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
Blythe Duff from the novel of the same name by Andrew O'Hagan. She has won Best Female Performance twice at the Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland: in 2013 for her portrayal of Fay Black in Rona Munro's prison drama 'Iron'; and in 2014 for the titular role in David Harrower's 'Ciara'. Duff has also appeared on radio, including the BBC Radio 4 comedy panel game, "Just a Minute". On the concert platform she has narrated with numerous orchestras; the RSNO, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Scottish Opera Orchestra. She has recorded Hansel and Gretel by Savourna Stevenson with the Scottish