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Topic: Q for Dean

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delmelzaSep 14, 2011
 

 
Do you have Statistics on New Players of the Game winning their first time out? ( first or second show recording. ) Just curious since it happened this series. Miriam

 
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Topic: Re: Q for Dean

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DeanSep 17, 2011
 

 

 
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Topic: Re: Q for Dean

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dombell79Sep 19, 2011
 

 
Well, after combing the archives on Dean's site, I've come up with the following list of players who won at least one of their first two episodes as panellists on either the radio or the television versions (excluding the television series where the players were in teams).

Radio:
Derek Nimmo (first ever winner)
Lucy Bartlet
Nicholas Parsons (in his debut as a panelliest in Series 2)
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Peter Cook (2nd episode)
Tim Rice (joint with Kenneth Williams, Peter Jones, AND Derek Nimmo!)
Brian Johnston
Libby Purves
Gyles Brandreth (won first TWO episodes, second joint with Peter Jones)
Victoria Wood (joint with Peter Jones)
Jeremy Beadle
Jan Ravens
Martin Jarvis (2nd episode)
Richard Stilgoe (2nd episode, joint with Peter Jones)
Richard Morton
Jenny Eclair (2nd episode)
Fred MacAulay (2nd episode)
Linda Smith (joint with Tony Hawks and Derek Nimmo)
Rick Wakeman (2nd episode)
Russell Kane

Television:
Mariella Frostrup
Ann Bryson
Neil Mullarkey
Jo Brand
Ted Robbins
John Sergeant (won first TWO episodes)
Brian Sewell (2nd episode, joint with John Sergeant)
Isla Blair (2nd episode)
Pam Ayres (2nd episode, joint with Wendy Richard)
Michael Cashman (2nd episode)

So twenty radio panellists (at least - there are always the missing episodes from Series 1 and 3, which contain a few debuts or even lone appearances), ten television panellists. Only thirty of the literally hundreds of people who have been on "Just a Minute" over the years have opened their careers with a win, and of those, only Derek Nimmo, Tim Rice, Gyles Brandreth, Jenny Eclair, and Linda Smith made regular appearances for an appreciable length of time (far too short a length of time in Linda's case, of course - but how funny she was when she was on the programme...).

-Matthew.

--- In just-a-minute@..., "delmelza" <delmelza@...> wrote:
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> Do you have Statistics on New Players of the Game winning their first time out? ( first or second show recording. ) Just curious since it happened this series. Miriam
>

 
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Topic: Re: Q for Dean

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Don JudgeSep 19, 2011
 

 

 
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Topic: Re: Q for Dean

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delmelzaSep 19, 2011
 

 
wow- Good work-you get Bonus points :)
I remembered that it has happened before but I couldn't remember who
Thanks-----Miriam

--- In just-a-minute@..., "dombell79" <dombell79@...> wrote:
>
> Well, after combing the archives on Dean's site, I've come up with the following list of players who won at least one of their first two episodes as panellists on either the radio or the television versions (excluding the television series where the players were in teams).
>
> Radio:
> Derek Nimmo (first ever winner)
> Lucy Bartlet
> Nicholas Parsons (in his debut as a panelliest in Series 2)
> Tim Brooke-Taylor
> Peter Cook (2nd episode)
> Tim Rice (joint with Kenneth Williams, Peter Jones, AND Derek Nimmo!)
> Brian Johnston
> Libby Purves
> Gyles Brandreth (won first TWO episodes, second joint with Peter Jones)
> Victoria Wood (joint with Peter Jones)
> Jeremy Beadle
> Jan Ravens
> Martin Jarvis (2nd episode)
> Richard Stilgoe (2nd episode, joint with Peter Jones)
> Richard Morton
> Jenny Eclair (2nd episode)
> Fred MacAulay (2nd episode)
> Linda Smith (joint with Tony Hawks and Derek Nimmo)
> Rick Wakeman (2nd episode)
> Russell Kane
>
> Television:
> Mariella Frostrup
> Ann Bryson
> Neil Mullarkey
> Jo Brand
> Ted Robbins
> John Sergeant (won first TWO episodes)
> Brian Sewell (2nd episode, joint with John Sergeant)
> Isla Blair (2nd episode)
> Pam Ayres (2nd episode, joint with Wendy Richard)
> Michael Cashman (2nd episode)
>
> So twenty radio panellists (at least - there are always the missing episodes from Series 1 and 3, which contain a few debuts or even lone appearances), ten television panellists. Only thirty of the literally hundreds of people who have been on "Just a Minute" over the years have opened their careers with a win, and of those, only Derek Nimmo, Tim Rice, Gyles Brandreth, Jenny Eclair, and Linda Smith made regular appearances for an appreciable length of time (far too short a length of time in Linda's case, of course - but how funny she was when she was on the programme...).
>
> -Matthew.
>
>
> --- In just-a-minute@..., "delmelza" <delmelza@> wrote:
> >
> > Do you have Statistics on New Players of the Game winning their first time out? ( first or second show recording. ) Just curious since it happened this series. Miriam
> >
>

