0:00:02 > 0:00:04Welcome to Just a Minute!
0:00:04 > 0:00:06APPLAUSE
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Hello, my name is Nicholas Parsons
0:00:12 > 0:00:15and as the Minute Waltz fades away,
0:00:15 > 0:00:18it's my huge pleasure to welcome you to this special edition
0:00:18 > 0:00:22of Just a Minute from the BBC Television Centre.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26This year marks the 45th anniversary of Just a Minute
0:00:26 > 0:00:30and to celebrate over four-and-a-half decades of radio success, they've decided
0:00:30 > 0:00:35to let us deviate our way onto your television screens.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37So, without further ado, please welcome to the show
0:00:37 > 0:00:40the four talented performers who are going to join me.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44These are, seated on my right, Paul Merton and Sue Perkins,
0:00:44 > 0:00:47and seated on my left, Graham Norton and Phill Jupitus.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Please welcome all four of them.
0:00:50 > 0:00:55APPLAUSE
0:00:59 > 0:01:02The rules are impossibly simple until you try to play the game,
0:01:02 > 0:01:06and then you find that they are possibly...simply impossible.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08LAUGHTER
0:01:08 > 0:01:12Well, thank you. I didn't think it was as funny as that...
0:01:12 > 0:01:16I will ask each player in turn to speak on a subject that I give them
0:01:16 > 0:01:19and they will try and do that
0:01:19 > 0:01:21without hesitation, repetition or deviation.
0:01:21 > 0:01:26At any time, one of the other three can challenge and if I uphold that challenge, they gain a point.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30If not, the person speaking gains a point and continues with the subject
0:01:30 > 0:01:34until the whistle goes and that tells us that 60 seconds
0:01:34 > 0:01:36have elapsed, and by the way, they can repeat the subject on the card.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40Phill, will you take the first subject - The Bermuda Triangle.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43You have 60 seconds as usual, starting now.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46The Bermuda Triangle is an area of sea that has caused
0:01:46 > 0:01:51the disappearance of many travellers, be they in boats, ships,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54trawlers, dinghies, aeroplanes,
0:01:54 > 0:01:59balloons, schooners, dirigibles,
0:01:59 > 0:02:03gliders or other methods of transport.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Its mysteries have puzzled travellers for...
0:02:05 > 0:02:08BUZZER SOUNDS
0:02:08 > 0:02:09Damn you!
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- Sue, you challenged. - A repeat of 'travellers.'
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Yes, there were travellers before,
0:02:13 > 0:02:17but what a lovely list he did there without pausing there.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Sue, you have a correct challenge.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24You have 36 seconds, the Bermuda Triangle, and you start now.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26The Bermuda Triangle is not, as one might think,
0:02:26 > 0:02:30the special green one you get in the assortment chocolate box at Christmas,
0:02:30 > 0:02:34although you can equally get lost in its charms.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37It is, as Phill has so perfectly described,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40an area of ocean mysterious,
0:02:40 > 0:02:45where those who venture far into its clutches disappear without trace.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Some would say a conspiracy theory.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50I am not cognizant of such things.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52I imagine there's a tectonic plate that has shifted -
0:02:52 > 0:02:55stuff goes into it, but I never studied geology.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Could it be something to do with the moon...
0:02:58 > 0:02:59WHISTLE BLOWS
0:02:59 > 0:03:02APPLAUSE
0:03:02 > 0:03:03Yowza!
0:03:08 > 0:03:11So she was speaking as the whistle went, gains an extra point,
0:03:11 > 0:03:12and she's taken the lead.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14She's ahead of everybody else.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Graham, we'd like you to begin the next round.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18The subject - oh, this is interesting -
0:03:18 > 0:03:20a new rule for Just a Minute.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Give it a second or two to think about that
0:03:23 > 0:03:24and then talk on the subject...
0:03:24 > 0:03:26It won't help!
0:03:27 > 0:03:3060 seconds starting now.
