Just a Minute usually by mistake or for laughs. The game rewards those who make entertaining challenges, even if they do not speak for very long. If successful, last-second challenges can be especially rewarding, as they allow one to speak for a short time but earn two points—one for the challenge and one for being the last speaker. The game is then scored and a winner declared, but the attraction of the show lies less in the contest than in the humour and banter among participants and the chairman. Nicholas Parsons has chaired the show since its inception. On nine occasions he has
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