Just a Minute

It's Piffle! It's The Shipping Forecast! It's Dating Agencies! It's Windpower! And these are just some of the subjects hilariously tackled by radio's favourite chatterers for Just A Minute. All, hopefully, but usually hopelessly, without repetition, deviation, or hesitation.

With panellists including Paul Merton and the effervescent Nicholas Parsons as chair, this collection of six episodes highlights why Just a Minute is one of Radio 4's longest running and most popular series.

Four sparkling episodes of the BBC Radio 4 panel game chaired by Nicholas Parsons. Featuring veteran panellist Paul Merton and a host of other regulars including Pam Ayres, Gyles Brandreth, Marcus Brigstocke, Julian Clary, Jenny Eclair, Sheila Hancock, Josie Lawrence and Graham Norton, as well as relative newcomers Tom Allen, Zoe Lyons and Al Murray.

Celebrating 50 years of Just a Minute on air, a collection of previously unpublished episodes from each of the programme's six decades, from 1967 through to the special Christmas 2016 programme Just a Minute Does Panto! Nicholas Parson chairs every programme, with a plethora of guest players, including Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Peter Jones, Paul Merton, Graham Norton, Gyles Brandreth and Sheila Hancock.

Featuring a host of household names pitted against the clock, this is a collection of six episodes from series 79 of Just a Minute, hosted by the charming Nicholas Parsons.

Nicholas Parsons and Paul Merton introduce Ian Messiter's four classic archive episodes of the ever-popular comedy panel game. Just as uproariously funny - and terrifically popular - today as when it first began on BBC Radio 4 in 1967, Just a Minute challenges contestants to speak for one minute on a given subject without repetition, hesitation or deviation.

Nicholas Parsons and Paul Merton introduce four classic archive episodes of the ever-popular Radio 4 comedy panel game.

Happy birthday, Just a Minute! Nicholas Parsons is joined by a host of panellists for this celebratory series commemorating 45 years of the popular panel game. In the first episode, Paul Merton, Ross Noble, Jenny Eclair and Gyles Brandreth are all asked to talk on the same subjects that were given out in the very first series in 1967. The next five episodes see guests Sue Perkins, Julian Clary, Charles Collingwood, Liza Tarbuck, Josie Lawrence and Kit Hesketh-Harvey battling it out for verbal supremacy.

The complete 76th series of the much-loved BBC Radio 4 comedy panel game, chaired by Nicholas Parsons. Just a Minute has been entertaining generations of listeners since its first series in 1967. Here regular players, including Paul Merton, return to do verbal battle with newer players of the game, all the time seeking to avoid hesitation, repetition and deviation.

Nicholas Parsons chairs six more episodes of the evergreen BBC Radio 4 panel game. Fresh from winning the Radio Award for comedy in the 2016 Chortle Awards, the perennially popular show returns for a 75th series. Guests joining Nicholas Parsons include regulars Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Sheila Hancock and Marcus Brigstocke, as well as relative newcomers Josh Widdicombe and Holly Walsh.

Eight episodes of the perennially popular BBC Radio 4 panel game, chaired by Nicholas Parsons. Just a Minute was born the same year as Radio 4 itself and is one of the longest-running and best-loved radio comedy shows. Hosted by the inimitable Nicholas Parsons, it tasks contestants to speak for 60 seconds on any given topic "without repetition, hesitation or deviation". In this 72nd series, the subjects covered include English sparkling wine, crows' feet, Nelson's column and Alice in Wonderland.

Nicholas Parsons chairs eight episodes of the long-running panel game, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in Spring 2015. “Welcome to Just a Minute!” As the Minute Waltz fades away, once again a multitude of players pit their wits against each other as they attempt to talk for sixty seconds on a given subject without hesitation, repetition, or deviation from the subject.

The complete 73rd series of the hugely popular BBC Radio 4 panel game, chaired by Nicholas Parsons. Just a Minute is a national institution which has entertained generations of listeners since it was first broadcast almost 50 years ago. Its winning formula - contestants must speak on a given subject for one minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation - is a surefire recipe for hilarity.

A sparkling collection of archive highlights from The News Quiz, which began on BBC Radio 4 in 1977 and continues to this day. Its chairmen have included Barry Norman, Barry Took, Simon Hoggart, Sandi Toksvig and Miles Jupp, and its guests have been drawn from the cream of British comedians, journalists and politicians: Alan Coren, Richard Ingrams, Ian Hislop, Peter Cook, Linda Smith, Jeremy Hardy, Clive Anderson, Jo Brand, William Hague, Boris Johnson, Edwina Currie and many more.

Nicholas Parsons chairs another six episodes of the hugely popular BBC Radio 4 panel game, with guest players including Paul Merton. Duration: 3 hours approx.