0:03:30 > 0:03:36A new rule for Just a Minute, which I think would be interesting and fun
0:03:36 > 0:03:41and perhaps move the game on to a new level, a sort of 21st century
0:03:41 > 0:03:46yee-ha extravaganza of entertainment on both the radio
0:03:46 > 0:03:49and, of course, here on television,
0:03:49 > 0:03:52let me get to it, sorry to keep you, so...
0:03:52 > 0:03:54BUZZER SOUNDS
0:03:56 > 0:03:59APPLAUSE
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Sue, you challenged first.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07It was running out of steam but also there was repetition of 'new.'
0:04:07 > 0:04:11- Yes, you did say 'new.'- But that's on the card!- 'A new rule.'
0:04:11 > 0:04:15It is on the card, you're right! I withdraw my challenge, Graham.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- So, incorrect challenge. - I'm a buffoon.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21A new rule for Just a Minute is still with you, Graham,
0:04:21 > 0:04:22and you have 37 seconds starting now.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25I couldn't be happier to have this subject back.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Let me tell you about the new rule...
0:04:27 > 0:04:29BUZZER SOUNDS
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- Sue challenged again. - A repeat of 'let me tell you.'
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Really?
0:04:34 > 0:04:36- Yes, you said it before. - Oh, well, never mind.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Sue, a correct challenge.
0:04:39 > 0:04:44A new rule for Just a Minute - 33 seconds, starting now.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47I think that every time a panellist hesitates, deviate or repeats,
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Nicholas should remove an item of clothing.
0:04:50 > 0:04:51That would spice things up...
0:04:51 > 0:04:54BUZZER SOUNDS
0:04:55 > 0:04:56No.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00APPLAUSE
0:05:02 > 0:05:04I understand, I understand.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09Paul, we liked your interruption and we give you a bonus point for that,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12but what is your challenge within the rules of Just a Minute?
0:05:12 > 0:05:16I think she had to be stopped. I have no challenge.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Well, you've got your bonus point because I enjoyed the interruption
0:05:19 > 0:05:21but Sue was interrupted, so she keeps the subject,
0:05:21 > 0:05:25a new rule for Just a Minute, and there are 24 seconds starting now.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Come on now, who here wouldn't enjoy the sight of Nicholas loosening his tie...
0:05:28 > 0:05:30BUZZER SOUNDS
0:05:31 > 0:05:32No.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37APPLAUSE
0:05:37 > 0:05:43- Repetition of Nicholas. - Yes, that's right.- Very good!
0:05:43 > 0:05:46- Very good.- Very good, very good.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48You've played the game before, haven't you?
0:05:48 > 0:05:51So, Paul, you've got in on this subject with 22 seconds to go.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54A new rule for Just a Minute, starting now.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59Every contestant has to speak backwards. Idea terrible a what.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03That would be how it would work, but you see it's actually very difficult
0:06:03 > 0:06:05to even play the game by the normal rules
0:06:05 > 0:06:07of deviation, hesitation, repetition.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12What point would there be if you said, you could no longer use vowels
0:06:12 > 0:06:16or consonants consecutively one after the other?
0:06:16 > 0:06:18It would be madness!
0:06:18 > 0:06:19WHISTLE BLOWS
0:06:19 > 0:06:22APPLAUSE
0:06:24 > 0:06:27So, Paul Merton was then speaking as the whistle went
0:06:27 > 0:06:30gaining an extra point for doing so, and he's now moved forward
0:06:30 > 0:06:32and Sue's out in the lead.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Sue, it's actually your turn to begin.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Unwanted presents. It's a good subject.
0:06:37 > 0:06:4060 seconds, Sue, starting now.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43I've always found Ann Widdecombe to be an unwanted presence.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45However, I don't believe that's what's on the card.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49We are of course referring to the things you get on your birthday.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Maybe it's a jumper, cardigan, a book,
0:06:51 > 0:06:53or, as I once received on my eighth birthday...
