BBC Radio 4 is a testament to civilisation and you can be no more civilised than by tuning into 'Just a Minute', the panel game show running for aeons. Now why are you writing about a radio programme 'thetvreviewguy' I hear you asking? Well the format has been replicated on BBC2 and, despite fears that yet another radio migration would backfire, 'Just a Minute' is proving to be a great success. Hosted by the ever living Nicholas Parsons, the show is the eptimome of wit and wordplay. How difficult can it really be to speak for a minute without hesitation, deviation and repetition? Extremely difficult if the experience of the guests (usually comics) is anything to go by. The fun is in avoiding the interruptions and sabotage from the other contestants. It would be wrong to say 'Just a Minute' has a cult following; it has a select listnership and these same listeners should give the TV version a go. Tick, tock, tick, tock...a minute can be a very long time indeed and this format has proved timeless. There's so much dross out there and it's nice to find a Sea of Tranquility of sophistication in a barren Moon of grey lifeless crud. Definitely worth a least a minute of your time if not more, 'Just a Minute' will keep 'thetvreviewguy' clock watching for the forseeable future.
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