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
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Nicholas Parsons interview
The veteran broadcaster on 48 years of Just a Minute, and how he nearly pursued a career in politics.
Simon Usborne, The Independent, 20th June 2015Just a Minute, review: show has a timeless appeal
The Radio 4 show is one of a handful of radio's more old-school institutions that have proved impervious to the tides of fashion.
Fiona Sturges, The Independent, 19th February 2015David Tennant makes most successful JAM debut ever
David Tennant has become the most successful debut contestant on Radio 4's Just A Minute, after making it through a full 60 seconds without repetition, hesitation or deviation.
Hannah Furness, The Telegraph, 9th February 2015David Tennant dazzles in his Just a Minute debut
David Tennant triumphantly manages to speak without repetition, deviation or hesitation for a full minute on the subject of Shakespeare.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 6th February 2015Your brain on Just a Minute
How come some people are born raconteurs while others struggle to speak in front of an audience? At the moment, neuroscience can't answer this question, but we aim to change that. This study investigates what differentiates the brain of fluent speakers from the rest of us.
Neuroscience of Language Group, UCL, 20th January 2015Robin Ince: A night of Just a Minute
I was repetitively kicking myself within. Every time I snatched a subject from someone else, I managed to repeat something within seconds, though I have no idea how I clumsily repeated both DNA and Schopenhauer.
Robin Ince, 3rd December 2014Video: Paul Merton talks for Just a Minute on Breakfast
For more than 20 years Paul Merton has been keeping us entertained with his quick witted comments and slightly surreal humour. But he describes himself as having been a shy child.
He accepted a Just a Minute challenge from BBC Breakfast the team. His topic - Breakfast.
BBC News, 26th November 2014In praise of ... Nicholas Parsons
The veteran host of Just a Minute has no plans to retire, and killed off all such speculation at the Cheltenham Literature festival.
Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 10th October 2014I'm only 90, says Nicholas Parsons
Nicholas Parsons has reacted with indignation after being asked who might replace him on Just A Minute, the Radio 4 programme he has presented for 47 years. Parsons, who is 90, told an audience at the Cheltenham Literature Festival that he had never considered who might succeed him and berated a member of the public for asking "that bloody question".
Jack Malvern, The Times, 9th October 2014Parsons: If I was on autopilot that show would be dead
Nicholas Parsons says that Just A Minute would have died long ago if he didn't keep "fresh as a daisy".
James Gill, Radio Times, 8th October 2014