Just A Minute

People, the BBC are trying - against all the odds - to get an audience for their radio shows.
 
This is in the face of stiff competition from television - which now offers hundreds of channels - and from a vast number of other radio stations.
 
For very obvious reasons, therefore, they are not going to sabotage one of their few popular radio shows by setting up Radio 7 as competition for their current first-run broadcasts of that show on Radio 4.
 
Especially, they are not going to set up Paul Merton era repeats, which compete directly with the current series, in competition on one of their own stations. If they had any, they might broadcast Kenneth Williams era episodes. But few of those are held in their archives.

> To: just-a-minute@...
> From: mat_bagnall@...
> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:15:01 +0000
> Subject: [just-a-minute] Re: Pre Merton Broadcasts
>
> Listened to the Jam Masterclass last night and Nocolas said the early shows werent deemed that great which they arent but the 70's are seen to be a golden era (not that ive heard them yet having only gotten to series 5).
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> Certainly the show has changed, which is only natural, but even the Merton era episodes are rarely aired. Considering how many episodes there of those alone it seems an oversight to not broadcast them on Radio 4 Extra when it has such a following and is meant to be a gem of the BBC's archive.
>
>
> --- In just-a-minute@..., Wayne Styles <wayne.styles@...> wrote:
> >
> > Interesting point, I like the older shows and listen regularly to them. Yes they are slower, but they do entertain and the regulars such as Peter Jones, Kenneth Williams and Clement Freud were funny in different ways.  Some of the guests were just so bad at it as well, made it all the more funny, Aimee McDonald and Wendy Richard always make me giggle.  If you get a chance do listen to these show to get an insight into how things have moved on as well. 
> > Kenneth was a really odd man in public and private and listening to him at times gave an insight into his state of mind.  
> > In a recent interview a producer "cant remember his name" said that he would lift his arms up to indicate to Kenneth to give the show a boost and off he would go, then lower his arms again to indicate to Kenneth to let the show calm down and that he was the only person who could do this.
> > Dont get me wrong I like Paul on the show and he does give it his all most of the time, but I dont always get the laughs out of the show that the older ones provide.
> >
> > Each to his or her own I suppose.
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: kj.naughton <kj.naughton@...>
> > To: just-a-minute@...
> > Sent: Sunday, 30 September 2012, 12:17
> > Subject: [just-a-minute] Re: Pre Merton Broadcasts
> >
> >
> >  
> > I couldn't agree more. I am not a fan of the older shows at all.
> >
> > I'm not sure why it is that I don't like the older shows. Perhaps it's to do with dated humour; perhaps it's to do with the format and dynamics of the show which have changed subtly over the decades; perhaps (and please don't take this the wrong way) it's because it's a panel of four people who have largely slipped from the public memory.
> >
> > I'm sure there are lots of people who would love to hear the older shows. I certainly have no objection to them being re-broadcast. Just not at the expense of the newer shows.
> >
> > I expect that the BBC will still own the UK broadcast rights for all JaM shows. One consideration may be that some of the older shows are available for purchase on CD and MP3 (I know some of the newer ones are too). Whether re-broadcasting the older shows would stimulate interest in the CDs and therefore boost their sales or people would record them and depress CD sales is a debatable point.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > kJ
> >
> > --- In just-a-minute@..., "Espen Krømke" <espen.kromke@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Well, if BBC think anything like me, my guess would be that they simply
> > > find the newer shows to be more fun to listen to. I know I do. The only
> > > reason why I keep pre-Merton shows in the JAMmer shoutcast
> > > (stream.beatradar.com) is because I know there are some who still
> > > appreciate those shows.
> > >
> > > In fact, I would not even have been a JAM fan today, had it not been for
> > > the era introduced with Merton.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 30. sep. 2012 04:14, Wayne Styles wrote:
> > > > Hi
> > > > It could be that they have sold the rights to other publishers for CDs
> > > > etc before they realised the income to be made or they still own the
> > > > rights and the sales from older broadcasts may be another income
> > > > stream. Dont know for sure, but its worth a guess.
> > > >
> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > > > *From:* mat_bagnall <mat_bagnall@>
> > > > *To:* just-a! -minute@...
> > > > *Sent:* Sunday, 30 September 2012, 3:05
> > > > *Subject:* [just-a-minute] Pre Merton Broadcasts
> > > >
> > > > Is there a reason why the BBC dont broadcast old episodes before Paul
> > > > Merton joined. More often than not they will air episodes from the
> > > > 90's onwards eg when they rebroadcast shows at the launch of 4 extra
> > > > they were various ones from Series 32 onwards.
> > > > Surely listeners would enjoy a run featuring Williams, Jones, Nimmo &
> > > > Freud and its not as if the humour would be outdated - before some of
> > > > the 50's shows the announcer will warn listeners that the humour might
> > > > be slightly outdated.
> > > >
> > > > Has this ever been raised or requested?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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