Episode 5
Nicholas Parsons sets 60 second challenges for Paul Merton, Liza Tarbuck, Gyles Brandreth and Sue Perkins. From 2009.
Nicholas Parsons presides over the devious game where panellists are challenged to speak for one minute without hesitation, deviation or repetition.
From the Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House, London
With:
Paul Merton
Sue Perkins
Gyles Brandreth
Liza Tarbuck
Subjects include: The Art of Exaggeration, Tomboys and Cleopatra's Needle.
Created by Ian Messiter
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2009.
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