Product Description

Four of the finest episodes of the much-loved panel game hosted by Nicholas Parsons 'Welcome to "Just a Minute"! And as The Minute Waltz fades away...please talk for 60 seconds on a random subject without repetition, hesitation or deviation...' First broadcast in 1968, "Just a Minute" is one of the longest-running radio comedy shows. A national institution, it is also loved and listened to all around the world. In these four episodes, attempting to talk non-stop for sixty seconds are regulars Paul Merton and Clement Freud, with a host of special guests including Jenny Eclair, Maria McErlane, Chris Addison, Marcus Brigstocke, Maureen Lipman, Pam Ayres, Julian Clary, Gyles Brandreth and Graham Norton.Long-suffering host Nicholas Parsons controls the proceedings (and the unruly panellists) while among the subjects hilariously tackled are 1066, Welsh rarebit, Timbuktu, the aristocracy, my favourite sin, how to be a thespian, public relations, forbidden fruit, taking the waters and Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells. Don't waste a minute: there's two whole hours of frenetic, fast-moving fun to enjoy here in these four episodes of Radio 4's most devious panel game.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39842 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-01
• Released on: 2007-10-01
• Format: Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Binding: Audio CD

Customer Reviews

40 years, and still going strong
My only criticism about this two CD set is that it contains complete shows, as I could hear them in that form on BBC 7; I would have preferred the best rounds of just a minute throughout 2007, regardless of which edition they were on.

That apart, the show is still as funny as it has been several decades. It is clearly Paul Merton's comic masterpiece, and Nicholas Parsons can give as good as it gets, being the recipient of many a cruel jibe.

My favourite moments of this release include the times when the subject was not: appearing as a TV on stage; how to be a lesbian; what you used to get when you telephoned Hastings 1066; having a panel of the right age for Nicholas Parsons; and going to a Scottish castle with Nicholas and his friend Roger Senseless.

Long may the show continue.