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Episodes[edit]

Winners are highlighted in bold

Overall Episode Series Episode Air Date Panelists Topics Reference
1 Pilot 22 December 1967 Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Wilma Ewart, Beryl Reid Excuses for being late, Knitting a cablestitch jumper, Keeping fit, Phrenology, The English nanny, Things to do in the bath, What to buy in a jumble sale, The many uses of bubble gum, Chinese restaurants [1]

Series 1[edit]

Overall Episode Series Episode Air Date Panelists Topics Reference
2 1 29 December 1967 Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock, Carol Binstead Bedrooms, My life, Horror films, My worst enemy, The art of winning at bingo, Derek Nimmo, Gas [1]
3 2 5 January 1968 Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Betty Marsden, Elisabeth Beresford (winner unknown) unknown [1]
4 3 12 January 1968 Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Isobel Barnett, Bettine Le Beau (winner unknown) unknown [1]
5 4 20 January 1968 Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Andree Melly, Prunella Scales The brownies, Chemist shops, The telephone, Embarrassments, Useless information, Travelling by air, Northern Ireland, Being absolutely sincere, My best enemy, Ice, Silence [1]
6 5 27 January 1968 Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Marjorie Proops, Millie Small (winner unknown) unknown [1]
7 6 2 February 1968 Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Aimi Macdonald, Una Stubbs My honeymoon, My bedroom, racing, The oldest joke in the world, Your school days, Cutting books, Making a cheesecake, Gatecrashing, What to sell at a jumble sale, This audience, Holidays [1]
8 7 9 February 1968 Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Lucy Bartlett, Anona Winn Bloomer, Things I throw away, Getting ready to go to bed, Bread and butter pudding, Paying a visit to the dentist, What Gladstone said in 1894, Things that make me blush, Beauty competitions, Australia [1]
9 8 17 February 1968 Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Andree Melly, Charmian Innes (winner unknown) unknown [1]
10 9 23 February 1968 Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Barbara Blake, Renee Houston My first grown-up dress, What to take on a picnic, How to shrink a human head, Bankers, Greenhouse plants, Things I must warn my children about, Derek Nimmo, Snakes as pets, The people next door, Ice cream sundaes, Painting the kitchen [1]
11 10 1 March 1968 Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Andree Melly, Eleanor Summerfield (winner unknown) unknown [1]
12 11 8 March 1968 Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Andree Melly, Betty Marsden (winner unknown) unknown [1]
13 12 15 March 1968 Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Andree Melly, Charmian Innes When I wear a top hat, Introducing people, Drunkenness, Holiday brochures, An exotic dish, Uniform, Going to the hairdresser, Writing thank-you letters, Pantomimes, Fingernails [1]
14 13 22 March 1968 Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Andree Melly, Betty Marsden Keeping wicket, Favourite smells, Being in bed with flu, How the spring makes me feel, The Entente Cordiale, What to take away for the weekend, The importance of art, Doctor's prescriptions, How to perform a Cornish floral dance. [1]
15 14 29 March 1968 Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Andree Melly, Charmian Innes Outdoor games, Hay fever, Photo finishes, Easy ways to lose a man, Indoor games, Autographs, Taking photographs, Hollywood, Toothpicks [1]
16 15 5 April 1968 Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Andree Melly, Aimi Macdonald How to stay lovely, It, Pocket money, Gold shares, What I like about money, Ornithology, Nothing, Throat sprays [1]

Series 2[edit]

Nicholas Parsons appeared as a panelist during episode 2,3, and 4. The show was chaired by Clement Freud (episode 2), Geraldine Jones (episode 3), and Kenneth Williams (episode 4).

Overall Episode Series Episode Air Date Panelists Topics Reference
17 1 30 September 1968 Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Geraldine Jones Learning to fly, Beans, Making friends, Writing books, Lipstick, The bank manager, Traffic jams, Puffballs [2]
18 2 7 October 1968 Kenneth Williams, Nicholas Parsons, Geraldine Jones Making an entrance, The parson's nose, Trunks, Keeping pets, Getting bubbles into soda water, Hesitation, My favourite meal, The best way of entertaining friends, Bowling [2]
19 3 14 October 1968 Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Nicholas Parsons How to eat macaroni delicately and without cutting it, Mumbo jumbo, Getting out of jail, Hocus pocus, My most miserable moment, Disposing of orange pips, Being measured for a suit, How to open a bazaar, The sport I least enjoy, What to do when sleep is impossible [2]
20 4 21 October 1968 Clement Freud, Nicholas Parsons, Geraldine Jones The days of the week, Parking meters, Wine women and song, Benjamin Franklin, Stirring up a hornet's nest, Blancmange, Yodeling, Applause, Annual reports [2]
21 5 28 October 1968 Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Geraldine Jones Winter woollies, Impressing strangers, Matches, Grandiloquence, The art of letter writing, Bird watching, Humbugs, The opposite sex, English slang, Brewing [2]
22 6 4 November 1968 Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Geraldine Jones Pythagoras, Making a cup of tea, Proposals, Spooks, The weather, Relations, Getting a break, The things in my wallet, Making an exit [2]

