RADIO SEASON 24 1991
Season length: Eight shows.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Regular Panellists: Clement Freud (six shows), Derek Nimmo (six shows), Peter Jones (six shows), Wendy Richard (four shows), Paul Merton (four shows).
Semi-regular Panellists: None.
Guest Panellists: Tim Rice (two shows), Richard Stilgoe (two shows), Jimmy Mulville (one show), Sandi Toksvig (one show).
Making A Debut: Richard Stilgoe, Sandi Toksvig.
Commentary: A similar pattern to the previous season, with the introduction of Sandi Toksvig a notable success.
407/24/1
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Broadcast date: 5 January 1991.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Paul Merton, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Peter Jones.
Whistle Blower: Anne Ling.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Selling by telephone, diet fads, verse, putting up a shelf, adders, swashbuckling, quacks, chambers, muddle, the Taj Mahal, keys.
Winner: Derek Nimmo.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 407th appearance, Clement Freud's 324th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 249th appearance, Peter Jones's 248th appearance, Paul Merton's 8th appearance.
408/24/2
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Broadcast date: 12 January 1991.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Peter Jones, Tim Rice, Wendy Richard, Richard Stilgoe.
Whistle Blower: Anne Ling.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Chop suey, selfseal envelopes, bliss, embarrassments, list, leaks, lies, my lucky number, sonaloomiere, making a fortune.
Winners: Peter Jones, Tim Rice and Wendy Richard.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 408th appearance, Peter Jones's 249th appearance, Tim Rice's 22nd appearance, Wendy Richard's 11th appearance, Richard Stilgoe's first appearance.
409/24/3
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Broadcast date: 19 January 1991.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Paul Merton, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Peter Jones.
Whistle Blower: Anne Ling.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Graffiti, peanuts, indoor sports, diet fads, painters, ballyhoo, Ali Baba, boggling, covens, hey presto, hope.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 409th appearance, Clement Freud's 325th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 250th appearance, Peter Jones's 250th appearance, Paul Merton's 9th appearance.
410/24/4
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Broadcast date: 26 January 1991.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Paul Merton, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Sandi Toksvig.
Whistle Blower: Anne Ling.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
Venue: London.
Subjects: China, the thing in the cellar, impossibilities, trends, the pyramids, moose, charlatans, learning my lines, glamour, fiddles, covens.
Winner: Clement Freud.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 410th appearance, Clement Freud's 326th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 251st appearance, Paul Merton's 10th appearance, Sandi Toksvig's only appearance although clips of her are heard in the 1992 25th anniversary special Silver Minutes. This show on Just A Minute 1.
411/24/5
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Broadcast date: 2 February 1991.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Wendy Richard.
Whistle Blower: Anne Ling.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Telepathy, taking risks, bowdlerising, dives, Phineas Taylor Barnum, magpies, jokes, Madras, puns, stamps, presence of mind.
Winner: Derek Nimmo.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 411th appearance, Clement Freud's 327th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 252nd appearance, Peter Jones's 251st appearance, Wendy Richard's 12th appearance.
412/24/6
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Broadcast date: 9 February 1991.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Paul Merton, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Jimmy Mulville.
Whistle Blower: Anne Ling.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Bags, walking the dog, 1066, alternative comedy, burglars, the bottom line, stoppers, throwing a party, marconi, manners.
Winner: Paul Merton.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 412th appearance, Clement Freud's 328th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 253rd appearance, Paul Merton's 11th appearance, Jimmy Mulville's 2nd and last appearance although clips of him are heard on the 1992 25th anniversary Silver Minutes special.
413/24/7
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Broadcast date: 16 February 1991.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Wendy Richard.
Whistle Blower: Anne Ling.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
Venue: London.
Subjects: A good part to play, a hoax, spending a million pounds, women's rugger, getting your toe caught in the bathtap, pigeons, finding luggage at the airport, what I ate last night, the telephone bill, what I bet on, window shopping.
Winners: Clement Freud and Wendy Richard.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 413th appearance, Clement Freud's 329th appearance, Derek Nimmo's 254th appearance, Peter Jones's 252nd appearance, Wendy Richard's 13th appearance.
414/24/8
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Broadcast date: 23 February 1991.
Chairman: Nicholas Parsons.
Panel: Peter Jones, Tim Rice, Wendy Richard, Richard Stilgoe.
Whistle Blower: Anne Ling.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
Venue: London.
Subjects: Biscuits in bed, sunbathing, Birmingham, commercial free gifts, rotten guests, what I like, ready money, dentists, old codgers, pets.
Winners: Peter Jones and Richard Stilgoe.
Notes: Nicholas Parsons's 414th appearance, Peter Jones's 253rd appearance, Tim Rice's 23rd appearance, Wendy Richard's 14th appearance, Richard Stilgoe's 2nd and last appearance, Edward Taylor's last show as producer.
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