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
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