A History of Britain in Just a Minute

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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. As a performer, Gyles Brandreth has been seen most recently in ZIPP! ONE HUNDRED MUSICALS FOR LESS THAN THE PRICE OF ONE at the Duchess Theatre and on tour throughout the UK, and as Malvolio and the Sea Captain in TWELFTH NIGHT THE MUSICAL at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 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.194, no.2525 (Nationaled.). BBC Publications. 30 March 1972. p.35 . Retrieved 30 January 2020. A panel game controlled (!) by Andrei[ sic] Melly.

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. 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. Episode 441". Just a Minute. Series 27. Episode 8. 19 February 1994. BBC Radio 4. Transcript from just-a-minute.info. Nicholas Parsons: 'Eddie you've challenged yourself!', Eddie Izzard: 'Yes I felt I was hesitating so I get one mark!' Nicholas Parsons: 'Well, well, well, well, well, well played Eddie! I mean you definitely were hesitating' BBC radio host Nicholas Parsons dies". BBC News. BBC. 28 January 2020 . Retrieved 30 January 2020. Broadcaster Nicholas Parsons has died at the age of 96 after a short illness, his agent has confirmed.

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Just A Minute presenter Nicholas Parsons misses first show in 50 years". BBC News. BBC. 4 June 2018 . Retrieved 14 June 2018. The RRP is the suggested or Recommended Retail Price of a product, set by the publisher or manufacturer. 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. a b c d Bedford, Dean (22 November 2017). "Episode list". just-a-minute.info . Retrieved 30 January 2020. 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

Participants [ edit ] Clement Freud was a panellist on the show from 1967 to 2009, making him the longest-serving contestant. 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. [41] A year later, the show left London for the first time; the first such shows broadcast were recorded in Bury St Edmunds [42] and Llandudno. [43] The show started going to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1993 and has been there every year since. [44] In recent years most shows, though not all, have been recorded at the BBC Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House in central London.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. 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.

As the government’s national archive for England, Wales and the United Kingdom, The National Archives hold over 1,000 years of the nation’s records for everyone to discover and use. 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.

The story of us - without hesitation, repetition or deviation. 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. One Minute Please". Radio Times. Vol.137, no.1775 (Televisioned.). BBC Publications. 15 November 1957. p.41 . Retrieved 15 February 2020. The pilot for Just a Minute was recorded in 1967, featuring Clement Freud, Derek Nimmo, Beryl Reid and Willma Ewert 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. [11] The first series was not very successful, but Hatch threatened to resign if the programme was not given another chance. [11] Not wishing to lose Hatch, the BBC acquiesced. On rare occasions, panellists will challenge themselves, usually by mistake or for laughs. [19] If successful, last-second challenges can be especially rewarding, as they allow one to speak for a short time but earn two points—one for the challenge and one for being the last speaker. Episode 455". Just a Minute. Series 29. Episode 1. 6 January 1996. BBC Radio 4. Transcript from just-a-minute.info. 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!

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. In February 2012, two episodes of the show were recorded at the Comedy Store, in Mumbai in India, the first time the show has recorded outside Britain. The programme played for many years on the BBC World Service and is said to have a large following in India. [45] TV versions [ edit ] Royal Mail industrial action taking place in 2023 may have an impact on delivery times to all destinations both within the UK and internationally. These delays are out of our control. 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. 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 MinuteIt 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"). [17] There have also been occasions when players have chosen not to buzz because the speaker has been amusing the audience by performing badly. [ citation needed]