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 entitled "Just A Minute 2" followed in 1996. "Just A Minute 3" in 1999 saw the start of regular annual releases featuring 4 of the best episodes from the previous year. After "Just A Minute 8" in 2004, the following year's release was titled "Just A Minute: The Best Of 2005" and an end-of-year collection has been released every year since with "Just A Minute: The Best Of 2017" due for release on 2 November. In 2004, the BBC began a separate annual series of double CD releases collecting older episodes covering the shows first 30 years entitled "Just A