Just a Minute unit of time). The recording used for the theme is of David Haines. In 2018, Nicholas Parsons was unable to attend the recording of two editions of the programme as he had the flu. This broke his uninterrupted run of fifty years as a performer on the programme. The episodes were recorded on 1 April 2018 with Gyles Brandreth standing in for Parsons and were broadcast on 4 and 11 June 2018. The panellists are invited, in rotation, to speak for one minute on a given subject (which they are normally not informed of in advance), without "hesitation, repetition or
Richard Vranch their cartoons published in "Maxim", "Punch", and "The Spectator". He presented the children's shows "Let's Pretend" on ITV and "Jackanory" on BBC One, and was a contestant on a charity special of "The Weakest Link" in 2005. He guested on BBC Radio 4's long-running panel game "Just a Minute" in 1999. In 2002 he was commissioned by Tamasha Theatre (East is East) as a writer for their show "Ryman and the Sheik" and worked for a few years as an Artistic Associate of the company. Vranch had a previous career as a research physicist, and has appeared on the panel