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	==Audiobook releases==		==Audiobook releases==
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	For the show's 25th anniversary in 1992, a two-hour compilation album entitled ''Just A Minute: Silver Minutes'' was released on long-play vinyl and cassette. The following year, an eponymous album ''Just A Minute'' was released containing three then-recent episodes from 1991 and 1993. A further cassette with four recent episodes entitled ''Just A Minute 2'' followed in 1996. ''Just A Minute 3'' in 1999 saw the start of regular annual releases featuring 4 of the best episodes from the previous year. After ''Just A Minute 8'' in 2004, the following year's release was titled ''Just A Minute: The Best Of 2005'' and an end-of-year collection has been released every year since with ''Just A Minute: The Best Of 2017'' due for release on 2 November.		For the show's 25th anniversary in 1992, a two-hour compilation album entitled ''Just A Minute: Silver Minutes'' was released on long-play vinyl and cassette. The following year, an eponymous album ''Just A Minute'' was released containing three then-recent episodes from 1991 and 1993. A further cassette with four recent episodes entitled ''Just A Minute 2'' followed in 1996. ''Just A Minute 3'' in 1999 saw the start of regular annual releases featuring 4 of the best episodes from the previous year. After ''Just A Minute 8'' in 2004, the following year's release was titled ''Just A Minute: The Best Of 2005'' and an end-of-year collection has been released every year since with ''Just A Minute: The Best Of 2017'' due for release on 2 November.

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	==Recording locations==		==Recording locations==
	The first show in 1967 was recorded in the [[Playhouse Theatre#BBC studio\|Playhouse Theatre]] in central London,<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1967-12-22#at-19.30 \|title=Just a Minute \|magazine=[[Radio Times]] \|publisher=[[BBC Publications]] \|edition=London & South East \|volume=177 \|issue=2301 \|page=65 \|date=14 December 1967 \|access-date=30 January 2020 \|quote=Pre-recorded at The Piccadilly, 201 Piccadilly, London W1.}}</ref>~~{{Not in citation given\|date=January 2020}}~~ and the 35th anniversary show was also recorded there, and broadcast on New Year's Day 2003.<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/2003-01-01#at-12.04 \|title=Just a Minute's 35th Birthday Show \|magazine=[[Radio Times]] \|publisher=[[BBC Magazines]] \|edition=London \|volume=315 \|issue=4111 \|page=211 \|date=19 December 2002 \|access-date=30 January 2020 \|quote=Nicholas Parsons and panellists Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock, Paul Merton and Graham Norton return to the show's first venue, the Playhouse Theatre, London, to celebrate 35 years of hesitation, repetition and deviation.}}</ref>		The first show in 1967 was recorded in the [[Playhouse Theatre#BBC studio\|Playhouse Theatre]] in central London,<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1967-12-22#at-19.30 \|title=Just a Minute \|magazine=[[Radio Times]] \|publisher=[[BBC Publications]] \|edition=London & South East \|volume=177 \|issue=2301 \|page=65 \|date=14 December 1967 \|access-date=30 January 2020 \|quote=Pre-recorded at The Piccadilly, 201 Piccadilly, London W1.}}</ref> and the 35th anniversary show was also recorded there, and broadcast on New Year's Day 2003.<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/2003-01-01#at-12.04 \|title=Just a Minute's 35th Birthday Show \|magazine=[[Radio Times]] \|publisher=[[BBC Magazines]] \|edition=London \|volume=315 \|issue=4111 \|page=211 \|date=19 December 2002 \|access-date=30 January 2020 \|quote=Nicholas Parsons and panellists Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock, Paul Merton and Graham Norton return to the show's first venue, the Playhouse Theatre, London, to celebrate 35 years of hesitation, repetition and deviation.}}</ref>

