Just a Minute of the show, all created by Messiter, include a 1952 version on South African radio, and a television version on the DuMont network in the United States. The pilot for the show was recorded in 1967, featuring Clement Freud, Derek Nimmo, Beryl Reid and Wilma Ewart as panellists. The chairman was originally planned to be Jimmy Edwards but he was unavailable on Sundays, the proposed recording dates, and was replaced by Nicholas Parsons who was originally supposed to be a panel member. Parsons did not want the job and only reluctantly took it, just for the pilot episode. After the
Just a Minute Classic Minute: Volume 1". Each episode had a newly-recorded introduction by Parsons (for later volumes, Parson and Merton in discussion). The first four volumes were also released in a box set entitled "Just A Classic Minute: 40th Anniversary Collection" in 2007. The series finished in 2010 with the release of "Just A Classic Minute: Volume 7". In 2010, "Just A Minute: Series 56" became the first series to be made available in its entirety for purchase via digital download. This continued up to "Just A Minute: Series 67". The pattern resumed for "Just A Minute: Series 71" onwards, with complete