Just a minute
Nik Clayton
Did anyone see the TV version of "Just a minute" last night (02/08)?
How do veteren listeners of the radio version think it compared?
Rgds, Nik
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>Did anyone see the TV version of "Just a minute" last night (02/08)?
No I didn't! Bother. Was it a one off, or a whole new series? What time is
it on ? and which channel?
>
>How do veteren listeners of the radio version think it compared?
I'll tell you as soon as I've seen it, but I'll bet there's no one on it who
speaks as slowly as Kenneth Williams used to!
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> Did anyone see the TV version of "Just a minute" last night (02/08)?
>
> How do veteren listeners of the radio version think it compared?
When was it on and what channel ?
E-mail reply please.
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Paul O'Brien
>In article <CtyAA...@brunel.ac.uk> Nik.C...@brunel.ac.uk (Nik Clayton) writes:
>>[Followups to rec.arts.tv.uk]
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>>Did anyone see the TV version of "Just a minute" last night (02/08)?
>No I didn't! Bother. Was it a one off, or a whole new series? What time is
>it on ? and which channel?
It's a regional variation being shown in London, I think. It's been
going for a while. I've never seen it due to living at the other
end of the country, but everything I've heard about it suggests that
it's total crap and a travesty of the radio show.
Paul O'Brien
pr...@festival.ed.ac.uk, elf...@srv0.law.ed.ac.uk
Commander doesn't have a choice - and neither do his rookies!
Sebastian Lisken
I used to listen to it here in Germany either on Radio 4
longwave or on the British Forces radio. I don't know
whether waching it on TV would be a good idea, but if
anyone could tell me when there's any chance to catch
it again on the radio, do drop me a hint please. There
doesn't seem much that TV could add to the programme,
it's wonderful just because it's a very simple pleasure.
You don't need much technology, no complicated rules
or context other than the language. Sometimes I even
could learn something about the language. Yes, and
someone bring back Kenneth Williams - won't be easy
though ...
Sebastian Lisken
Philip J. Tait
In article <CtyG6...@brunel.ac.uk>, cs9...@brunel.ac.uk (David N McCann) writes:
|>I'll tell you as soon as I've seen it, but I'll bet there's no one on it who
|>speaks as slowly as Kenneth Williams used to!
Is he deceased?
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John Robert Benton
> [Followups to rec.arts.tv.uk]
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> Did anyone see the TV version of "Just a minute" last night (02/08)?
>
> How do veteren listeners of the radio version think it compared?
>
> Rgds, Nik
Its nice to see old Clement there, although they ought to bring back
Kenneth williams :)
why does the subject always have to be conected with London?
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Matthew Marks
: Is he deceased?
Yes (Kenneth Williams), for several years now, I'm afraid.
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Matthew mat...@rd.eng.bbc.co.uk My opinions, not Auntie's.
Matthew Marks
: I don't know
: whether waching it on TV would be a good idea, but if
: anyone could tell me when there's any chance to catch
: it again on the radio, do drop me a hint please. There
: doesn't seem much that TV could add to the programme,
I think everybody has the same reaction when they hear it's on TV - me
especially because ITV nicked it! (It must have been going on for so many
years that the Beeb never copyrighted [or whatever] the name - compare with
"Classic FM Gardening Forum" - which [as GQT] had also been going on for quite
a long time, come to think of it.) I haven't watched it but see that Paul
Merton, Nicholas Parsons and Clement Freud were all on it.
It's the second series on TV and they still do it
on R4, so I don't think it will disappear from there. It's in the Saturday
12:27/Monday 18:30 slot, but not at the moment. Add an hour (most of the time)
for CET.
David A James
Matthew Marks <mat...@rd.eng.bbc.co.uk> wrote:
>Philip J. Tait (p...@pelab.allied.com) wrote:
>
>: Is he deceased?
>
>Yes (Kenneth Williams), for several years now, I'm afraid.
>
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Happy 2 oblige on both counts.
The night of Thursday 14th - Friday 15th April 1988.
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Malcolm Currie
> Yes, and someone bring back Kenneth Williams - won't be easy though ...
Call Rory Bremner.
Mark
Nik.C...@brunel.ac.uk "Nik Clayton" writes:
> [Followups to rec.arts.tv.uk]
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> Did anyone see the TV version of "Just a minute" last night (02/08)?
>
> How do veteren listeners of the radio version think it compared?
>
> Rgds, Nik
Nicholas Parsons seems to do his best with the guests he has on the show
but for me, there will be no-one to replace the late, great Kenneth
Williams in the radio version. His vocal talents were superb, and as he
proudly claimed in his diaries recently published, he regularly stole the
show (usually from Derek Nimmo!)
I think the younger guests on the TV version (Tony Slattery, Tony Hawks)
etc tend to detract from the impact of the show if you are used to the
radio version, but for new viewers they carry it pretty well.
PS I applied to Brunel but ended up in Portsmouth for four glorious years!
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Martin Rodgers
> Did anyone see the TV version of "Just a minute" last night (02/08)?
Yes.
> How do veteren listeners of the radio version think it compared?
I've been listening to JAM since the early or mid 80s, I can't
remember which. (Oh, how I miss KW!) I watched and listened to
the last series (both the TV and radio versions), and I liked
them both, in spite of their differences. The TV version has
to be the way it is to work, in my opinion. I actually like
the two Tonys, so this is not a problem for me. In fact, it's
the old timers who don't work so good on TV.
Curiously, Peter Jones was on LBC yesterday, and Siman Bates cut
to a commercial just after they had discussed NP (PJ commented
on how "well preserved he looks these days (-: ), and it was NP
plugging JAM on ITV. SB made it obvious that he expected that
commercial, and I appreciated the joke.
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: I think the younger guests on the TV version (Tony Slattery, Tony Hawks)
: etc tend to detract from the impact of the show if you are used to the
: radio version, but for new viewers they carry it pretty well.
I thought they went down quite well on the radio version, I haven't seen
the tv version so I can't compare.
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: In article <CtyG6...@brunel.ac.uk>, cs9...@brunel.ac.uk (David N McCann) writes:
: |>I'll tell you as soon as I've seen it, but I'll bet there's no one on it who
: |>speaks as slowly as Kenneth Williams used to!
: Is he deceased?
'Fraid so. Certainly before I left England (mid 1988).
(Which to change the subject means that of the original Hancock team,
only Bill Kerr is still alive).
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