Author:BBC,Nicholas Parsons,Various
In this selection of four more editions of Just a Minute, Nicholas Parsons once again attempts to keep control over the proceedings, as well as over panellists Paul Merton, Kit Hesketh-Harvey, Liza Tarbuck, Charles Collingwood, Clement Freud, Linda Smith, Tony Hawks, Chris Neill, Graham Norton, Dara O'Briain and Greg Proops. As the players attempt to speak for sixty seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation, the subjects covered range from 'My Favourite Pudding' and 'Curiosities', to 'Fake Tans' and 'The Best Dressed Member of the Panel'. Eloquence, wit, imagination and a sharp ear are the qualities required for the game, and the hilarious results are here for all to enjoy.
An intelligent and perceptive man.
—— GuardianIreland's number-one statesman.
—— Irish PostStuart Maconie is the best thing to come out of Wigan since the A58 to Bolton
—— Peter KayAn heir to Alan Bennett ... stirring and rather wonderful
—— Antony Quinn , Sunday TimesIf you only read one personal music odyssey, make it this one
—— GQWitty and wise, with more good lines than the Angel of the North
—— Hunter DaviesA 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
—— MojoMaconie makes a jovial, self-deprecating narrator. Sharp and funny
—— GuardianExuberantly anecdotal, witty and poignant
—— GQ