Just a Minute: The Complete BBC TV Collection

Synopsis

All 30 soundtrack episodes of the BBC TV version of Just a MinuteJust a Minute is a radio perennial. Loved by listeners for almost 60 years, it’s the BBC’s longest-running and most popular panel game, having clocked up over 1000 episodes on Radio 4. And now, you can enjoy 30 more, with these sparkling soundtrack episodes from the BBC TV run of the show.First broadcast on BBC One in 1999 and BBC Two in 2012, they are chaired by the one and only Nicholas Parsons, who presides over a host of celebrity wordsmiths including Paul Merton, Pam Ayres, Clare Balding, Jo Brand, Gyles Brandreth, Barry Cryer, John Sergeant, Brian Sewell, Hugh Bonneville, Marcus Brigstocke, Julian Clary, Stephen Fry, Phill Jupitus, Miles Jupp, Shappi Khorsandi, Graham Norton, Sue Perkins and Liza Tarbuck.Though the format may be different, the aim of the game is still the same: to speak on a given theme for 60 seconds, without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Among the topics testing the panellists’ verbal dexterity are Ever Decreasing Circles, Mumbo Jumbo, Garden Gnomes, Yorkshire Pudding, Charlie Chaplin, A New Rule for Just a Minute, My 45th Birthday and Writer’s Block.So ready your ears for a feast of comic improvisations, magical monologues, cheeky challenges and outrageous one-upmanship, as the panellists set their sights on that rarest of beasts: a perfect, uninterrupted minute...NB: Contains mild innuendo. The humour in these programmes sometimes reflects the era in which they were first broadcast.Cast and creditsDevised by Ian MessiterChaired by Nicholas ParsonsBBC One series produced and directed by Helena TaylorBBC Two series produced by Andy Brereton and Jamie Ormerod and directed by Richard van't RietEpisode list:BBC One19 Apr 1999: Barry Cryer, Su Pollard, John Sergeant and Brian Sewell20 Apr 1999: Tony Hawks, Wendy Richard, Steve Frost and Clare Baldin21 Apr 1999: Isla Blair, Gyles Brandreth, Linda Smith and Gary Wilmot22 Apr 1999: Pam Ayres, Peter Jones, Wendy Richard and Linda Smith23 Apr 1999: Jo Brand, Gyles Brandreth, Tony Hawks and Peter Jones26 Apr 1999: Barry Cryer, Stephen Frost, Tony Hawks and Wendy Richard27 Apr 1999: Michael Cashman, Peter Jones, Maria McErlane and Linda Smith28 Apr 1999: Liza Goddard, Richard Morton, Tom O’Connor and Richard Vranch29 Apr 1999: Clare Balding, Stephen Frost, Tony Hawks and Wendy Richard30 Apr 1999: Barry Cryer, Su Pollard, John Sergeant and Brian Sewell3 May 1999: Isla Blair, Gyles Brandreth, Linda Smith and Gary Wilmot4 May 1999: Maria McErlane, Steve Punt, Wendy Richard and Linda Smith5 May 1999: Gyles Brandreth, Ken Bruce, Liza Goddard and Richard Morton6 May 1999: Pam Ayres, Peter Jones, Wendy Richard and Linda Smith10 May 1999: Tony Hawks, Wendy Richard, Barry Cryer and Stephen Frost11 May 1999: Michael Cashman, Peter Jones, Maria McErlane and Linda Smith12 May 1999: Jo Brand, Gyles Brandreth, Tony Hawks and Peter Jones13 May 1999: Maria McErlane, Steve Punt, Wendy Richard and Linda Smith14 May 1999: Gyles Brandreth, Ken Bruce, Liza Goddard and Richard Morton26 May 1999: Liza Goddard, Richard Vranch, Richard Morton and Tom O'ConnorBBC Two26 Mar 2012: Paul Merton, Graham Norton, Sue Perkins and Phill Jupitus27 Mar 2012: Paul Merton, Julian Clary, Stephen Fry and Russell Tovey28 Mar 2012: Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Marcus Brigstocke and Ruth Jones29 Mar 2012: Paul Merton, Liza Tarbuck, Gyles Brandreth and Miles Jupp30 Mar 2012: Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, John Sergeant and Jason Manford2 Apr 2012: Paul Merton, Graham Norton, Sue Perkins and Tony Hawks3 Apr 2012: Paul Merton, Shappi Khorsandi, Hugh Bonneville and Jason Manford4 Apr 2012: Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Marcus Brigstocke and Stephen Mangan5 Apr 2012: Paul Merton, Liza Tarbuck, Gyles Brandreth and Tony Hawks6 Apr 2012: Paul Merton, Julian Clary, Stephen Fry and Shappi Khorsandi© 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd