Just a Minute

Premise

Just a Minute is a BBC Radio 4 radio comedy and television panel game chaired by Nicholas Parsons. Its first transmission on Radio 4 was on 22 December 1967, three months after the station's launch. The Radio 4 programme won a Gold Sony Radio Academy Award in 2003.

The object of the game is for panellists to talk for sixty seconds on a given subject, "without repetition, hesitation or deviation". The comedy comes from attempts to keep within these rules and the banter among the participants. In 2011 comedy writer David Quantick ascribed Just a Minute's success to its "insanely basic" format, stating, "It's so blank that it can be filled by people as diverse as Paul Merton and Graham Norton, who don't have to adapt their style of humour to the show at all."

Cast and characters

Leading cast

• Paul Merton as Himself (regular panellist)
• Nicholas Parsons as Himself (host)

Guest cast

• Phill Jupitus as Self
• Russell Tovey as Self
• Ruth Jones as Self
• Miles Jupp as Self
• Josie Lawrence as Self
• John Sergeant as Self
• Graham Norton as Self
• Hugh Bonneville as Self
• Sue Perkins as Self
• Marcus Brigstocke as Self
• Jason Manford as Self
• Stephen Mangan as Self

Episodes

This series spans 5 seasons with 14 episodes.

Production

Release

References

1. The Movie Database (TMDB)
2. Official Website
3. EpisodeTime Show Page