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.
- Returns on Monday on Radio 4 at 6:30pm with Series 94, Episode 1
Press clippings
Comedy.co.uk Awards 2024 shortlists revealed
Shortlists for the annual Comedy.co.uk Awards, recognising the best television and radio comedy programming, have been announced today after an initial round of voting.
British Comedy Guide, 13th January 2025Comedy makes BBC Sounds top 10 most listened podcasts
You're Dead To Me and Mark Steel's In Town made the top ten most played shows on BBC Sounds. Just A Minute, It's A Fair Cop, The Unbelievable Truth and Conversations From A Long Marriage joined Steel in the top five most listened comedy shows.
BBC, 30th December 2024"Redefine conversation": how Just A Minute can help people living with dementia
An academic paper co-written with Paul Merton says the show creates ideal conditions for "cognitive overload" and demonstrates how to avoid it.
Steven Morris, The Guardian, 27th July 2024'Brain fry' in Just A Minute: the challenges of talking without hesitation, repetition or deviation
This article combines the insights of an academic and a professional comedian, Paul Merton, in exploring how players attempt to mitigate cognitive overload or 'brain fry' in the popular BBC radio panel game Just A Minute (JAM).
Alison Wray & Paul Merton, Taylor & Francis Online, 30th June 2024Comedy.co.uk Awards 2023 shortlist
The 60 TV and radio programmes shortlisted across the 10 categories in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2023 have been revealed. Voting is now open to determine the winners.
British Comedy Guide, 8th January 2024Comedy.co.uk Awards 2022 shortlist
The 60 TV and radio programmes shortlisted across the 10 categories in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2022 have been revealed. Voting is now open to determine the winners.
British Comedy Guide, 9th January 2023Book extract: A History Of Britain In Just A Minute by Gyles Brandreth
Extracts covering Doctor Who, Coronation Street and Blue Peter.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st September 2022Brandreth to publish Just A Minute history book
Gyles Brandreth has written a Just A Minute book on British history.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd September 2022BBC Books picks up Brandreth's History Of Britain In Just A Minute
Ebury imprint BBC Books has signed Gyles Brandreth's A History Of Britain In Just A Minute, a "celebration of key moments, people and places from our past" that accompanies the long-running Radio 4 comedy series Just A Minute.
Lauren Brown, The Bookseller, 27th May 2022Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021 shortlist
The 60 TV and radio programmes shortlisted across the 10 categories in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021 have been revealed. Voting is now open to determine the winners.
British Comedy Guide, 17th January 2022