0:06:53 > 0:06:54BUZZER SOUNDS
0:06:54 > 0:06:58- Phil, you challenged. - A couple of birthdays.- Yes.- Yes.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Two birthdays. Right, Phill, well listened.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03You have a correct challenge, you have 45 seconds still.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07Unwanted presents, and you start now.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09A 78 record player was given to me by my mother and father
0:07:09 > 0:07:14one Christmas, which did not meet my audio needs one jot
0:07:14 > 0:07:18that particular year. I stood looking down at it...
0:07:18 > 0:07:21as it played the discs... to my...
0:07:21 > 0:07:22BUZZER SOUNDS
0:07:22 > 0:07:25- Sue challenged. - A bit of hesitation.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27I think we call that hesitation. Yes, Sue, another point to you,
0:07:27 > 0:07:31and 30 seconds still on unwanted presents, starting now.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36The rule is, keep the unwanted gift in a drawer, cupboard or box.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Don't do as I did and immediately give it to a charity shop,
0:07:39 > 0:07:43whereupon this particular artefact was displayed in the window,
0:07:43 > 0:07:45and the friend who'd given me the gift saw...
0:07:45 > 0:07:46BUZZER SOUNDS
0:07:46 > 0:07:49- Graham challenged. - Repetition of gift. - Yes, you mentioned the gift before.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52- I did.- Graham, well listened.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55You've got in with 17 seconds on unwanted presents
0:07:55 > 0:07:57and your time starts now.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00It was Christmas morning - ooh, I was excited -
0:08:00 > 0:08:03and I got up and I ran downstairs because I'd asked for all sorts of things.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05What I'd got, ladies and gentlemen,
0:08:05 > 0:08:09I do not lie - it was a ginger-haired ventriloquist's dummy
0:08:09 > 0:08:11called Finnegan.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Thank you very much, Santa, for that!
0:08:14 > 0:08:17WHISTLE BLOWS
0:08:17 > 0:08:19APPLAUSE
0:08:21 > 0:08:25So, Graham not only was speaking as the whistle went but timed it
0:08:25 > 0:08:29so the pay-off to his story came right on the whistle.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Paul, it's your turn to begin.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Oh, another delightful geographical question.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37The Angel of the North.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41Tell us something about that subject in this game starting now.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43The Archangel Gabriel appeared in front of Mary
0:08:43 > 0:08:45and said, "Ey up, love, guess what, yer pregnant.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47"It's gonna be a great Christmas.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51"God's the Father, He's going to be the Son of God, it's going to be great,
0:08:51 > 0:08:52"going to be fantastic."
0:08:52 > 0:08:55That would be my impression of the Angel of the North. Of course,
0:08:55 > 0:08:57there is also the magnificent sculpture
0:08:57 > 0:09:01made by Antony Gormley, I believe, the sculptor, and it's there...
0:09:01 > 0:09:02BUZZER SOUNDS
0:09:02 > 0:09:06Sculpture and sculptor I think you'll find are two words.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07So, an incorrect challenge, Paul.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10You keep the subject, the Angel of the North. 40 seconds, starting now.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14As I stared into the mouth of the ravenous beast,
0:09:14 > 0:09:18I could see in the background an angel, magnetically pointed north.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21This was the golden dream of my childhood,
0:09:21 > 0:09:29to have an angel looking after me and saying, "I am your keepsake.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31"Your pardoner through life.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34"Do not think of me as a superstitious ethereal creature..."
0:09:34 > 0:09:36BUZZER SOUNDS
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Is there a nurse in the building?
0:09:39 > 0:09:42- Did I go again?- You went again. You all right? The red mist.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45- I didn't start talking about the Angel Gabriel?- You did.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Sue, what was your challenge under the rules of Just a Minute?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51I think deviation from sanity.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54You can be as insane as you like on Just a Minute,
0:09:54 > 0:09:56as long as you keep going,
0:09:56 > 0:09:59so, Paul, an incorrect challenge. Another point to you and
0:09:59 > 0:10:02you still have the subject, the Angel of the North. 17 seconds, starting now.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04If you look at a map of the London Underground,
0:10:04 > 0:10:07you'll see that the Angel station is on the Northern line,
0:10:07 > 0:10:10and indeed it is not far away from that other magnificent...
