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Just A Minute. Nicholas Parsons. Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Just A Minute
Just A Minute. Nicholas Parsons. Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Next New Episode:
Monday 6th September
@ 6:30pm on Radio 4
Episode Details

Repeat Scheduled:
  Sun 5th (12:00pm, Radio 4) Go

Just A Minute

Currently broadcasting. Next episode is on Monday 6th September.  Episode Details

Long running radio panel game in which host Nicholas Parsons asks contestants to talk for one minute without repetition, hesitation or deviation

AKA:
JAM
Genre:
Panel Show
Broadcast:
1967 - 2010  (BBC Radio 4)
Starring:
Nicholas Parsons, Clement Freud, Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Peter Jones, Paul Merton
Writers:
Ian Messiter
Production:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Just A Minute is one of the longest running comedies on BBC Radio 4, having started the same year the station was launched. Hosted by Nicholas Parsons, it is a show in which the panel must attempt to talk about a subject for a minute without repetition, hesitation or deviation.

Our Review: Now distinctly old-fashioned, this comedy series plods on towards the 1000th episode with bumbling luvvie Nicholas Parsons still at the helm.

To give JAM some respect: it is possibly one of the most important British radio comedies ever made. It's one of Radio 4's 'Big Three' (alongside I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue and The News Quiz).

Despite this, there have recently been some complaints that contestants are interrupting too much and being too competitive. There have been proposed changes to the rules to combat this which are currently being considered.

The series contains contributions from some great performers, most famously Clement Freud, Paul Merton, Kenneth Williams, Peter Jones and Derek Nimmo.