	For the first 30 years, most shows were recorded in the [[Paris Theatre]] in central London. In 1992, a new producer, Sarah Smith, took the show outside central London and recorded some shows in nearby [[Highgate]].<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1992-01-04#at-12.25 \|title=Just a Minute! \|magazine=[[Radio Times]] \|publisher=[[BBC Magazines]] \|edition=London \|volume=272 \|issue=3549 \|page=87 \|date=2 January 1992 \|access-date=30 January 2020 \|quote=Special edition from Highgate marking the first programme in the 25th series}}</ref> A year later, the show left London for the first time; the first such shows broadcast were recorded in [[Bury St Edmunds]]<ref>{{cite episode \|title=Episode 424 \|series=Just a Minute \|network=[[BBC Radio 4]] \|date=1993-01-02 \|series-number=26 \|number=1 \|transcript=Transcript from just-a-minute.info \|transcript-url=http://just-a-minute.info/jam757.html \|quote=This particular edition of ''Just A Minute'' comes from the beautiful and ancient Theatre Royal in the delightful and old city of Bury St Edmonds.}}</ref> and {{lang\|cy\|[[Llandudno]]\|italic=no}}.<ref>{{cite episode \|title=Episode 426 \|series=Just a Minute \|network=[[BBC Radio 4]] \|date=1993-01-16 \|series-number=26 \|number=3 \|transcript=Transcript from just-a-minute.info \|transcript-url=http://just-a-minute.info/jam230.html \|quote=This particular recording of ''Just A Minute'' is coming from the beautiful seaside town of North Wales, {{lang\|cy\|Llandudno\|italic=no}}.}}</ref> The show started going to the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] in 1993 and has been there every year since.<ref>{{cite episode \|title=Episode 445 \|series=Just a Minute \|network=[[BBC Radio 4]] \|date=1994-12-31 \|series-number=28 \|number=2 \|transcript=Transcript from just-a-minute.info \|transcript-url=http://just-a-minute.info/jam763.html \|quote=This particular edition of Just A Minute is coming from the International Edinburgh Festival and we're playing here in the Pleasance Theatre before a very animated and excited fringe Edinburgh audience.}}</ref> In recent years most shows, though not all, have been recorded at the [[BBC Radio Theatre]] in [[Broadcasting House]] in central London.		For the first 30 years, most shows were recorded in the [[Paris Theatre]] in central London. In 1992, a new producer, Sarah Smith, took the show outside central London and recorded some shows in nearby [[Highgate]].<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1992-01-04#at-12.25 \|title=Just a Minute! \|magazine=[[Radio Times]] \|publisher=[[BBC Magazines]] \|edition=London \|volume=272 \|issue=3549 \|page=87 \|date=2 January 1992 \|access-date=30 January 2020 \|quote=Special edition from Highgate marking the first programme in the 25th series}}</ref> A year later, the show left London for the first time; the first such shows broadcast were recorded in [[Bury St Edmunds]]<ref>{{cite episode \|title=Episode 424 \|series=Just a Minute \|network=[[BBC Radio 4]] \|date=1993-01-02 \|series-number=26 \|number=1 \|transcript=Transcript from just-a-minute.info \|transcript-url=http://just-a-minute.info/jam757.html \|quote=This particular edition of ''Just A Minute'' comes from the beautiful and ancient Theatre Royal in the delightful and old city of Bury St Edmonds.}}</ref> and {{lang\|cy\|[[Llandudno]]\|italic=no}}.<ref>{{cite episode \|title=Episode 426 \|series=Just a Minute \|network=[[BBC Radio 4]] \|date=1993-01-16 \|series-number=26 \|number=3 \|transcript=Transcript from just-a-minute.info \|transcript-url=http://just-a-minute.info/jam230.html \|quote=This particular recording of ''Just A Minute'' is coming from the beautiful seaside town of North Wales, {{lang\|cy\|Llandudno\|italic=no}}.}}</ref> The show started going to the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] in 1993 and has been there every year since.<ref>{{cite episode \|title=Episode 445 \|series=Just a Minute \|network=[[BBC Radio 4]] \|date=1994-12-31 \|series-number=28 \|number=2 \|transcript=Transcript from just-a-minute.info \|transcript-url=http://just-a-minute.info/jam763.html \|quote=This particular edition of Just A Minute is coming from the International Edinburgh Festival and we're playing here in the Pleasance Theatre before a very animated and excited fringe Edinburgh audience.}}</ref> In recent years most shows, though not all, have been recorded at the [[BBC Radio Theatre]] in [[Broadcasting House]] in central London.

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	===Producers===		===Producers===
	Over the years, more than two dozen producers have worked on ''Just a Minute''.		Over the years, more than two dozen producers have worked on ''Just a Minute''.
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	*[[David Hatch]] {{small\|(1967–1975 & 1979–1981)}}		*[[David Hatch]] {{small\|(1967–1975 & 1979–1981)}}

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	===Producers===		===Producers===
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	Over the years, more than two dozen producers have worked on ''Just a Minute''.		Over the years, more than two dozen producers have worked on ''Just a Minute''.
	{{Expand list\|date=January 2020}}		{{Expand list\|date=January 2020}}