0:10:10 > 0:10:11Oh, I don't know.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12BUZZER SOUNDS
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- Sue challenged.- Hesitation.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Sue, nine seconds are still available.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19The Angel of the North, starting now.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Gateshead's proud guardian sits with huge great wings
0:10:21 > 0:10:23and took a million pounds...
0:10:23 > 0:10:24BUZZER SOUNDS
0:10:24 > 0:10:27- Phill challenged. - The Angel stands, it doesn't sit.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Yeah, no, it does. I know, yeah.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34Because the Angel of the South is the one that squats, isn't it?
0:10:34 > 0:10:39Phill, you had a correct challenge. You have another point, of course.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42The Angel of the North, five seconds, starting now.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Sitting atop the hill... Ah, I did it!
0:10:45 > 0:10:47BUZZER SOUNDS
0:10:47 > 0:10:51APPLAUSE
0:10:55 > 0:10:59APPLAUSE
0:11:02 > 0:11:06So we give Phill a bonus point for overacting.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10- Sue, you have a correct challenge. - Thank you.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12You've cleverly got in with three seconds to go.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16You haven't won any friends but you've got the subject.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20And the Angel of the North, with you, Sue, starting now.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Those arms stretched...
0:11:22 > 0:11:23BUZZER SOUNDS
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- Paul challenged. - Did we have arms before?
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- They're not arms. - They're sort of arms!
0:11:28 > 0:11:29They're wings!
0:11:31 > 0:11:36- They are wings. - Big flappy angel wings.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37Paul, correct challenge.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42Five seconds to go on... no! One second to go.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47And you have the Angel of the North starting now.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Angel of the North, how wonderful you are!
0:11:49 > 0:11:51WHISTLE BLOWS
0:11:51 > 0:11:54APPLAUSE
0:11:56 > 0:11:59So, at the end of that round, Sue Perkins is in the lead,
0:11:59 > 0:12:02the other three are following with one point separating them
0:12:02 > 0:12:06and Sue, we are back with you to begin, and the subject is
0:12:06 > 0:12:08my idea for Dragons' Den.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11I don't know whether you have a serious one or not. It doesn't matter.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Talk on it, in this game, starting now.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17I have patented Bark Begone,
0:12:17 > 0:12:21the special mouth silencer for irritating dogs.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26If you have a terrier, dachshund, spinone, labrador, shpitz -
0:12:26 > 0:12:31anything that really has a vocal aspect to it,
0:12:31 > 0:12:34simply put on the vocal alteration.
0:12:34 > 0:12:35BUZZER SOUNDS
0:12:35 > 0:12:36Phill.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40- Couple of vocals.- Yes, you have the subject - my idea for Dragons' Den.
0:12:40 > 0:12:4340 seconds, starting now.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46My idea for Dragons' Den is once I have received my instructions from
0:12:46 > 0:12:50the troll master, is to approach the Den, very, very stealthily.
0:12:50 > 0:12:51BUZZER SOUNDS
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Graham, you spotted it first.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55Two 'verys'.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58It's one of the tricks of Just a Minute
0:12:58 > 0:13:01which they can easily fall into.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Graham, you picked it up first and you have 33 seconds to tell us
0:13:04 > 0:13:07something about my idea for Dragons' Den, starting now.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10My idea for Dragons' Den is just to shut it down.
0:13:10 > 0:13:11I find it quite irritating,
0:13:11 > 0:13:13sitting there smug with their money on a table.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17I don't think it's appropriate. Look at this, they're loving it!
0:13:17 > 0:13:22They hate the show! Who knew? I thought it was a hit, but no.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25They loathe it with a passion! Am I still speaking?
0:13:25 > 0:13:28BUZZER SOUNDS
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Paul has challenged you but you were going so well,
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- the audience didn't hear it. - There was a hesitation there.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35There was a hesitation in the middle of it.
