Just a Minute

Comedy

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. It has been adapted for television by both ITV & the BBC. ITV broadcast series 1 (14 shows) in 1994 & series 2 (14 shows) in 1995. The BBC broadcast 20 shows in 1999 & a further 10 shows in 2012 to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the programme. The object of the game is for panellists to talk for sixty seconds on a given subject, "without hesitation, repetition or deviation".