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Just a Minute Series 62
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Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. With Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Ross Noble and Jenny Eclair. From 2012.

Nicholas Parsons presides over the devious game where panellists are challenged to speak for one minute without hesitation, deviation or repetition.

With:

Paul Merton
Gyles Brandreth
Ross Noble
Jenny Eclair

Subjects include: When I Wear a Top Hat, The English Nanny, Knitting a Cable Stitch Jumper, Derek Nimmo, Things That Make Me Blush, How To Perform a Cornish Floral Dance, What Gladstone Said in 1894 and The Importance of Art

Created by Ian Messiter.

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.

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30 minutes

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Yesterday 04:00
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  • Mon 6 Feb 2012 18:30
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 12 Feb 2012 12:00
    BBC Radio 4 FM
  • Sun 12 Feb 2012 12:04
    BBC Radio 4 LW
  • Mon 13 Feb 2012 07:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 13 Feb 2012 22:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 14 Jan 2019 09:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 14 Jan 2019 16:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 15 Jan 2019 04:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 19 Jan 2019 12:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Monday 14:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Monday 20:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Yesterday 04:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Panel game in which players must speak for one minute on any subject asked of them