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
Miles Jupp as an employee of MI7. He appeared in Series 4, Episode 4 of the comedy panel game "Argumental", which aired on 24 November 2011. In 2012, he appeared again on "Mock the Week". In January 2012, he won an episode of "Celebrity Mastermind". In February 2012, he appeared on BBC "Let's Dance for Sport Relief", and danced to The Prodigy's "Firestarter". In March 2012, he appeared in an episode of the specially televised "45th Anniversary" series of BBC Radio 4's "Just a Minute" quiz show, alongside Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth and Liza Tarbuck, and in July 2013, he appeared in