A History of Britain in Just a Minute

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Just A Minute (JAM) is one of my favourite radio shows. Running now for over 50 years, the rules are simple, but it's incredibly hard to play. All you have to do it talk for one minute, on a topic given, without hesitation, repetition or deviation. It sounds simple, but it's very rare for it be actually done. One of the masters of the game, is Gyles Brandreth, hence this book. Unfortunately, the book is just proof you can't really move the show into the written word. In 2017, a box set entitled Just A Minute: Golden Collection was released to celebrate the show's 50th anniversary. Controversially, [ citation needed] more than half the selected episodes featured Freud despite the revelations about him in the previous year. Winners". Sony Radio Academy. Archived from the original on 5 December 2004 . Retrieved 14 October 2010. This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( March 2021) 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!

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.

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Sue Perkins announced as new host of Just a Minute". BBC News. 20 July 2021 . Retrieved 20 July 2021. BBC Radio 4 was launched on 30 September 1967, around three months before Just a Minute was created. 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. 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. Just a Minute: Series 81, Episode 5". BBC Radio 4. BBC Sounds. BBC. 11 June 2018 . Retrieved 30 January 2020. Gyles Brandreth temporarily takes over from Nicholas Parsons as the chairman of the iconic panel game.

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. 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. Just a Minute". Radio Times. Vol.181, no.2344 (London & South Easted.). BBC Publications. 10 October 1968. p.23 . Retrieved 30 January 2020. A panel game controlled (!) this week by Geraldine Jones. 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. 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.Just a Minute is a BBC Radio 4 radio comedy panel game, hosted by Sue Perkins since 2021. For more than 50 years, with a few exceptions, it was hosted by Nicholas Parsons. Following Parsons' death in 2020, Perkins assumed the host's chair permanently, starting with the 87th series. Just a Minute was first transmitted on Radio 4 on 22 December 1967, three months after the station's launch. [2] The programme won a Gold Sony Radio Academy Award in 2003. [3] [4] Just a Minute". Radio Times. Vol.194, no.2525 (Nationaled.). BBC Publications. 30 March 1972. p.35 . Retrieved 30 January 2020. A panel game controlled (!) by Andrei[ sic] Melly. 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]