A History of Britain in Just a Minute

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Sue Perkins announced as new host of Just a Minute". BBC News. 20 July 2021 . Retrieved 20 July 2021. 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 Just a Minute". Radio Times. Vol.186, no.2414 (London & South Easted.). BBC Publications. 12 February 1970. p.27 . Retrieved 30 January 2020. A panel game controlled (!) this week by Clement Freud. Parsons appeared on every show for 51 years, either as chairman or panellist, until he was absent through illness for two episodes recorded in April 2018 and broadcast the following June. Those shows were hosted by Gyles Brandreth, [33] [34] as were two episodes recorded and broadcast in August 2019, when Parsons was again unwell. 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". But the three basic rules have always applied:

Episode 426". Just a Minute. Series 26. Episode 3. 16 January 1993. BBC Radio 4. Transcript from just-a-minute.info. This particular recording of Just A Minute is coming from the beautiful seaside town of North Wales, Llandudno. On rare occasions, panellists will challenge themselves, usually by mistake or for laughs. [19] If successful, last-second challenges can be especially rewarding, as they allow one to speak for a short time but earn two points—one for the challenge and one for being the last speaker. Repeats were then broadcast until Parsons' death on 28 January 2020, at the age of 96, and for a couple of weeks thereafter as a homage. [16]You've never heard the history of Britain told quite like this. You'll enjoy every uproarious minute of it. Read more Look Inside Details 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. For the first 30 years, most shows were recorded in the Paris Theatre in central London. In 1992, a new producer, Sarah Smith, took the show outside central London and recorded some shows in nearby Highgate. [41] 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. [43] The show started going to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1993 and has been there every year since. [44] In recent years most shows, though not all, have been recorded at the BBC Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House in central London. 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. Episode 441". Just a Minute. Series 27. Episode 8. 19 February 1994. BBC Radio 4. Transcript from just-a-minute.info. Nicholas Parsons: 'Eddie you've challenged yourself!', Eddie Izzard: 'Yes I felt I was hesitating so I get one mark!' Nicholas Parsons: 'Well, well, well, well, well, well played Eddie! I mean you definitely were hesitating'

The panellists are invited, in rotation, to speak for one minute on a given subject (which they are normally not informed of in advance), without "hesitation, repetition or deviation". 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. 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. Throughout its half-century history, the show has, in addition to its popularity in the UK, developed an international following through its broadcast on the BBC World Service and, more recently, on the internet. The format has also occasionally been adapted for television. 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. BBC Radio 4 was launched on 30 September 1967, around three months before Just a Minute was created.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.

This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( March 2021)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] Winners". Sony Radio Academy. Archived from the original on 5 December 2004 . Retrieved 14 October 2010. Episode 455". Just a Minute. Series 29. Episode 1. 6 January 1996. BBC Radio 4. Transcript from just-a-minute.info. So Paul Merton started with the subject and he kept going with a little connivance from the chairman who actually blew the whistle on that occasion after one minute, 30 seconds!