Just A Minute
- Radio panel show
- BBC Radio 4
- 1967 - 2024
- 1006 episodes (93 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 94
- Series 56, Episode 2 repeated tomorrow at 2pm on Radio 4 Extra
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Sue Perkins to host Just A Minute
Sue Perkins is to be the new host of Radio 4's much-loved panel show format Just A Minute.
British Comedy Guide, 20th July 2021Just A Minute is at a loss without Nicholas Parsons
As the first season without Parsons draws to a close, have any of the stand-ins made a strong case for permanency?
Charlotte Runcie, The Telegraph, 28th April 2021Are you laughing at Radio 4 comedy? A week in radio
The stock thing to say is that Radio 4 comedy is a bit of an oxymoron. It's not really true, though, is it? Without Radio 4 there'd be no Alan Partridge, no Mighty Boosh, no League Of Gentlemen. Not that the highlights (or lowlights for that matter) should be what the station should be judged on. To listen in to the 6.30pm comedy slot on Radio 4 this last week is to see its comedic strengths and failings.
Teddy Jamieson, The Herald, 10th April 2021Just A Minute to return with guest presenters
Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Lucy Porter, Stephen Fry, Jo Brand and Nish Kumar will be amongst the guest hosts for a new series of BBC Radio 4 panel show Just A Minute.
British Comedy Guide, 11th December 2020Radio 4 to broadcast Nicholas Parsons tribute evening
Radio 4 will pay tribute to Just A Minute host Nicholas Parsons with an evening of programming on Saturday 10th October.
British Comedy Guide, 24th September 2020Comedy.co.uk Awards 2019 shortlist
60 TV and radio programmes have been shortlisted across 10 categories for the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2019. Voting is now open to determine the winners.
British Comedy Guide, 13th January 2020Nicholas Parsons misses Just A Minute recordings
Nicholas Parsons has missed hosting two episodes of Just A Minute, reportedly due to a bad back. Gyles Brandreth stepped in as guest host.
British Comedy Guide, 7th August 2019Nicholas Parsons honoured at Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
Just A Minute host Nicholas Parsons has been honoured at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards. Derry Girls, Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing and Romesh Ranganathan were also winners.
British Comedy Guide, 15th March 2019Nicholas Parsons to receive special broadcasting award
Nicholas Parsons will be honoured for his decades of TV and radio work at this year's Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) Awards.
BT, 13th March 2019Comedy.co.uk Awards 2018 shortlist
The shortlisted TV and radio shows for the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2018 have been announced. 60 programmes are now in the running for the Comedy Of The Year title.
British Comedy Guide, 21st January 2019