Series 3[edit]

Overall Episode Series Episode Air Date Panelists Topics Reference
23 1 31 December 1968 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Geraldine Jones (winner unknown) unknown [3]
24 2 7 January 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Geraldine Jones How to get a seat in a crowded train, The things people try to get me to do, Odd letters I have received, Betting slips, The tonic solfa, Castles in the air, Showing the flag, What to do with spare time, Weddings [3]
25 3 14 January 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Andree Melly Doing nothing, Model making, Osteopathy, Backing out of the garage, Useless household gadgets, Anniversaries, Taking big, The Au-pair girl, Punctuality [3]
26 4 21 January 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Andree Melly What you see in the looking glass, Plain speaking, How to eat a crumpet, Paying the bills at the end of the month, Camping, The cult of nudism, Public relations, Holiday brochures [3]
27 5 28 January 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Betty Marsden Striking a fresh acquaintance, What to do when you've ricked your back, Dentists, The big dipper, Slang, Utopia, My favourite pudding, My most unforgettable character, Automatic dishwashers, Things I keep under my bed [3]
28 6 4 February 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Lucy Bartlett Dogwatch, How I get my own way, The birds and the bees, My favourite sport, Tatting, Other people's manners, Waiting for the phone to ring, Getting my high heel caught in the pavement, Gambling, How to be perfectly happy [3]
29 7 11 February 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Geraldine Jones Giving up smoking, Hackneyed phrases, The pop scene, Why I believe in the fairies, What to do when you get stuck in the elevator, Inter-stellar space, Why I've given up stockings in preference for tights [3]
30 8 18 February 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Geraldine Jones The best hour of the week, What to take away for the weekend, Speaking to the income tax man, Getting the best of an argument, What to do for cold feet, The times that I wear my bikini, Collecting silver [3]
31 9 25 February 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Andree Melly Gossiping, Seaside postcards, Curiosity, Making the bed, Duck clippers, The most dreadful thing that ever happened to me, Things I do when nobody's looking, Famous last sayings, My most important discovery, My first audition [3]
32 10 4 March 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Andree Melly What to do with your vitality, Changing the guard, How to make your own gin, Things I write in my diary, Preparing for the worst, The ideal man, Where I get my inspiration, What to do if you get your big toe caught in the bath tap [3]
33 11 11 March 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Aimi Macdonald How to be good, Things I say when I'm happy, My favourite zoo animal, The common touch, Pulling faces, What Socrates said, Judging a baby show, The last time I played hockey [3]
34 12 18 March 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Juno Alexander (winner unknown) unknown [3]
35 13 25 March 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Geraldine Jones How best to colonise the Moon, Evolution, Victoriana, Taking photographs, Hypnotism, Stuttering, Habits, Sewing, The rush hour, Computerising The kitchen [3]
36 14 1 April 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Geraldine Jones (winner unknown) unknown [3]

Series 4[edit]

Nicholas Parsons appeared as a panelist during episode 21, and 22. The show was chaired by Clement Freud (episode 21), and Kenneth Williams (episode 22).