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	It is rare for a panellist to speak within the three cardinal rules for any substantial length of time, whilst both remaining coherent and being amusing. Therefore, to speak for the full minute without being challenged is a special achievement. However, if a panellist is speaking fluently on a subject, staying reasonably within the three rules, and seems likely to speak for the whole minute, the other panellists often refrain from challenging. On occasion a similar courtesy has been extended by the whistle-blower, who will refrain from indicating the end of the minute so as to not interrupt a panellist in full and entertaining flow (this once led to Paul Merton speaking for one minute and thirty seconds on the topic "[[Ram-raiding]]").<ref>		It is rare for a panellist to speak within the three cardinal rules for any substantial length of time, whilst both remaining coherent and being amusing. Therefore, to speak for the full minute without being challenged is a special achievement. However, if a panellist is speaking fluently on a subject, staying reasonably within the three rules, and seems likely to speak for the whole minute, the other panellists often refrain from challenging. On occasion a similar courtesy has been extended by the whistle-blower, who will refrain from indicating the end of the minute so as to not interrupt a panellist in full and entertaining flow (this once led to Paul Merton speaking for one minute and thirty seconds on the topic "[[Ram-raiding]]").<ref>
	{{cite episode \|title=Episode 455 \|series=Just a Minute \|network=[[BBC Radio 4]] \|date=6 January 1996 \|series-number=29 \|number=1 \|transcript=Transcript from just-a-minute.info \|transcript-url=http://just-a-minute.info/jam288.html \|quote=So Paul Merton started with the subject and he kept going with a little connivance from the chairman who actually blew the whistle on that occasion after one minute, 30 seconds!}}</ref> There have also been occasions when players have chosen not to buzz because the speaker has been amusing the audience by performing badly.~~{{cn\|date=June 2022}}~~		{{cite episode \|title=Episode 455 \|series=Just a Minute \|network=[[BBC Radio 4]] \|date=6 January 1996 \|series-number=29 \|number=1 \|transcript=Transcript from just-a-minute.info \|transcript-url=http://just-a-minute.info/jam288.html \|quote=So Paul Merton started with the subject and he kept going with a little connivance from the chairman who actually blew the whistle on that occasion after one minute, 30 seconds!}}</ref> There have also been occasions when players have chosen not to buzz because the speaker has been amusing the audience by performing badly.

	Here is an example of a speech which successfully lasted for a full minute without being challenged. {{quote\|Well it varies according to the person that you are arguing with. Should it be a child that you are having a contretemps with, the ideal is deviation tactics. For instance Lola Lupin who I mentioned before won't eat her dinner. So what I do is say, "Yes it is rotten food, let us sing a song", making sure that that particular chanson has a few vowels in it that require her to open her mouth! During which I pop the spoon in and I have won the argument. However if it is an argument with a person that knows their subject what I do is nod sagely and smile superciliously, let them ramble on, and at the end I say "Well I'm sorry, I think you're completely wrong", turn on my heels and leave. I ...<ref>{{cite episode \|title=Episode 633 \|series=Just a Minute \|network=[[BBC Radio 4]] \|date=2005-07-25 \|series-number=47 \|number=3 \|transcript=Transcript from just-a-minute.info \|transcript-url=http://just-a-minute.info/jam629.html}}</ref> \|personquoted=[[Sheila Hancock]] \|title=on the subject of 'How to win an argument'.}}		Here is an example of a speech which successfully lasted for a full minute without being challenged. {{quote\|Well it varies according to the person that you are arguing with. Should it be a child that you are having a contretemps with, the ideal is deviation tactics. For instance Lola Lupin who I mentioned before won't eat her dinner. So what I do is say, "Yes it is rotten food, let us sing a song", making sure that that particular chanson has a few vowels in it that require her to open her mouth! During which I pop the spoon in and I have won the argument. However if it is an argument with a person that knows their subject what I do is nod sagely and smile superciliously, let them ramble on, and at the end I say "Well I'm sorry, I think you're completely wrong", turn on my heels and leave. I ...<ref>{{cite episode \|title=Episode 633 \|series=Just a Minute \|network=[[BBC Radio 4]] \|date=2005-07-25 \|series-number=47 \|number=3 \|transcript=Transcript from just-a-minute.info \|transcript-url=http://just-a-minute.info/jam629.html}}</ref> \|personquoted=[[Sheila Hancock]] \|title=on the subject of 'How to win an argument'.}}