0:13:35 > 0:13:40Paul, you have the subject, my idea for Dragons' Den. 15 seconds available, starting now.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42I do watch the programme. Hilary's the new dragon in the den.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45- (GRUFF VOICE)- "I like it, love, but I don't think I can invest."
0:13:45 > 0:13:47I find it absolutely charming,
0:13:47 > 0:13:51the way these entrepreneurs address these people who have come in
0:13:51 > 0:13:54with magnificent inventions, or so they think,
0:13:54 > 0:13:56perhaps a lifelong dream.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57WHISTLE BLOWS
0:13:57 > 0:14:00APPLAUSE
0:14:02 > 0:14:05So, Paul Merton was speaking as the whistle went, gains an extra point.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08He's moved forward, now equal with Sue Perkins in the lead,
0:14:08 > 0:14:11closely followed by Graham Norton, one point behind,
0:14:11 > 0:14:14and then two or three behind him, Phill Jupitus.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16It's very close, it's very exciting,
0:14:16 > 0:14:18and you couldn't care less, could you?
0:14:20 > 0:14:21Graham, it's your turn to begin.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Name dropping, that's a good subject.
0:14:24 > 0:14:2760 seconds as usual, starting now.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Name dropping is rather gauche and rude, I feel,
0:14:31 > 0:14:34as I was saying to Madonna only the other day
0:14:34 > 0:14:39while we were chatting at Rihanna's house, who does put on a nice spread.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41I was surprised, she doesn't look like she eats,
0:14:41 > 0:14:43but oh, the piles of food!
0:14:43 > 0:14:44Now...
0:14:44 > 0:14:45BUZZER SOUNDS
0:14:45 > 0:14:48- Phill, you challenged. - Bit of a hesitation.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Hesitation!
0:14:51 > 0:14:55There was a lot of "now, um, oh, well, the, ooh, ah..."
0:14:55 > 0:14:57All words.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Phill, I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02If I can redress the balance later on, I will do so,
0:15:02 > 0:15:04but you have the benefit of the doubt.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06You have an incorrect challenge.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09You have name dropping, 41 seconds, starting now.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11I do know someone who does a lot of name-dropping
0:15:11 > 0:15:15and I've just realised I can't describe it without repetition...
0:15:15 > 0:15:16BUZZER SOUNDS
0:15:16 > 0:15:20- Sue challenged. - Predictive repetition.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24- Because he said he's going to repeat it.- Psychic challenge.- Yes.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27No, well, not that psychic, I said I was going to do it.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30So, an incorrect challenge. Graham, you've still got the subject.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Name dropping. 55 seconds, starting now.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36So, for instance,
0:15:36 > 0:15:39they would say Sarah... Jessica Parker,
0:15:39 > 0:15:40went up to Carrie... Fisher...
0:15:40 > 0:15:41BUZZER SOUNDS
0:15:41 > 0:15:43- Sue, you've got in. - He sort of hesitated.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Yes, that was definitely hesitation.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Right, 25 seconds available for you, Sue, on name dropping, starting now.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51When I met Rihanna, she was furious
0:15:51 > 0:15:54that Graham had slightly despised her slacks...
0:15:54 > 0:15:56BUZZER SOUNDS
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- Phill challenged.- The 'slightly despised.' Little bit of a stumble.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03She's got a speech impediment too and she will be furious.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08Hell hath no fury like a thwoman with a thpeech impediment.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11I'll tell you what I'm going to do.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13I said if I got a chance to redress the balance,
0:16:13 > 0:16:15I'd give you the benefit of the doubt.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17I'm giving it to you now, Phill Jupitus.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20You are nothing if not steeped in justice, Nicholas Parsons.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23No, just fair justice, not stinking justice.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25No, steeped.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28APPLAUSE
0:16:32 > 0:16:36As if I would address you like some common Mexican bandito, Nicholas.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39"I don't need no steenkeeng justeece!"
0:16:45 > 0:16:48I'm not a bandito. You have the subject, Phill.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Name dropping, 20 seconds, starting now.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Name dropping is something which people do in order to make
0:16:53 > 0:16:56themselves look big to people they meet in the street.