Overall Episode Series Episode Air Date Panelists Topics Reference
37 1 29 September 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Andree Melly What to reply to how do you do, Being a bridesmaid, Things I would abolish, Who I would most like to be other than myself, The perfect friend, The perfect idiot, My school days [4]
38 2 6 October 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Miriam Karlin Where to draw the line, Wearing funny hats, What goldfish think about, Getting dressed on a public beach, The advantages of not being on the telephone, Dieting, Complaining about neighbours [4]
39 3 13 October 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Geraldine Jones Preventing long telephone conversations, Why I am so popular, What they may find on Mars, Keeping one's temper, Useless occupations, Queuing up at the Post Office, Curling, Why I like men, My relations [4]
40 4 20 October 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Juno Alexander The function of a good waiter, The bloom of youth, Indoor plants, What the Romans do, Elephants, Happiness, My birthday [4]
41 5 27 October 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Teddie Beverley The things I say, What to look for in a good second-hand car, The dog next door, Winkles, How to be good, Parking, Kneeology, Paddling [4]
42 6 3 November 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock Bloomers, Having my hair done, Beautiful thoughts, Manners, The thing I found in the attic, Spare time money making, Striking a happy medium, Beauty, charm [4]
43 7 10 November 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Geraldine Jones Interviewing a secretary, What to write on holiday postcards, Sad films, Charles the First, Flat hunting, Bending people to your will, Equal pay for women, Things to say to people on first acquaintance [4]
44 8 17 November 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Fenella Fielding Receiving compliments, Odds and ends, My worst fault, The advantages of being female, Bashfulness, When I was seven, My handicap, Soirees, What I find unpardonable [4]
45 9 24 November 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock Appearing in public, Hippies, Scotch eggs, Creating a precedent, Dancing, Changing nappies, Signing my autograph, What I have been warned against, Chores [4]
46 10 1 December 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Andree Melly What I most desire, Making passes, My forebears, Getting on with other people, Sensationalism, Grace, Books, How I enjoy myself, My briefcase [4]
47 11 8 December 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock Watchdog, Creating, Things I've forgotten about, Wit, Talking sense, Slimming, My first crush, Straining spaghetti Through a tennis racquet [4]
48 12 15 December 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Moira Lister Hot dogs, Being a mother, Curing a cold, The things that some people get up to, Taking a Turkish bath, What can be crammed into a minute, Frogs, Being sent up, Getting a break [4]
49 13 22 December 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock Joy, The thoughts of Mao, Waffles, Wizardry, Fallacies, Fuzz [4]
50 14 29 December 1969 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Miriam Karlin Makeup, Empathy, Throwing a party, Absolute bliss, Tiddlywinks, Friendship, Lending a hand, Making coffee, Chocolate sponge [4]
51 15 5 January 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock Bacchus, What sends me, How I feel, Drag, Putting a bold face on it, Arguing with a man, Strange customs, Free speech [4]
52 16 12 January 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Aimi Macdonald Policemen, Rubbish, Humming birds, My fans, My best points, Hair, Getting up in the morning, A fur tippet [4]
53 17 19 January 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock False teeth, Crossing the Channel, Enthusiasm, Saving up, Giving a short address, Policewomen, My first boyfriend, Taking notes, The pleasures of hard work [4]
54 18 26 January 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Diane Hart Astrology, Common sense, Frightening people, Feminists, The Loch Ness monster, The finest human qualities, Keeping the peace, Serendipity, Having a field day [4]
55 19 2 February 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Aimi Macdonald Oliver Cromwell, My favourite springtime activity, Good plots, The ballet, What thrills me, Turning turtle, School plays, My other self [4]
56 20 9 February 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Geraldine Jones Constantinople, Tall stories, Plastic gnomes, Industrial espionage, My worst moment, Omelettes, Hamlet, Stupidity [4]
57 21 16 February 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Nicholas Parsons, Sheila Hancock The blarney stone, Magic, Laughter, Hobgoblins, Crumpets, Landladies, Taking risks, Gibberish [4]
58 22 23 February 1970 Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Nicholas Parsons, Geraldine Jones The alphabet, The film industry, Needing dough, Thespians, Feeding, Keeping up with the Joneses, Rubies, Carrier pigeons [4]
59 23 2 March 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Andree Melly Passing the buck, Crossed lines, What happened to Anne of Cleves, Teabags, Leftovers, How to build an igloo, English literature [4]
60 24 9 March 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Geraldine Jones Hercules, Adventure, The Arabian nights, Making happy faces, When Father papered the parlour, Panic, The advantages of living, puns, What I'd do on the Moon [4]
61 25 16 March 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Andree Melly Boswell, The Russian step, Luck, Foibles, Scruples, Girdles, Noodles, Brevity, nonchalance [4]
62 26 23 March 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Denise Coffey Breaking a code, The dodo, Being made up for a film, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Gorillas, Madison Avenue, Tranquility, Faux pas [4]
63 27 30 March 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Geraldine Jones Romulus and Remus, Famous last words, My opinion, Hesitation, Repetition, Deviation, Auld Lang Syne, Gags, Anything [4]

Series 5[edit]