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	In 2011, five double CDs were released with each volume focusing on a "Classic" selection of each of the main regular panellists (eg. ''Just A Minute: Classic Kenneth Williams'', ''Just A Minute: Classic Paul Merton'', etc.) The five volumes were also available as a box set entitled ''Just A Minute: The Classic Collection'' along with a bonus CD. The "Classic Clement Freud" CD and audio download was withdrawn from sites such as Amazon and iTunes following the posthumous revelations about him. A second box set was released in 2014 entitled ''Just A Minute: Another Classic Collection''. It followed the same theme as its predecessor, this time focusing on five non-regulars who are frequent panellists, namely Sheila Hancock, Gyles Brandreth, Jenny Éclair, Stephen Fry and Graham Norton. Once again, there was a bonus disc with the box set which was not available with the separate volumes. In 2015, a third box set entitled ''Just A Minute: A Further Classic Collection'' focused on Tim Rice, Wendy Richard, Tony Hawks, Sue Perkins and Julian Clary.		In 2011, five double CDs were released with each volume focusing on a "Classic" selection of each of the main regular panellists (eg. ''Just A Minute: Classic Kenneth Williams'', ''Just A Minute: Classic Paul Merton'', etc.) The five volumes were also available as a box set entitled ''Just A Minute: The Classic Collection'' along with a bonus CD. The "Classic Clement Freud" CD and audio download was withdrawn from sites such as Amazon and iTunes following the posthumous revelations about him. A second box set was released in 2014 entitled ''Just A Minute: Another Classic Collection''. It followed the same theme as its predecessor, this time focusing on five non-regulars who are frequent panellists, namely Sheila Hancock, Gyles Brandreth, Jenny Éclair, Stephen Fry and Graham Norton. Once again, there was a bonus disc with the box set which was not available with the separate volumes. In 2015, a third box set entitled ''Just A Minute: A Further Classic Collection'' focused on Tim Rice, Wendy Richard, Tony Hawks, Sue Perkins and Julian Clary.

	In 2017, a box set entitled ''Just A Minute: Golden Collection'' was released to celebrate the show's 50th anniversary. Controversially,~~{{citation needed\|date=September 2022}}~~ more than half the selected episodes featured Freud despite the revelations about him in the previous year.		In 2017, a box set entitled ''Just A Minute: Golden Collection'' was released to celebrate the show's 50th anniversary. Controversially, more than half the selected episodes featured Freud despite the revelations about him in the previous year.

	==Other formats==		==Other formats==

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Show changes

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	\| home_station = [[w:BBC Radio 4\|BBC Radio 4]]		\| home_station = [[w:BBC Radio 4\|BBC Radio 4]]
	\| syndicates = {{ubl\|[[w:BBC World Service\|BBC World Service]]\|[[w:BBC Radio 4 Extra\|BBC Radio 4 Extra]]}}		\| syndicates = {{ubl\|[[w:BBC World Service\|BBC World Service]]\|[[w:BBC Radio 4 Extra\|BBC Radio 4 Extra]]}}
	\| presenter = {{ubl\|[[Nicholas Parsons]] (1967{{endash}}2019)\|[[#Guest_presenters\|See list of guest presenters]]\|[[Sue Perkins]] (2021–present)<ref name="perkins">{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57900638\|title=Sue Perkins announced as new host of Just a Minute\|website=BBC News\|date=20 July 2021\|access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>}}		\| presenter = {{ubl\|[[Nicholas Parsons]] (1967{{endash}}2019)\|[[#Guest_presenters\|See list of guest presenters]]\|[[w:Sue Perkins\|Sue Perkins]] (2021–present)<ref name="perkins">{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57900638\|title=Sue Perkins announced as new host of Just a Minute\|website=BBC News\|date=20 July 2021\|access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>}}
	\| starring = {{ubl\|[[w:Clement Freud\|Clement Freud]]\|[[Peter Jones (actor)\|Peter Jones]]\|[[Derek Nimmo]]\|[[Kenneth Williams]]\|[[Paul Merton]]\|[[#Guest_panellists\|See list of guest panellists]]}}		\| starring = {{ubl\|[[w:Clement Freud\|Clement Freud]]\|[[Peter Jones (actor)\|Peter Jones]]\|[[Derek Nimmo]]\|[[Kenneth Williams]]\|[[w:Paul Merton\|Paul Merton]]\|[[#Guest_panellists\|See list of guest panellists]]}}
	\| creator = [[Ian Messiter]]		\| creator = [[Ian Messiter]]
	\| producer = [[#Producers\|See list of producers]]		\| producer = [[#Producers\|See list of producers]]