0:16:56 > 0:16:57BUZZER SOUNDS
0:16:57 > 0:17:01- Sue challenged.- Repetition of people.- Yes, people do to people in the street.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Sue, well listened.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06You have 15 seconds still - name dropping, starting now.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11If you feel shy, awkward or insecure, it sometimes beholds you
0:17:11 > 0:17:14to mention the name of somebody socially more powerful or important.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17I've done this a few times, and yet in truth, I don't really know
0:17:17 > 0:17:20anybody sufficiently grandiose to drop with any...
0:17:20 > 0:17:21BUZZER
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Hello!
0:17:23 > 0:17:28APPLAUSE
0:17:29 > 0:17:32I forget. Nick, forgive me. Forgive me.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38- I can't believe you said that, Sue!- I feel bad!
0:17:38 > 0:17:41I just don't know him well enough.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Not until the after-show party.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49- What is your challenge?- Oh, that...
0:17:49 > 0:17:54deviation from the reality of knowing you.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57You open doors, Nicholas.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00He's a doorman at the local bar.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02You do open doors - the ones marked 'Exit.'
0:18:02 > 0:18:06Graham, you got in with one second to go.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Sue laughing, laughing, laughing...
0:18:09 > 0:18:11"Oh, no, really, you're giving it to him."
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Name dropping starting now.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Name-dropping, yes, I've got the subject...
0:18:15 > 0:18:17WHISTLE BLOWS
0:18:17 > 0:18:19So, Graham...
0:18:19 > 0:18:22APPLAUSE
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Graham was speaking as the whistle went,
0:18:24 > 0:18:27so you gain the extra point, Graham, and you are now in the lead!
0:18:30 > 0:18:36Yes. Paul, we'd like you to begin the next round. The subject is 1967.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39I think the reason they've chosen this subject is
0:18:39 > 0:18:43that is the year in which Just a Minute began on radio.
0:18:43 > 0:18:4645 years ago exactly.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Didn't get any reaction at all.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55Anyway, that is the subject. 1967, Paul. 60 seconds starting now.
0:18:55 > 0:18:581967 was a very big year in culture.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00We had the Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely...
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Hearts Club Band
0:19:02 > 0:19:03BUZZER
0:19:03 > 0:19:04- Sue.- A bit of hesitation.
0:19:04 > 0:19:10A bit of hesitation. You have 54 seconds. 1967, starting now.
0:19:10 > 0:19:141967 was the summer of love
0:19:14 > 0:19:17and one of the products of that psychedelic free-for-all
0:19:17 > 0:19:19was the panel show, Just a Minute, where hippies
0:19:19 > 0:19:24would sit around with their bongs and bell-end flares...
0:19:24 > 0:19:26BUZZER
0:19:27 > 0:19:32We can't broadcast that! I meant bell bottom!
0:19:32 > 0:19:36APPLAUSE
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Phill, what was your challenge?
0:19:50 > 0:19:54I've had lots of pairs of trousers in my life, Nicholas.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Some of them very comfortable.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04Let me see if I agree with you. What was it then?
0:20:08 > 0:20:13- She said "bell-end flares." - So, Phill, correct challenge.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15You have another point.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18The subject is still 1967 and your time starts now.
0:20:18 > 0:20:23In 1967, I lived in the middle of Essex in a beautiful cottage
0:20:23 > 0:20:26where for my fifth birthday I received a small motorboat
0:20:26 > 0:20:28which I used to play with in a pond.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30I watched it going round and round the surface...
0:20:30 > 0:20:32BUZZER SOUNDS
0:20:34 > 0:20:35I suck.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44- Right, Paul, you spotted it first. - Yes, round and round.- Yes.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47The subject is back with you because you began with it,
0:20:47 > 0:20:49and it's still 1967 and 27 seconds starting now.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Patrick McGoohan produced the television series, The Prisoner,
0:20:52 > 0:20:55which people still debate the various meanings of even today.
