Just a Minute appeared on the panel, and others have acted as chairman including Sir Clement Freud, Geraldine Jones, Andrée Melly "as our contribution to the women's liberation movement", and Kenneth Williams. Ian Messiter was chairman on one occasion in 1977, when Freud arrived late and Nicholas Parsons took his place on the panel. Parsons had appeared on every show, either as chairman or panelist, until Series 81 Episode 4 when he was absent for the first time in the show's 51 year history. That show, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 18:30hrs on the 4th June 2018, was hosted by Gyles Brandreth
Russell Kane for MTV (UK and Ireland). In August 2011 he appeared for the first time on the BBC Radio Four comedy panel game Just a Minute, and won. His debut novel, "The Humorist", was published by Simon & Schuster in April 2012. In 2012, he co-presented "Britain Unzipped" with Greg James on BBC Three, which was renamed "Unzipped" for series 2. He also presents Live at the Electric on Thursdays on BBC Three which has had 2 series. The 3rd series started broadcasting on 10 January 2014. His newest chat show with Greg James, Staying In, premiered in September 2013. He