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	\| alt = Image shows Nicholas Parsons smiling whilst holding a stopwatch in his left hand and pointing to the watch with his right hand		\| alt = Image shows Nicholas Parsons smiling whilst holding a stopwatch in his left hand and pointing to the watch with his right hand
	\| caption = [[Nicholas Parsons]] hosted the show for almost 52 years		\| caption = [[Nicholas Parsons]] hosted the show for almost 52 years
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	\| syndicates = {{ubl\|[[BBC World Service]]\|[[BBC Radio 4 Extra]]}}		\| syndicates = {{ubl\|[[w:BBC World Service\|BBC World Service]]\|[[w:BBC Radio 4 Extra\|BBC Radio 4 Extra]]}}
	\| presenter = {{ubl\|[[Nicholas Parsons]] (1967{{endash}}2019)\|[[#Guest_presenters\|See list of guest presenters]]\|[[Sue Perkins]] (2021–present)<ref name="perkins">{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57900638\|title=Sue Perkins announced as new host of Just a Minute\|website=BBC News\|date=20 July 2021\|access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>}}		\| presenter = {{ubl\|[[Nicholas Parsons]] (1967{{endash}}2019)\|[[#Guest_presenters\|See list of guest presenters]]\|[[Sue Perkins]] (2021–present)<ref name="perkins">{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57900638\|title=Sue Perkins announced as new host of Just a Minute\|website=BBC News\|date=20 July 2021\|access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>}}
	\| starring = {{ubl\|[[Clement Freud]]\|[[Peter Jones (actor)\|Peter Jones]]\|[[Derek Nimmo]]\|[[Kenneth Williams]]\|[[Paul Merton]]\|[[#Guest_panellists\|See list of guest panellists]]}}		\| starring = {{ubl\|[[w:Clement Freud\|Clement Freud]]\|[[Peter Jones (actor)\|Peter Jones]]\|[[Derek Nimmo]]\|[[Kenneth Williams]]\|[[Paul Merton]]\|[[#Guest_panellists\|See list of guest panellists]]}}
	\| creator = [[Ian Messiter]]		\| creator = [[Ian Messiter]]
	\| producer = [[#Producers\|See list of producers]]		\| producer = [[#Producers\|See list of producers]]
	\| rec_location = [[BBC Radio Theatre]]		\| rec_location = [[w:BBC Radio Theatre\|BBC Radio Theatre]]
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	\| last_aired = present		\| last_aired = present
	\| num_series = 87 (as of October 2021)		\| num_series = 87 (as of October 2021)
	\| num_episodes = 963		\| num_episodes = 963
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	'''''Just a Minute''''' is a [[BBC Radio 4]] [[radio comedy]] [[panel game]], hosted by [[Sue Perkins]] since 2021. For more than 50 years, with a few exceptions, the programme was hosted by [[Nicholas Parsons]]. Throughout that time, Parsons appeared on every show, though occasionally as a panellist rather than as chairman. Following Parsons' death in 2020, Perkins assumed the host's chair permanently, starting with the 87th series. ''Just a Minute'' was first transmitted on Radio 4 on 22 December 1967, three months after the station's launch.<ref>BBC Radio 4 was launched on 30 September 1967, around three months before ''Just a Minute'' was created.</ref> The programme won a Gold [[Radio Academy Awards\|Sony Radio Academy Award]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.radioawards.org/winners03/win03_pfv.htm \|title=2003 Winners \|publisher=[[Radio Academy\|Sony Radio Academy]] \|access-date=14 October 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205211657/http://www.radioawards.org/winners03/win03_pfv.htm \|archive-date= 5 December 2004 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3012217.stm \|access-date=14 October 2010 \|title=Sony Radio Awards 2003: Winners \|publisher=[[BBC]] \|work=[[BBC News]] \|date=8 May 2003 \|quote=The UK's main prizes for the airwaves, the Sony Radio Academy Awards, have been handed out in London. Comedy award: Just A Minute}}</ref>		'''''Just a Minute''''' is a [[w:BBC Radio 4\|BBC Radio 4]] [[w:radio comedy\|radio comedy]] [[w:panel game\|panel game]], hosted by [[w:Sue Perkins\|Sue Perkins]] since 2021. For more than 50 years, with a few exceptions, the programme was hosted by [[Nicholas Parsons]]. Throughout that time, Parsons appeared on every show, though occasionally as a panellist rather than as chairman. Following Parsons' death in 2020, Perkins assumed the host's chair permanently, starting with the 87th series. ''Just a Minute'' was first transmitted on Radio 4 on 22 December 1967, three months after the station's launch.<ref>BBC Radio 4 was launched on 30 September 1967, around three months before ''Just a Minute'' was created.</ref> The programme won a Gold [[w:Radio Academy Awards\|Sony Radio Academy Award]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.radioawards.org/winners03/win03_pfv.htm \|title=2003 Winners \|publisher=[[w:Radio Academy\|Sony Radio Academy]] \|access-date=14 October 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205211657/http://www.radioawards.org/winners03/win03_pfv.htm \|archive-date= 5 December 2004 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3012217.stm \|access-date=14 October 2010 \|title=Sony Radio Awards 2003: Winners \|publisher=[[BBC]] \|work=[[BBC News]] \|date=8 May 2003 \|quote=The UK's main prizes for the airwaves, the Sony Radio Academy Awards, have been handed out in London. Comedy award: Just A Minute}}</ref>