0:20:55 > 0:21:001967 was a magnificent year in music. Not only did we have...
0:21:00 > 0:21:02BUZZER
0:21:02 > 0:21:06Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09- Sue.- Hesitation.- Absolutely.
0:21:09 > 0:21:1417 seconds, Sue, tell us something about 1967 starting now.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17My parents were in a flat in Peckham not enjoying some of
0:21:17 > 0:21:20the high fandango jinks that one might think of...
0:21:20 > 0:21:22BUZZER
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Hesitation, Mr Parsons, sir.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26I don't think she hesitated.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31She might have deviated with 'the high fandango jinks.'
0:21:31 > 0:21:32Then I'm out.
0:21:33 > 0:21:39- I've got nothing. - All right, you're trailing a little.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41No, no, don't patronise me!
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Not on television.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46I never patronise.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49I just give out love and warmth to my players and my guests.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56So, Phill, we will love hearing from you.
0:21:56 > 0:21:581967, nine seconds, starting now.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02It was a wonderful year where I would gamble around the garden with my dog
0:22:02 > 0:22:06and rabbits and look at them as they would frolic to and fro in the grass.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Then, behind the bushes, I would...
0:22:09 > 0:22:10WHISTLE BLOWS
0:22:10 > 0:22:15APPLAUSE
0:22:17 > 0:22:21So, Phill Jupitus was speaking as the whistle went, gains that
0:22:21 > 0:22:24extra point. He's creeping up on Paul Merton who's one ahead of him.
0:22:24 > 0:22:25BELL RINGS
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Ah, tea time!
0:22:31 > 0:22:35Does that mark the official beginning of the seance?
0:22:37 > 0:22:40When do we start holding hands and try and contact the living?
0:22:40 > 0:22:44So that means that we only have time for one more round.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46AUDIENCE AWWWS
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Oh, you are lovely. At least, four or five of you are.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Let me therefore give you the situation
0:22:52 > 0:22:54as we go into the final round.
0:22:54 > 0:22:59Phill Jupitus, who's doing extremely well, he is just in fourth place.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02He's only one point behind Paul Merton,
0:23:02 > 0:23:03then it's Graham Norton,
0:23:03 > 0:23:06and just one point ahead of Graham, still in the lead, is Sue Perkins.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09APPLAUSE
0:23:11 > 0:23:15And Phill, it's your turn to begin. The subject is the eternal optimist.
0:23:15 > 0:23:1660 seconds.
0:23:16 > 0:23:21LAUGHTER
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Shall we challenge now?
0:23:32 > 0:23:36I almost like giving a bonus point for acting.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38So, 60 seconds starting now.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42The eternal optimist would think that in this point of the game
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Just a Minute, he was going to surge suddenly
0:23:44 > 0:23:47and capture it from his other team players.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49But sadly, I know that this will not happen.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52The eternal optimist is someone who will say
0:23:52 > 0:23:56when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Or, perhaps another beverage might be possible to make with that fruit
0:23:59 > 0:24:01but no, there's just the one.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03In addition to the aforementioned fruit...
0:24:03 > 0:24:06BUZZER SOUNDS
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- Oh, yes. Sue, you tell us. - A repetition of fruit.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11You had more fruit than you should have had.
0:24:11 > 0:24:16Sue, you listened well, you got in first. 33 seconds, starting now.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Usually, my glass is three-quarters empty, but for this round
0:24:19 > 0:24:21I shall make an exception and believe that it's possible
0:24:21 > 0:24:25for a great man of comedy and letters such as Phill Jupitus
0:24:25 > 0:24:29to buzz in when I leave this pause and gain the points he needs to come first.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32BUZZER SOUNDS
0:24:32 > 0:24:37APPLAUSE
0:24:42 > 0:24:45- And Paul challenged.- Karma!
0:24:45 > 0:24:47I thought Phill would be too slow.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49I challenged on Phill's behalf.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Hesitation, isn't that right, Phill?
