central London, [39] [ failed verification] and the 35th anniversary show was also recorded there, and broadcast on New Year's Day 2003.

Away from Britain he refined the format of his quiz idea - adding a rule against deviating from a given subject to those of his old teacher's. To this, Messiter added a rule disallowing players from deviating from the subject, as well as a scoring system based on panellists' challenges. On nine occasions he appeared on the panel, and others have acted as chairman including Clement Freud, [22] [23] [24] [25] Geraldine Jones, [26] Andrée Melly "as our contribution to the women's liberation movement", [27] [25] [28] and Kenneth Williams. 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. Just a Minute was first transmitted on Radio 4 on 22 December 1967, three months after the station's launch.

His great-great-grandfather, Benjamin Brandreth, promoted ‘Brandreth’s Pills’ (a medicine that cured everything! Covering everything from art, science, literature, entertainment, sport, gossip and so much more you've never heard the history of Britain told quite like this.In 2004, the BBC began a separate annual series of double CD releases collecting older episodes covering the shows first 30 years entitled Just A Classic Minute: Volume 1. Just a Minute became a team game, with the Midlands and London playing against each other, under team captains Tony Slattery and Dale Winton. This section needs expansionwith: information about the effect different producers have had on the show and vice versa.