	The object of the game is for panellists to talk for sixty seconds on a given subject, "without hesitation, repetition or deviation".<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Paul Merton on Just a Minute: 'Our worst contestant? Esther Rantzen' \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/feb/16/paul-merton-manages-28-years-without-hesitation-repetition-or-deviation\|last=Jeffries \|first=Stuart \|date=16 February 2016 \|access-date=15 February 2020 \|url-status=live \|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] \|publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]] \|location=London \|eissn=17563224 \|quote= The host gives one of four contestants a topic to talk about for 60 seconds and they have to do so without hesitation, repetition or deviation.}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite news \|last=Dee \|first=Johnny \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/may/17/just-a-minute-stephen-fry \|title=Just a Minute: why it's never paused \|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] \|location=London \|publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]] \|eissn=17563224 \|date=17 May 2011 \|access-date=30 January 2020 \|quote=But what is the secret of its success? "I think it's because the format is insanely basic," says radio comedy writer David Quantick. "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."}}</ref>		The object of the game is for panellists to talk for sixty seconds on a given subject, "without hesitation, repetition or deviation".<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Paul Merton on Just a Minute: 'Our worst contestant? Esther Rantzen' \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/feb/16/paul-merton-manages-28-years-without-hesitation-repetition-or-deviation\|last=Jeffries \|first=Stuart \|date=16 February 2016 \|access-date=15 February 2020 \|url-status=live \|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] \|publisher=[[w:Guardian Media Group\|Guardian Media Group]] \|location=London \|eissn=17563224 \|quote= The host gives one of four contestants a topic to talk about for 60 seconds and they have to do so without hesitation, repetition or deviation.}}</ref> The comedy comes from attempts to keep within these rules and the banter among the participants. In 2011 comedy writer [[w:David Quantick\|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 [[w:Paul Merton\|Paul Merton]] and [[w:Graham Norton\|Graham Norton]], who don't have to adapt their style of humour to the show at all."<ref>{{cite news \|last=Dee \|first=Johnny \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/may/17/just-a-minute-stephen-fry \|title=Just a Minute: why it's never paused \|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] \|location=London \|publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]] \|eissn=17563224 \|date=17 May 2011 \|access-date=30 January 2020 \|quote=But what is the secret of its success? "I think it's because the format is insanely basic," says radio comedy writer David Quantick. "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."}}</ref>

	Throughout its half-century history, the show has, in addition to its popularity in the UK, developed an international following through its broadcast on the [[BBC World Service]] and, more recently, on the internet. The format has also occasionally been adapted for television.		Throughout its half-century history, the show has, in addition to its popularity in the UK, developed an international following through its broadcast on the [[w:BBC World Service\|BBC World Service]] and, more recently, on the internet. The format has also occasionally been adapted for television.

