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Just a Minute is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">BBC Radio 4</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_comedy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">radio comedy</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panel_game" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">panel game</a>. For more than 50 years, with a few exceptions, it was hosted by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Parsons" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Nicholas Parsons</a>. Following Parsons' death in 2020, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Perkins" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sue Perkins</a> became the permanent host, starting with the 87th series. Just a Minute was first transmitted on Radio 4 on 22 December 1967, three months after the station's launch. The programme won a Gold <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Academy_Awards" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sony Radio Academy Award</a> in 2003. The object of the game is for panellists to talk for sixty seconds on a given subject, "without hesitation, repetition or deviation". The comedy comes from attempts to keep within these rules and the banter among the participants. In 2011, comedy writer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Quantick" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">David Quantick</a> ascribed Just a Minute's success to its "insanely basic" format, stating, "It's so blank that it can be filled by people as diverse as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Merton" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paul Merton</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Norton" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Graham Norton</a>, who don't have to adapt their style of humour to the show at all." Throughout its half-century history, the show has, in addition to its popularity in the UK, developed an international following through its broadcast on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_World_Service" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">BBC World Service</a> and, more recently, on the internet. The format has also occasionally been adapted for television.

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Just a Minute is a BBC Radio 4 radio comedy panel game. For more than 50 years, with a few exceptions, it was hosted by Nicholas Parsons. Following Parsons' death in 2020, Sue Perkins became the permanent host, starting with the 87th series. Just a Minute was first transmitted on Radio 4 on 22 December 1967, three months after the station's launch. The programme won a Gold Sony Radio Academy Award in 2003.The object of the game is for panellists to talk for sixty seconds on a given subject, "without hesitation, repetition or deviation". The comedy comes from attempts to keep within these rules and the banter among the participants. In 2011, comedy writer David Quantick ascribed Just a Minute's success to its "insanely basic" format, stating, "It's so blank that it can be filled by people as diverse as Paul Merton and Graham Norton, who don't have to adapt their style of humour to the show at all."Throughout its half-century history, the show has, in addition to its popularity in the UK, developed an international following through its broadcast on the BBC World Service and, more recently, on the internet. The format has also occasionally been adapted for television.

Just a Minute&nbsp;is a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" rel="noopener noreferrer">BBC Radio 4</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_comedy" rel="noopener noreferrer">radio comedy</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panel_game" rel="noopener noreferrer">panel game</a>. For more than 50 years, with a few exceptions, it was hosted by&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Parsons" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nicholas Parsons</a>. Following Parsons' death in 2020,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Perkins" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sue Perkins</a>&nbsp;became the permanent host, starting with the 87th series.&nbsp;Just a Minute was first transmitted on Radio 4 on 22 December 1967, three months after the station's launch.&nbsp;The programme won a Gold&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Academy_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sony Radio Academy Award</a> in 2003. The object of the game is for panellists to talk for sixty seconds on a given subject, "without hesitation, repetition or deviation". The comedy comes from attempts to keep within these rules and the banter among the participants. In 2011, comedy writer&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Quantick" rel="noopener noreferrer">David Quantick</a>&nbsp;ascribed&nbsp;Just a Minute's success to its "insanely basic" format, stating, "It's so blank that it can be filled by people as diverse as&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Merton" rel="noopener noreferrer">Paul Merton</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Norton" rel="noopener noreferrer">Graham Norton</a>, who don't have to adapt their style of humour to the show at all." Throughout its half-century history, the show has, in addition to its popularity in the UK, developed an international following through its broadcast on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_World_Service" rel="noopener noreferrer">BBC World Service</a>&nbsp;and, more recently, on the internet. The format has also occasionally been adapted for television.

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