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Sixteen episodes - covering four decades - of the ever-popular BBC Radio 4 panel game, introduced by Nicholas Parsons. For the first time in one collection, these four volumes contain 16 episodes and span all four decades of the series from the 1960s to the 1990s. Nicholas Parsons introduces each episode and provides fascinating background information on the 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. Regular players include Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Derek Nimmo, Peter Jones and Paul Merton. Among the guests who also pit their wits - and their wit against the clock are Ray Alan, Peter Cook, Stephen Fry, Sheila Hancock, Thora Hird, Geraldine Jones, John Junkin, Maureen Lipman, Alfred Marks, Bob Monkhouse, Jan Ravens, Tim Rice, Wendy Richard, Barry Took, Tommy Trinder and Victoria Wood.