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Just a Minute

Panel game in which the contestants are challenged to speak for one minute without hesitation, deviation or repetition on any subject that comes up on the cards

Radio 4,121 episodes

Episodes

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Series 94
1. A red phone called Kevin
Sue Perkins returns for a brand new series of Just a Minute.
20 Jan 2025,28 mins
Series 94
2. Where they make cheese and milk out of butterflies
How hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation?
27 Jan 2025,28 mins
Series 94
3. Hesitation, Repetition, Deviation or Enunciation
Ivo Graham and Sara Pascoe join the panel for a game of Just a Minute.
03 Feb 2025,28 mins
Series 94
4. Does the second turning of the tide amount to repetition?
How hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation?
10 Feb 2025,30 mins
Series 94
5. Does a Strawberry Have Dreams?
How hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation?
17 Feb 2025,30 mins
Series 94
6. Limoncello and Portobello
Daliso Chaponda and Sara Pascoe join the panel for a game of Just a Minute.
24 Feb 2025,28 mins
Series 95
1. The time I went to Sue Perkins’ birthday party
Sue Perkins returns for a brand new series of Just a Minute.
18 Aug 2025,28 mins
Series 95
2. Where's the live, laugh, love?
How hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation?
25 Aug 2025,29 mins
Series 95
3. It's what Emily Brontë would have wanted
Paterson Joseph and Rachel Parris join the panel for a game of Just A Minute.
01 Sep 2025,29 mins
Series 95
4. What's that wonderful smell?
Gyles Brandreth is back for another game of Just A Minute.
08 Sep 2025,29 mins
Series 95
5. Whoopsie-daisy
After over ten years away from the game, Stephen Mangan is back to play Just a Minute.
15 Sep 2025,28 mins
Series 95
6. Do you believe in soul mates?
Paul Merton and Julian Clary return to play Just a Minute.
22 Sep 2025,28 mins
Series 93
1. I’ve written down ‘Fleshy’, ‘England’ and ‘Chin’.
Sue Perkins hosts a new series of Radio 4's fast-talking panel show.
16 Sep 2024,30 mins
Series 93
2. A Punk Band Called The Sticky Carpets
Gyles Brandreth joins Sue Perkins for Radio 4's fast-talking panel show.
23 Sep 2024,28 mins
Series 93
3. Rhymes with Touché and Suché and John Belushé
Kiell Smith-Bynoe joins Sue Perkins for Radio 4's fast-talking panel show.
30 Sep 2024,28 mins
Series 93
4. Trying Times - the national newspaper for judges
Stephen Fry joins Sue Perkins for Radio 4's fast-talking panel show.
07 Oct 2024,28 mins
Series 93
5. Cheek by jowl with some stubbly nosed man
Jenny Eclair joins Sue Perkins for Radio 4's fast-talking panel show.
14 Oct 2024,28 mins
Series 93
6. Doubling down at the duvet factory
Glenn Moore joins Sue Perkins for Radio 4's fast-talking panel show.
21 Oct 2024,28 mins
Series 92
1. A Double Date with Prince Rainier, Hilda Ogden and Sophia Loren
Paul Merton and Kerry Godliman join Sue Perkins for a new series of Just a Minute.
08 Jan 2024,28 mins
Series 92
2. A Hundred Boy Scouts from Liechtenstein
Paul Merton and Eshaan Akbar join Sue Perkins for Just a Minute.
15 Jan 2024,28 mins
Series 92
3. Ned Kelly is Australian, right?
Tony Hawks and Paul Merton join Sue Perkins for Just a Minute.
22 Jan 2024,28 mins
Series 92
4. Kerry Godliman was an Olympic diver
Daliso Chaponda and Zoe Lyons join Sue Perkins for Just a Minute.
29 Jan 2024,28 mins
Series 92
5. Angela Barnes never scrimps on colonics
Eshaan Akbar and Angela Barnes join Sue Perkins for Just a Minute.
05 Feb 2024,28 mins
Series 92
6. A Cat Called Hell
Eleanor Tiernan and Tony Hawks join Sue Perkins for Just a Minute.
12 Feb 2024,28 mins
Series 91
1. Quicksand, A Damp Squib, and Why I Could Win ‘The Traitors’
Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4's longest running panel show, Just a Minute.
03 Apr 2023,28 mins
Series 91
2. Tutankhamun, Haggling, and Canadian Cuisine
Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4's longest running panel show, Just a Minute.
03 Apr 2023,28 mins
Series 91
3. King Kong, Harry Houdini and Snake Charming
Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4's longest running panel show, Just a Minute.
03 Apr 2023,28 mins
Series 91
4. Whodunnit?, Revolving Restaurants and Tog Ratings
Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4's longest running panel show, Just a Minute.
03 Apr 2023,28 mins
Series 91
5. Humble Pie, Nuns and Dry Shampoo
Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4's longest running panel show, Just a Minute.
03 Apr 2023,28 mins
Series 91
6. Columbo, Keanu Reeves and Vertigo
Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4's longest running panel show, Just a Minute.
03 Apr 2023,28 mins