 
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Topic: Re: Q for Dean

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DeanSep 20, 2011
 

 

 
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Topic: Re: Q for Dean

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dombell79Sep 26, 2011
 

 
I'd like to think there are plenty of us who find the statistics for JaM's long history fascinating! Thanks for the plaudits Dean, high praise indeed coming from the Internet's own lord among JaM fans and head statistics-keeper. :)

Of course, as of this week there's a new name to add to the list of people who won a game at their first recording, if not necessarily the first episode to air - Miles Jupp. (I still can't quite work out how he managed a win given his rather uneven performance overall (I think "The News Quiz" is more suited to his style of delivery than JaM), but well done him however it did happen.)

-Matthew.

--- In just-a-minute@..., "Dean" <dbedford@...> wrote:
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> I'm very pleased to see that there is someone who seems almost as interested in stats as me. Great work Matthew! Well done!
>
>
>
> From: dombell79
> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 9:02 PM
> To: just-a-minute@...
> Subject: [just-a-minute] Re: Q for Dean
>
>
> Well, after combing the archives on Dean's site, I've come up with the following list of players who won at least one of their first two episodes as panellists on either the radio or the television versions (excluding the television series where the players were in teams).
>
> Radio:
> Derek Nimmo (first ever winner)
> Lucy Bartlet
> Nicholas Parsons (in his debut as a panelliest in Series 2)
> Tim Brooke-Taylor
> Peter Cook (2nd episode)
> Tim Rice (joint with Kenneth Williams, Peter Jones, AND Derek Nimmo!)
> Brian Johnston
> Libby Purves
> Gyles Brandreth (won first TWO episodes, second joint with Peter Jones)
> Victoria Wood (joint with Peter Jones)
> Jeremy Beadle
> Jan Ravens
> Martin Jarvis (2nd episode)
> Richard Stilgoe (2nd episode, joint with Peter Jones)
> Richard Morton
> Jenny Eclair (2nd episode)
> Fred MacAulay (2nd episode)
> Linda Smith (joint with Tony Hawks and Derek Nimmo)
> Rick Wakeman (2nd episode)
> Russell Kane
>
> Television:
> Mariella Frostrup
> Ann Bryson
> Neil Mullarkey
> Jo Brand
> Ted Robbins
> John Sergeant (won first TWO episodes)
> Brian Sewell (2nd episode, joint with John Sergeant)
> Isla Blair (2nd episode)
> Pam Ayres (2nd episode, joint with Wendy Richard)
> Michael Cashman (2nd episode)
>
> So twenty radio panellists (at least - there are always the missing episodes from Series 1 and 3, which contain a few debuts or even lone appearances), ten television panellists. Only thirty of the literally hundreds of people who have been on "Just a Minute" over the years have opened their careers with a win, and of those, only Derek Nimmo, Tim Rice, Gyles Brandreth, Jenny Eclair, and Linda Smith made regular appearances for an appreciable length of time (far too short a length of time in Linda's case, of course - but how funny she was when she was on the programme...).
>
> -Matthew.
>
> --- In mailto:just-a-minute%40yahoogroups.com, "delmelza" <delmelza@> wrote:
> >
> > Do you have Statistics on New Players of the Game winning their first time out? ( first or second show recording. ) Just curious since it happened this series. Miriam
> >
>