Overall Episode Series Episode Air Date Panelists Topics Reference
64 1 8 September 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock Demonectomy, Getting ready to go out, Slips, Irresponsibility, Songs I love, Cowboys and Indians, Chairing the show [5]
65 2 15 September 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock Something for nothing, Having my photograph taken, Rose growing, Cold, Tuesday, Memorising names [5]
66 3 22 September 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock The little people, Jumbo jets, Bernard Shaw, Keeping the peace, The perfect breakfast, Fibs I have told, What I shall leave out of my autobiography [5]
67 4 29 September 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock A nice cup of tea, Sensationalism, Pleasure, Chips, Captain Cook, Bridge [5]
68 5 6 October 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Denise Coffey Polystyrene, My nighty, Strange noises, Aestheticism, Weddings I've been to, Doing the splits, Things worth writing on a wall, Ghost hunting [5]
69 6 13 October 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Denise Coffey Ironing my smalls, My favourite words, A hippopotamus's point of view, Nursery rhymes, The shed in our garden, The two gentlemen of Verona, Cramp, Music, Mythology [5]
70 7 20 October 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Denise Coffey Avoiding the bill in a restaurant, Leonardo da Vinci, Antiques, Reading teacups, My enthusiasm, My best conjuring trick, Knickerbocker glories, The birds and the bees [5]
71 8 27 October 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Denise Coffey Thrills, Weekends, Can't, Breaking records, Fallen arches, My ambition, Friday, Postman's knock [5]
72 9 3 November 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Andree Melly Admirable virtues, Sex appeal, Staying happy, Witchcraft, Filibustering, Nell Gwynne, Coup de gras [5]
73 10 10 November 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Andree Melly Avoiding income tax, Things that come through the post, Saturday night, Pins and needles, Books I read twice, Cigarettes, Ptolemy the First, Ham rolls [5]
74 11 17 November 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Andree Melly Wine, Getting a word in edge-ways, Love, Emergencies, My hidden vice, Sneezing, Things I can do without, Revolutions [5]
75 12 24 November 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Andree Melly What excites me, What to look for when buying a dog, Pulling a cork, Patriotism, Clock chimes, The invention I most approve, The snark [5]
76 13 1 December 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Jacqueline MacKenzie My cooker, Robespierre, Concealing mistakes, How I feel at this moment, Permissiveness [5]
77 14 8 December 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Jacqueline MacKenzie Panic, 12th birthdays, Occasions on which I wear earrings, The art of listening, Tidying out my drawers, Charlie, Sunday [5]
78 15 15 December 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Joan Turner Enjoying life, Henry the Eighth, My first car, Top notes, Exercise, Bubble and squeak, Age, Luck [5]
79 16 22 December 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Liz Fraser Stuffing your Christmas bird, Stocking fillers, Things I found in crackers, The fairy on the top of the Christmas tree, Mistletoe, Party games, Carol singing, Punch, Port [5]
80 17 29 December 1970 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Katharine Whitehorn Panache, Curing ham, Dogs I know well, Dieting, Sauce, Electricity, Custard pies [5]
81 18 5 January 1971 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Prunella Scales Astronomy, Passion, Lady MacBeth, Smoking in the kitchen, Reading under the bedclothes, My fancy, Magic [5]
82 19 12 January 1971 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock Christmas party games, Getting ahead, Christmas pudding, First nights, Ticklish situations, Pulling a cracker, Christmas decorations, Showing off [5]
83 20 19 January 1971 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock Modern art, Combinations, Dick Turpin, Politics, Drakes, Knowing my onions, How I grew my beard [5]
84 21 26 January 1971 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock Snags of show business, Models, The worst thing that I ever did in my kitchen, Diving bells, Napoleon, Home movies, Pleasantries, Swallows [5]
85 22 2 February 1971 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock Demonstrating, Medua, Sucking lemons, Delusions, Bugging, Getting to sleep, Golf, Garibaldi [5]
86 23 9 February 1971 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Andree Melly Unblocking the kitchen sink, Aerobatics, Heinrich Schwartzberg, time, The last time I broke the law, Bravura [5]
87 24 16 February 1971 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Andree Melly Jellyfish, Rasputin, Japan, Fig leaves, Ludo, Old gentlemen, Elastic, Sentiment [5]
88 25 23 February 1971 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Barbara Castle Frederick the Great, Getting up early, Parties I enjoy, Chance, Plastics, Being misunderstood [5]
89 26 2 March 1971 Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Derek Nimmo, My funnybone, Joan of Arc, Getting into debt, Saying good-bye [5]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Just a minute radio season 1". Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Just a minute radio season 2". Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Just a minute radio season 3". Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa "Just a minute radio season 4". Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Just a minute radio season 5". Retrieved 12 September 2016.