Just A Minute
- Radio panel show
- BBC Radio 4
- 1967 - 2025
- 1012 episodes (94 series)
Long running radio panel game in which contestants to talk for one minute without repetition, hesitation or deviation. Stars Nicholas Parsons, Sue Perkins, Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Kenneth Williams and more.
- Due to return for Series 95
Episode menu
Series 54, Episode 9
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 23rd February 2009
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Press
Radio Head: David Mitchell
And David Mitchell's periodic clashes with Paul Merton have to stop. They meet on Just a Minute: the incumbent ruler (Paul) sees that he is being challenged by a younger chimp (David).
The challenge is unworthy of his mighty chimp rule; rather than rising to it, he just becomes grumpy. Nicholas Parsons is powerless to leaven the atmosphere. It is ruining everything. I think the short answer is a leave of absence for David Mitchell. Or maybe start him somewhere he can't do so much damage, like The Archers, or From Our Own Correspondent.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 25th March 2009