	==History==		==History==
	The idea for the game came to [[Ian Messiter]] as he rode on the top of a [[London Buses route 13\|number 13]] bus. He recalled Percival Parry Jones, a history master from his days at [[Sherborne School]] who, upon seeing the young Messiter daydreaming in a class, instructed him to repeat everything he had said in the previous minute without hesitation or repetition.<ref name="BBC Entertainment article">{{cite news \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/534931.stm \|title=Messiter's game show magic \|work=[[BBC News]] \|publisher=[[BBC]] \|date=24 November 1999 \|access-date=29 January 2020 \|quote=Gazing out the window at Sherborne school during a class, Messiter was brought back to reality by a bellow from his master, Percival Parry Jones. "Messiter! Repeat what I have been saying for the last minute, without hesitation or repetition," said the fearsome teacher. [...] Away from Britain he refined the format of his quiz idea - adding a rule against deviating from a given subject to those of his old teacher's.}}</ref> To this, Messiter added a rule disallowing players from deviating from the subject, as well as a scoring system based on panellists' challenges.<ref name="BBC Entertainment article" />		The idea for the game came to [[Ian Messiter]] as he rode on the top of a [[w:London Buses route 13\|number 13]] bus. He recalled Percival Parry Jones, a history master from his days at [[w:Sherborne School\|Sherborne School]] who, upon seeing the young Messiter daydreaming in a class, instructed him to repeat everything he had said in the previous minute without hesitation or repetition.<ref name="BBC Entertainment article">{{cite news \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/534931.stm \|title=Messiter's game show magic \|work=[[BBC News]] \|publisher=[[w:BBC\|]] \|date=24 November 1999 \|access-date=29 January 2020 \|quote=Gazing out the window at Sherborne school during a class, Messiter was brought back to reality by a bellow from his master, Percival Parry Jones. "Messiter! Repeat what I have been saying for the last minute, without hesitation or repetition," said the fearsome teacher. [...] Away from Britain he refined the format of his quiz idea - adding a rule against deviating from a given subject to those of his old teacher's.}}</ref> To this, Messiter added a rule disallowing players from deviating from the subject, as well as a scoring system based on panellists' challenges.<ref name="BBC Entertainment article" />

	The format was first used in ''One Minute, Please'', chaired by [[Roy Plomley]], two series of which were broadcast on the [[BBC Light Programme]] between 1951<ref>{{Cite magazine \|title=One Minute, Please \|date=1951-08-24 \|magazine=[[Radio Times]] \|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/light/1951-08-26#at-16.00 \|page=15 \|access-date=2020-02-15 \|publisher=[[BBC Publications]] \|issue=1450 \|edition=Television \|volume=112 \|quote=Roy Plomley introduces the new radio game. Devised and produced by Ian C. Messiter.}}</ref> and 1957.<ref>{{Cite magazine \|title=One Minute Please \|date=1957-11-15 \|magazine=[[Radio Times]] \|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/light/1957-11-19#at-20.00 \|page=41 \|access-date=2020-02-15 \|publisher=[[BBC Publications]] \|issue=1775 \|edition=Television \|volume=137 }}</ref> Whilst the fundamental rules were the same, the game was played in two teams of three rather than with four individual contestants. Other early incarnations of the show, all created by Messiter, include a 1952 version on [[South Africa\|South African radio]], and a television version on the [[DuMont Television Network\|DuMont network]] in the United States: ''[[One Minute Please]]''.<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/nov/25/guardianobituaries1 \|title=Ian Messiter (obituary) \|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] \|location=London \|publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]] \|first=Dennis \|last=Barker \|author-link=Dennis Barker \|eissn=17563224 \|date=25 November 1999 \|access-date=29 January 2020 \|quote=Messiter left the BBC in 1952 to join a commercial station in Johannesburg, and it was there that ''Just a Minute'' was broadcast for the first time. When he returned to Britain two years later, the BBC did not want to buy the format or broadcast the show, so Messiter sold it to the Dumont television station in the US. It was the first British game show seen in America, was nationally networked and attracted many US celebrities.}}</ref>		The format was first used in ''One Minute, Please'', chaired by [[Roy Plomley]], two series of which were broadcast on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|BBC Light Programme]] between 1951<ref>{{Cite magazine \|title=One Minute, Please \|date=1951-08-24 \|magazine=[[w:Radio Times\|]] \|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/light/1951-08-26#at-16.00 \|page=15 \|access-date=2020-02-15 \|publisher=[[BBC Publications]] \|issue=1450 \|edition=Television \|volume=112 \|quote=Roy Plomley introduces the new radio game. Devised and produced by Ian C. Messiter.}}</ref> and 1957.<ref>{{Cite magazine \|title=One Minute Please \|date=1957-11-15 \|magazine=[[Radio Times]] \|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/light/1957-11-19#at-20.00 \|page=41 \|access-date=2020-02-15 \|publisher=[[BBC Publications]] \|issue=1775 \|edition=Television \|volume=137 }}</ref> Whilst the fundamental rules were the same, the game was played in two teams of three rather than with four individual contestants. Other early incarnations of the show, all created by Messiter, include a 1952 version on [[South Africa\|South African radio]], and a television version on the [[DuMont Television Network\|DuMont network]] in the United States: ''[[One Minute Please]]''.<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/nov/25/guardianobituaries1 \|title=Ian Messiter (obituary) \|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] \|location=London \|publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]] \|first=Dennis \|last=Barker \|author-link=Dennis Barker \|eissn=17563224 \|date=25 November 1999 \|access-date=29 January 2020 \|quote=Messiter left the BBC in 1952 to join a commercial station in Johannesburg, and it was there that ''Just a Minute'' was broadcast for the first time. When he returned to Britain two years later, the BBC did not want to buy the format or broadcast the show, so Messiter sold it to the Dumont television station in the US. It was the first British game show seen in America, was nationally networked and attracted many US celebrities.}}</ref>

