Just a Minute competitors in the show's history: Freud and Nimmo appeared from the first programme in 1967, while Williams joined in the show's second series in 1968. Jones made his début in 1971. After Williams' death in 1988, Merton (a long-time fan of the show) contacted the producer at Nicholas Parsons' suggestion and was invited to participate during the following year. Nimmo died in 1999, Jones in 2000 and Freud in 2009, leaving Merton as the only regular, albeit he is not in every edition. Each of the regulars brought their individual style to playing the game. Clement Freud liked to make
Just a Minute series also made available on Compact Disc. "Just A Minute: Series 79" is due for release on 7 December 2017. In 2011, five double CDs were released with each volume focusing on a "Classic" selection of each of the main regular panellists (eg. "Just A Minute: Classic Kenneth Williams", "Just A Minute: Classic Paul Merton", etc.) The five volumes were also available as a box set entitled "Just A Minute: The Classic Collection" along with a bonus CD. The "Classic Clement Freud" CD and audio download was withdrawn from sites such as Amazon and iTunes following the posthumous revelations about