0:24:52 > 0:24:53Yeah.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56But you're only one point ahead of him. It's neck and neck
0:24:56 > 0:24:59I think you should take your challenge, which is legitimate,
0:24:59 > 0:25:01and you have the eternal optimist.
0:25:01 > 0:25:0320 seconds, Paul, starting now.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07I suppose being an eternal optimist is better than being an eternal pessimist -
0:25:07 > 0:25:09looking at the situation and thinking maybe there is
0:25:09 > 0:25:11a brighter side. The other side...
0:25:11 > 0:25:13BUZZER SOUNDS
0:25:13 > 0:25:17- Oh, side, yes.- Sue challenged. - Couple of sides.- Couple of sides.
0:25:17 > 0:25:23Sue, you have 11 seconds left on the eternal optimist, starting now.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25I still believe, if I leave sufficient pause, Phill...
0:25:25 > 0:25:27BUZZER SOUNDS
0:25:27 > 0:25:32APPLAUSE
0:25:33 > 0:25:37Phill, you were really quick there. You challenged first?
0:25:37 > 0:25:38I challenged erroneously.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40I don't wish to take over hosting of the show
0:25:40 > 0:25:44but she said 'believe' and 'leave,' two different leaves.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47LAUGHTER
0:25:47 > 0:25:50And you had a correct challenge. Sue wanted you to come in, you did.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54You picked it up immediately. You've got the subject, the eternal optimist.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Eight seconds starting now.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00I feel that if I keep talking about this subject of the eternal optimist,
0:26:00 > 0:26:03the points will be mine. If only I can maintain
0:26:03 > 0:26:06this breakneck pace of talking then surely it will be...
0:26:06 > 0:26:07BUZZER SOUNDS
0:26:07 > 0:26:11Oh, sorry, I withdraw my challenge.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14APPLAUSE
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Believe you me, I'm as disappointed as you are.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23I don't know what I was thinking. I saw the thing there...
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Repetition of talking.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Yes, he did say talking.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Otherwise I wouldn't have pressed the buzzer.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32And you got in with half a second to go.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34AUDIENCE AWWWS
0:26:34 > 0:26:40- Thank you, I take that as praise. - But those are the rules of the game!
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Were you disappointed during the 1966 World Cup final
0:26:43 > 0:26:46when Geoff Hurst scored with three seconds to go?
0:26:46 > 0:26:50"That's not fair, he hasn't given the Germans a chance.
0:26:50 > 0:26:51"What sort of game is this?"
0:26:54 > 0:26:58So, Paul, you have half a second on the eternal optimist starting now.
0:26:58 > 0:26:59Give it to Phill!
0:26:59 > 0:27:01WHISTLE BLOWS
0:27:01 > 0:27:06APPLAUSE
0:27:10 > 0:27:13So, Paul Merton speaking as the whistle went gains that extra point.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17And therefore we have brought the show to a close.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18Let me give you the final score
0:27:18 > 0:27:20because I did say this would be the last round.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Phill Jupitus, who gave incredible value,
0:27:22 > 0:27:24we love having him on the show.
0:27:24 > 0:27:29He did finish in fourth place but it was a very good fourth place.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32A very strong fourth place!
0:27:32 > 0:27:35And he was only two points behind Graham Norton
0:27:35 > 0:27:36who was in a brilliant third place.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42I could have been a contender!
0:27:42 > 0:27:44And he was only one point behind Paul Merton
0:27:44 > 0:27:47who was a magnificent second place,
0:27:47 > 0:27:50and so the winner of today's show is Sue Perkins!
0:27:50 > 0:27:53APPLAUSE
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Thank you.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03We do hope you enjoyed this edition of Just a Minute
0:28:03 > 0:28:06and will want to be with us the next time we play this amazing game.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Until then, from me, Nicholas Parsons,
0:28:08 > 0:28:10and of course from our talented guests,
0:28:10 > 0:28:14Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Graham Norton and Phill Jupitus, goodbye.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17Hope you'll be with us the next time we all get together
0:28:17 > 0:28:20and play Just a Minute!
0:28:20 > 0:28:23APPLAUSE
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