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
Sheila Hancock "Have I Got News for You". On radio, she has been a semi-regular contestant on the BBC Radio 4 panel game "Just a Minute" since 1967. From 2007 to 2012 Hancock was Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth. From March to May 2010, she appeared as a judge on the BBC show "Over the Rainbow", along with Charlotte Church, Andrew Lloyd Webber and John Partridge. Hancock regularly works in radio and appeared in the BBC Radio Four series "North by Northamptonshire" in 2011, alongside Geoffrey Palmer. Hancock was the subject of "This Is Your Life" in 1977 when she was