Home  

Members  

Join  

Search  

Listings  

 
<<<<   1634   >>>>

Topic: Wrong trailers ?

Message 1 / 3
howsteanDec 30, 2007
 

 
Has anybody noticed that on Radio 4 trailers for Monday's first
episode of the next series, a 40th anniversary special, they say that
when it first started in December 1967 it was called "One Minute
Please" ? I thought "One Minute Please" was the title of an earlier
incarnation in the early '50's ?

Dean, which is correct ?

 
<<<<   1635   >>>>

Topic: Re: Wrong trailers ?

Message 2 / 3
Gregory AugerDec 30, 2007
 

 
I think you are correct.

From Deans' Site:
Ian is the creator of the show, and so no-one has more importance in the show's history than Ian.
Ian says the basic idea of the show came from an incident at school when a teacher caught him in a dreamworld and asked him to recite what he had been talking about, without repetition, deviation and hesitation. He first developed the idea properly in 1951 as an idea for a game show at the BBC. As originally developed, the show had three men playing three women with a jury ruling on their efforts. Ian suggested the name Just A Minute, but the BBC felt it sounded too harsh and the name became One Minute Please.
The show had a successful run for a couple of years with some of the regulars such as Gerard Hoffnung and Philip Harben becoming household names as a result of their exposure on One Minute Please. But the show finished when Ian left the BBC and Hoffnung died.
The show was rejuvenated under its orginal name in 1967 when Ian took the idea to the BBC. Ian had been producer of One Minute Please, but as he did not return to the staff of the BBC, he did not have total control of the show with the producer being the very talented David Hatch. But Ian was always a key part of the show, quite apart from appearing at each recording to blow the whistle. He was involved with all aspects of the show - refining the rules, chossing the performers and it was his personal responsibility to set the subjects.

On Dec 30, 2007 9:58 AM, howstean <howstean@...> wrote:

Has anybody noticed that on Radio 4 trailers for Monday's first
episode of the next series, a 40th anniversary special, they say that
when it first started in December 1967 it was called "One Minute
Please" ? I thought "One Minute Please" was the title of an earlier
incarnation in the early '50's ?

Dean, which is correct ?

 
<<<<   1636   >>>>

Topic: Re: Wrong trailers ?

Message 3 / 3
Dean BedfordDec 30, 2007
 

 
On Sunday, December 30, 2007, at 10:58 PM, howstean wrote:

> Has anybody noticed that on Radio 4 trailers for Monday's first
> episode of the next series, a 40th anniversary special, they say that
> when it first started in December 1967 it was called "One Minute
> Please" ? I thought "One Minute Please" was the title of an earlier
> incarnation in the early '50's ?
>
> Dean, which is correct ?

yep it is an error.

It's a silly mistake too, as it can easily be checked.