A History of Britain in Just a Minute

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Repeats were then broadcast until Parsons' death on 28 January 2020, at the age of 96, and for a couple of weeks thereafter as a homage. [16] Here is an example of a speech which successfully lasted for a full minute without being challenged.

Parsons, Nicholas (2014). Welcome to Just a Minute!: A Celebration of Britain's Best-Loved Radio Comedy. Edinburgh: Canongate Books. ISBN 978-1-78211-247-1 . Retrieved 29 January 2020– via Google Books. Sue Perkins announced as new host of Just a Minute". BBC News. 20 July 2021 . Retrieved 20 July 2021. Just a Minute!". Radio Times. Vol.272, no.3549 (Londoned.). BBC Magazines. 2 January 1992. p.87 . Retrieved 30 January 2020. Special edition from Highgate marking the first programme in the 25th series In common with most things that are supposed to be British, it's really English. Looking at the index, there's a handful of entries for Scotland and Wales, and we won't talk about Ireland, cause the author doesn't. Just a Minute: Series 81, Episode 5". BBC Radio 4. BBC Sounds. BBC. 11 June 2018 . Retrieved 30 January 2020. Gyles Brandreth temporarily takes over from Nicholas Parsons as the chairman of the iconic panel game.

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Just a Minute". Radio Times. Vol.181, no.2345 (London & South Easted.). BBC Publications. 17 October 1968. p.23 . Retrieved 30 January 2020. A panel game controlled this week by Kenneth Williams. Celebrating key moments in British history from people to places, including kings and queens, heroes and villains, triumphs and disasters, Gyles Brandreth's A History of Britain in Just a Minute is written without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Parsons appeared on every show for 51 years, either as chairman or panellist, until he was absent through illness for two episodes recorded in April 2018 and broadcast the following June. Those shows were hosted by Gyles Brandreth, [33] [34] as were two episodes recorded and broadcast in August 2019, when Parsons was again unwell. Deviation" originally meant deviating from the given subject, but gradually evolved to also include "deviating from the English language as we know it", "deviation from grammar as we understand it", deviating from the truth, and deviating from logic. Nevertheless, leaps into the surreal are usually allowed.

The RRP is the suggested or Recommended Retail Price of a product, set by the publisher or manufacturer. The game is then scored and a winner declared, but the attraction of the show lies less in the contest than in the humour and banter among participants and the chairman. Just a Minute". Radio Times. Vol.186, no.2415 (London & South Easted.). BBC Publications. 19 February 1970. p.29 . Retrieved 30 January 2020. A panel game controlled (!) this week by Kenneth Williams. 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. Following Parsons' death on 28 January 2020, the BBC started broadcasting new episodes in 2021 with guest hosts including Gyles Brandreth, Paul Merton, Stephen Fry, Jo Brand, Nish Kumar, Julian Clary, Lucy Porter, Sue Perkins, Tom Allen and Jenny Eclair, [35] [36] [37] [38] before Perkins was announced as permanent host.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, it was hosted by Nicholas Parsons. 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. [2] The programme won a Gold Sony Radio Academy Award in 2003. [3] [4]

Just a Minute". Radio Times. Vol.181, no.2343 (London & South Easted.). BBC Publications. 3 October 1968. p.21 . Retrieved 30 January 2020. A panel game controlled (!) this week by Clement Freud. A hilarious romp through our history this isn't any ordinary history book, each topic covered is written in 60-second installments. Covering everything from art, science, literature, entertainment, sport, gossip and so much more you've never heard the history of Britain told quite like this. A former Oxford Scholar, President of the Oxford Union and MP for the City of Chester, Gyles Brandreth’s career has ranged from being a Whip and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in John Major’s government to starring in his own award-winning musical revue in London’s West End. A prolific broadcaster (in programmes ranging from Just a Minute to Have I Got News for You), an acclaimed interviewer (principally for the Sunday Telegraph), a novelist, children’s author and biographer, his best-selling diary, Breaking the Code, was described as ‘By far the best political diary of recent years, far more perceptive and revealing than Alan Clark’s’ ( The Times) and ‘Searingly honest, wildly indiscreet, and incredibly funny’ ( Daily Mail). He is the author of two acclaimed royal biographies: Philip Elizabeth: Portrait of a Marriage and Charles Camilla: Portrait of a Love Affair. In 2007/2008, John Murray in the UK and Simon & Schuster in the US began publishing The Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries, his series of Victorian murder mysteries featuring Oscar Wilde as the detective.Gyles Brandreth is one of Britain’s busiest after-dinner speakers and award ceremony hosts. He has won awards himself, and been nominated for awards, as a public speaker, novelist, children’s writer, broadcaster (Sony), political diarist (Channel Four), journalist (British Press Awards), theatre producer (Olivier), and businessman (British Tourist Authority Come to Britain Trophy). Just a Minute". Radio Times. Vol.186, no.2414 (London & South Easted.). BBC Publications. 12 February 1970. p.27 . Retrieved 30 January 2020. A panel game controlled (!) this week by Clement Freud. You've never heard the history of Britain told quite like this. You'll enjoy every uproarious minute of it. Read more Look Inside Details Just A Minute presenter Nicholas Parsons misses first show in 50 years". BBC News. BBC. 4 June 2018 . Retrieved 14 June 2018. In 1999, the BBC televised the show, with 20 episodes recorded during a single week in Birmingham. Nicholas Parsons was again the chairman. There were no regular panellists but those appearing were Pam Ayres, Clare Balding, Isla Blair, Jo Brand, Gyles Brandreth, Ken Bruce, Michael Cashman, Barry Cryer, Stephen Frost, Liza Goddard, Tony Hawks, Peter Jones, Maria McErlane, Richard Morton, Tom O'Connor, Su Pollard, Steve Punt, Wendy Richard, John Sergeant, Brian Sewell, Linda Smith, Richard Vranch and Gary Wilmot. The series was produced by Helena Taylor.

Just A Minute (JAM) is one of my favourite radio shows. Running now for over 50 years, the rules are simple, but it's incredibly hard to play. All you have to do it talk for one minute, on a topic given, without hesitation, repetition or deviation. It sounds simple, but it's very rare for it be actually done. One of the masters of the game, is Gyles Brandreth, hence this book. Unfortunately, the book is just proof you can't really move the show into the written word. In the early years the rules were more complicated, as special rules were sometimes tried out in addition, on a one-off basis: a ban on the word "is" might apply in a round, for example, or "the". But the three basic rules have always applied: Jeffries, Stuart (16 February 2016). "Paul Merton on Just a Minute: 'Our worst contestant? Esther Rantzen' ". The Guardian. London. eISSN 1756-3224 . Retrieved 15 February 2020. 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. Winners". Sony Radio Academy. Archived from the original on 5 December 2004 . Retrieved 14 October 2010.Join national treasure and Just a Minute regular Gyles Brandreth on a hilariously addictive romp through British history. This isn’t just another history book – there’s a catch! From Stonehenge and Boudicca to Megxit and Brexit, each topic is written in 60-second installments, without hesitation, repetition, or deviation.