Just a Minute Just a Minute Just a Minute is a BBC Radio 4 radio comedy and television panel game chaired by Nicholas Parsons. Its first transmission on Radio 4 was on 22 December 1967, three months after the station's launch. The Radio 4 programme won a Gold Sony Radio Academy Award in 2003. The object of the game is for panellists to talk for sixty seconds on a given subject, "without hesitation, repetition or deviation". The comedy comes from attempts to keep within these rules and the banter among the participants. In 2011 comedy writer David Quantick ascribed "Just a Minute"'s success
The Unbelievable Truth (radio show) world, but it is enjoyable. It is a way of merrily passing away half-an-hour." He commented on how the show managed to be successful in the same slot as other Radio 4 panel games "Just a Minute" and "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" ("ISIHAC"), although he mentioned there was a connection between "ISIHAC" and "The Unbelievable Truth" as the latter is created by the producer and one of the regular panellists from "ISIHAC". Dunn also referred to the lack of input from Mitchell despite him being well known for good performances on other panel games, saying: "This sadly means