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Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. With Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Ross Noble and Jenny Eclair. From 2012.

Nicholas Parsons presides over the devious game where panellists are challenged to speak for one minute without hesitation, deviation or repetition.

With:

Paul Merton
Gyles Brandreth
Ross Noble
Jenny Eclair

Subjects include: When I Wear a Top Hat, The English Nanny, Knitting a Cable Stitch Jumper, Derek Nimmo, Things That Make Me Blush, How To Perform a Cornish Floral Dance, What Gladstone Said in 1894 and The Importance of Art

Created by Ian Messiter.

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.

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