A History of Britain in Just a Minute

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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. 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: Just a Minute". Radio Times. Vol.181, no.2344 (London & South Easted.). BBC Publications. 10 October 1968. p.23 . Retrieved 30 January 2020. A panel game controlled (!) this week by Geraldine Jones. 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.

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.

Sony Radio Awards 2003: Winners". BBC News. BBC. 8 May 2003 . Retrieved 14 October 2010. The UK's main prizes for the airwaves, the Sony Radio Academy Awards, have been handed out in London. Comedy award: Just A Minute 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. 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

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. 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.This section needs expansionwith: information about the effect different producers have had on the show and vice versa. You can help by adding to it. ( January 2020)

Here is an example of a speech which successfully lasted for a full minute without being challenged. Just a Minute". Radio Times. Vol.177, no.2301 (London & South Easted.). BBC Publications. 14 December 1967. p.65 . Retrieved 30 January 2020. Pre-recorded at The Piccadilly, 201 Piccadilly, London W1. Episode 445". Just a Minute. Series 28. Episode 2. 31 December 1994. BBC Radio 4. Transcript from just-a-minute.info. 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.a b "Just a Minute". UKGameshows.com. Labyrinth Games . Retrieved 10 September 2007. However, BBC producer David Hatch was insistent that Parsons should have the job. The first series [ when?] was not much of a success, and Hatch had to make a stand and threatened to resign unless it got another go.