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Canongate has signed Welcome to Just a Minute!, the first ever book covering the long-running radio show, written by host Nicholas Parsons.
Publisher Jamie Byng signed world English rights from Gordon Wise at Curtis Brown following an auction, and Canongate will publish Welcome to Just a Minute! as an official BBC tie-in, launching at the Edinburgh Festival in August 2014.
"Just a Minute" began on BBC Radio 4 in 1967, and Parsons has featured in every episode, adjudicating on the guest's task of speaking for 60 seconds on a topic without hesitation, repetition or deviation.
The book will cover the history of the show and its panellists, with transcripts of its best moments and contributions from regular panellists.
Parsons said: "While it is my responsibility as Chairman to guide the show, I consider it equally important to generate the fun we create in what is a truly unscripted and spontaneous programme, and it is an honour to be asked to bring the spirit of the show into book form."
Jenny Lord, senior editor at Canongate, will edit the book. She said: "I’ve been tuning in to Just a Minute for as long as I can remember. A British comedy institution, it is consistently brilliant and no surprise that after forty-five years, it is still our best-loved radio comedy."