In common with most things that are supposed to be British, it's really English. 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. Just a Minute". Radio Times. Vol.186, no.2415 (London & South Easted.). BBC Publications. 19 February 1970. p.29 . Retrieved 30 January 2020. A panel game controlled (!) this week by Kenneth Williams.

The pilot for Just a Minute was recorded in 1967, featuring Clement Freud, Derek Nimmo, Beryl Reid and Willma Ewert as panellists. The chairman was originally intended to be Jimmy Edwards but he was unavailable on Sundays, the proposed recording dates, and was replaced by Nicholas Parsons, who was originally supposed to be a panel member. Parsons did not want the job and only reluctantly took it, just for the pilot episode. After the show settled in, again he found himself in the role of a straight man for the panellists. Although executives at the BBC disliked the pilot, its producer, David Hatch, insisted on having Parsons as the chairman. [11] The first series was not very successful, but Hatch threatened to resign if the programme was not given another chance. [11] Not wishing to lose Hatch, the BBC acquiesced. One Minute Please". Radio Times. Vol.137, no.1775 (Televisioned.). BBC Publications. 15 November 1957. p.41 . Retrieved 15 February 2020.

As a performer, Gyles Brandreth has been seen most recently in ZIPP! ONE HUNDRED MUSICALS FOR LESS THAN THE PRICE OF ONE at the Duchess Theatre and on tour throughout the UK, and as Malvolio and the Sea Captain in TWELFTH NIGHT THE MUSICAL at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Episode 633". Just a Minute. Series 47. Episode 3. 25 July 2005. BBC Radio 4. Transcript from just-a-minute.info. Hesitation" is watched very strictly: a momentary pause in speaking can give rise to a successful challenge, as can tripping over one's words. Even pausing during audience laughter or applause (known as "riding a laugh") can be challenged. Parsons, Nicholas (2012). Just a Minute's Indian Adventure ( BBC Sounds) (Programme trailer). Mumbai: BBC Radio 4 . Retrieved 30 January 2020. For much of the past 45 years, Just a Minute was broadcast on the BBC World Service; with the show becoming something of a hit, particularly in India. Episode 445". Just a Minute. Series 28. Episode 2. 31 December 1994. BBC Radio 4. Transcript from just-a-minute.info. This particular edition of Just A Minute is coming from the International Edinburgh Festival and we're playing here in the Pleasance Theatre before a very animated and excited fringe Edinburgh audience.

Join national treasure and Just a Minute regular Gyles Brandreth on a hilariously addictive romp through British history. This isn’t just another history book – there’s a catch! From Stonehenge and Boudicca to Megxit and Brexit, each topic is written in 60-second installments, without hesitation, repetition, or deviation. Jeffries, Stuart (16 February 2016). "Paul Merton on Just a Minute: 'Our worst contestant? Esther Rantzen' ". The Guardian. London. eISSN 1756-3224 . Retrieved 15 February 2020. The host gives one of four contestants a topic to talk about for 60 seconds and they have to do so without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Participants [ edit ] Clement Freud was a panellist on the show from 1967 to 2009, making him the longest-serving contestant. A panellist scores one point for making a correct challenge against whoever is speaking, or the speaker gets a point if the challenge is deemed incorrect. If a witty interjection amuses the audience, but is not a correct challenge, at the chairperson's discretion the challenger can nevertheless be awarded an extra point (the "bonus point" rule). A player who makes a correct challenge takes over the subject for the remainder of the minute, or until he or she is successfully challenged. At the discretion of the chairperson also, a challenged player can be given a "benefit of the doubt" and keeps the subject if what he or she was saying appears to remain within the rules, even if verging on their very limits. The person speaking when the whistle blows after 60 seconds scores a point. An extra point is awarded if a panellist speaks for the entire minute without being challenged.

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Deviation" originally meant deviating from the given subject, but gradually evolved to also include "deviating from the English language as we know it", "deviation from grammar as we understand it", deviating from the truth, and deviating from logic. Nevertheless, leaps into the surreal are usually allowed. 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. The following year, an eponymous album Just A Minute was released containing three then-recent episodes from 1991 and 1993. A further cassette with four recent episodes entitled Just A Minute 2 followed in 1996. Just A Minute 3 in 1999 saw the start of regular annual releases featuring 4 of the best episodes from the previous year. After Just A Minute 8 in 2004, the following year's release was titled Just A Minute: The Best Of 2005 and an end-of-year collection has been released every year since with Just A Minute: The Best Of 2017 due for release on 2 November. Several television versions have been attempted. Two pilot episodes were recorded for television in 1969 and 1981 but never broadcast, except in documentaries about Kenneth Williams. a b "Just a Minute". UKGameshows.com. Labyrinth Games . Retrieved 10 September 2007. However, BBC producer David Hatch was insistent that Parsons should have the job. The first series [ when?] was not much of a success, and Hatch had to make a stand and threatened to resign unless it got another go. Following Parsons' death on 28 January 2020, the BBC started broadcasting new episodes in 2021 with guest hosts including Gyles Brandreth, Paul Merton, Stephen Fry, Jo Brand, Nish Kumar, Julian Clary, Lucy Porter, Sue Perkins, Tom Allen and Jenny Eclair, [35] [36] [37] [38] before Perkins was announced as permanent host.

Alex Green (11 December 2020). "Just A Minute to return to BBC Radio 4 with presenting shake-up". Belfast Telegraph . Retrieved 18 December 2020. Just a Minute". Radio Times. Vol.177, no.2301 (London & South Easted.). BBC Publications. 14 December 1967. p.65 . Retrieved 30 January 2020. Pre-recorded at The Piccadilly, 201 Piccadilly, London W1.

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Just a Minute!". Radio Times. Vol.272, no.3549 (Londoned.). BBC Magazines. 2 January 1992. p.87 . Retrieved 30 January 2020. Special edition from Highgate marking the first programme in the 25th series Wolf, Ian (20 October 2011). "Just A Minute to be adapted for TV for 45th anniversary". British Comedy Guide . Retrieved 21 October 2011. A ten-part series will be broadcast in BBC Two's daytime schedule, presented by long-serving host Nicholas Parsons and featuring semi-regular panellist Paul Merton. 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. [40]

A hilarious romp through our history this isn't any ordinary history book, each topic covered is written in 60-second installments. 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.

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He is married to writer and publisher Michèle Brown, with whom he co-curated the exhibition of twentieth century children’s authors at the National Portrait Gallery and founded the award-winning Teddy Bear Museum now based at the Polka Theatre in Wimbledon. He is a trustee of the British Forces Foundation, and a former chairman and now vice-president of the National Playing Fields Association.