Just A Minute: The Best Of 2005

Apr 15, 2025 12:54 AM

Author:Ian Messiter,Nicholas Parsons,Various

Just a Minute was devised by the late Ian Messiter, who came up with the idea on the top of a number 13 bus, where he suddenly remembered the ordeal of speaking for one minute without hesitation or deviation being meted out by one of his school masters to his class. This challenging task is hilariously attempted by a host of top comedians and entertainers in these four great shows from 2005. Panellists include Paul Merton, Graham Norton, Clement Freud, Linda Smith, Tony Hawks, Sue Perkins, Stephen Fry, Jenny Eclair, Julian Clary, Ross Noble, Lisa Tarbuck, Tim Rice and Wendy Richard.

Reviews

Lets you experience the festival without getting muddy feet or throwing your TV out the window...a heady portrait of the event, stirring and never stale

—— Observer

Admirably thorough... The authors of this book have let the characters speak for themselves

—— Robert Sandall , The Sunday Times

If you've never been to Glastonbury, Crispin Aubrey and John Shearlaw have provided a fascinating oral history to tell you what you've missed

—— Daily Mail

No coffee table is complete without this glossy retrospective of the coolest festival

—— B Magazine

A definitive re-establishment of the man and the myth of David Bowie.

—— Future Music

Witty and wise, with more good lines than the Angel of the North

—— Hunter Davies

A working class boy who now, on air, challenges Stephen Fry's spry wit, Maconie celebrates his younger self modestly and fluently, pausing only for regular rib-ticklers

—— Mojo

Maconie makes a jovial, self-deprecating narrator. Sharp and funny

—— Guardian

Exuberantly anecdotal, witty and poignant

—— GQ

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