	The pilot for ''Just a Minute'' was recorded in 1967, featuring [[Clement Freud]], [[Derek Nimmo]], [[Beryl Reid]] and Wilma Ewart as panellists. The chairman was originally intended to be [[Jimmy Edwards]] but he was unavailable on Sundays, the proposed recording dates, and was replaced by [[Nicholas Parsons]], who was originally supposed to be a panel member. Parsons did not want the job and only reluctantly took it, just for the pilot episode. After the show settled in, again he found himself in the role of a straight man for the panellists. Although executives at the BBC disliked the pilot, its producer, [[David Hatch]], insisted on having Parsons as the chairman.<ref name="UKGS2">{{cite web \|url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Just_a_Minute \|title=Just a Minute \|website=[[UKGameshows.com]] \|publisher=Labyrinth Games \|access-date=10 September 2007 \|quote=However, BBC producer David Hatch was insistent that Parsons should have the job. The first series{{when\|date=February 2020}} was not much of a success, and Hatch had to make a stand and threatened to resign unless it got another go.}}</ref> The first series was not very successful, but Hatch threatened to resign if the programme was not given another chance.<ref name="UKGS2" /> Not wishing to lose Hatch, the BBC acquiesced.		The pilot for ''Just a Minute'' was recorded in 1967, featuring [[Clement Freud]], [[Derek Nimmo]], [[Beryl Reid]] and Wilma Ewart as panellists. The chairman was originally intended to be [[Jimmy Edwards]] but he was unavailable on Sundays, the proposed recording dates, and was replaced by [[Nicholas Parsons]], who was originally supposed to be a panel member. Parsons did not want the job and only reluctantly took it, just for the pilot episode. After the show settled in, again he found himself in the role of a straight man for the panellists. Although executives at the BBC disliked the pilot, its producer, [[David Hatch]], insisted on having Parsons as the chairman.<ref name="UKGS2">{{cite web \|url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Just_a_Minute \|title=Just a Minute \|website=[[UKGameshows.com]] \|publisher=Labyrinth Games \|access-date=10 September 2007 \|quote=However, BBC producer David Hatch was insistent that Parsons should have the job. The first series{{when\|date=February 2020}} was not much of a success, and Hatch had to make a stand and threatened to resign unless it got another go.}}</ref> The first series was not very successful, but Hatch threatened to resign if the programme was not given another chance.<ref name="UKGS2" /> Not wishing to lose Hatch, the BBC acquiesced.

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	\| presenter = {{ubl\|[[Nicholas Parsons]] (1967{{endash}}2019)\|[[#Guest_presenters\|See list of guest presenters]]\|[[Sue Perkins]] (2021–present)<ref name="perkins">{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57900638\|title=Sue Perkins announced as new host of Just a Minute\|website=BBC News\|date=20 July 2021\|access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>}}		\| presenter = {{ubl\|[[Nicholas Parsons]] (1967{{endash}}2019)\|[[#Guest_presenters\|See list of guest presenters]]\|[[w:Sue Perkins\|Sue Perkins]] (2021–present)<ref name="perkins">{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57900638\|title=Sue Perkins announced as new host of Just a Minute\|website=BBC News\|date=20 July 2021\|access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>}}
	\| starring = {{ubl\|[[w:Clement Freud\|Clement Freud]]\|[[Peter Jones (actor)\|Peter Jones]]\|[[Derek Nimmo]]\|[[Kenneth Williams]]\|[[Paul Merton]]\|[[#Guest_panellists\|See list of guest panellists]]}}		\| starring = {{ubl\|[[w:Clement Freud\|Clement Freud]]\|[[Peter Jones (actor)\|Peter Jones]]\|[[Derek Nimmo]]\|[[Kenneth Williams]]\|[[w:Paul Merton\|Paul Merton]]\|[[#Guest_panellists\|See list of guest panellists]]}}
	\| creator = [[Ian Messiter]]		\| creator = [[Ian Messiter]]
	\| producer = [[#Producers\|See list of producers]]		\| producer = [[#Producers\|See list of producers]]