The Book of Literary Lists : A Collection of Annotated Lists of Fact, Statistic and Anecdote Concerning Books

Parsons, Nicholas

Literature & Fiction

HarperCollins, Publishers

From border garrison of the Roman Empire to magnificent Baroque seat of the Hapsburgs, Vienna's fortunes swung between survival and expansion. By the late nineteenth century it had become the western capital of the sprawling Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, but the twentieth century saw it degraded to a 'hydrocephalus' cut off from its former economic hinterland. After the inglorious Nazi interlude, Vienna began the long climb back to the prosperous and cultivated city of 1.7 million inhabitants that it is today. Subjected to constant infusions of new, Vienna has both assimilated and resisted cultural influences from outside, creating its own sui generis culture.

Vienna: A Cultural History (Cityscapes)

History

Europe

Oxford University Press

From border garrison of the Roman Empire to magnificent Baroque seat of the Hapsburgs, Vienna's fortunes swung between survival and expansion. By the late nineteenth century it had become the western capital of the sprawling Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, but the twentieth century saw it degraded to a 'hydrocephalus' cut off from its former economic hinterland. After the inglorious Nazi interlude, Vienna began the long climb back to the prosperous and cultivated city of 1.7 million inhabitants that it is today. Subjected to constant infusions of new, Vienna has both assimilated and resisted cultural influences from outside, creating its own sui generis culture.

The Book of Literary Lists : A Collection of Annotated Lists of Fact, Statistic, and Anecdote Concerning Books

SIDGWICK JACKSON

Egg on the Face: Broadcasting Clangers and Hiccups

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Weidenfeld Nicolson Ltd

The Straight Man: A Life in Comedy

Biographies & Memoirs

Orion Publishing Co

Dipped in Vitriol

Pan/Macmillan

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The much-loved Radio 4 quiz show Just a Minute has been delighting listeners for over 46 years. According to BBC figures, 2.51 million listeners tune in every week0151—15.6% of the radio audience. The show's chairman, Nicholas Parsons, has featured in every single episode since it was first broadcast in December 1967. In this first and only official Just a Minute book, endorsed by the BBC, Nicholas will guide us through the highs and lows of Britain's longest-running radio comedy, reliving the funniest moments, re-introducing us to the exceptional panellists, old and new, genial and combative, and marvelling at the linguistic contortions that have held a captive audience for so long.

Welcome to Just a Minute: The Official Companion to Britain s Best-Loved Radio Comedy

Radio

Canongate UK

Includes contributions from Graham Norton, Sue Perkins, Jenny Eclair and Gyles Brandreth. 
As its nine hundredth episode approaches, Just a Minute has consistently entertained BBC Radio 4 listeners since its first broadcast in December 1967. Inspired by a punishment handed out at school, the show's creator Ian Messiter devised a deceptively simple and versatile set of rules that has allowed the game to adapt and thrive as each new era of comedy entertainers emerges.
 Over forty-seven consecutive years, fans have laughed along with Kenneth Williams' outrageously funny 'battles' with Sheila Hancock, Paul Merton's imaginative flights of fancy, Clement Freud's acerbic wit, Julian Clary's flagrant innuendos, Graham Norton's celebrity 'gossip', Jenny Eclair's brutal honesty, Gyles Brandreth's extravagant monologues and Sue Perkins' infectious enthusiasm to name only a handful of the more than two hundred star entertainers who have braved the Just a Minute panel. 
 In this official celebration, chairman Nicholas Parsons, the only person to have appeared in every programme, recalls the very best, occasionally awkward and often hilarious, moments from the last six decades. Magical minutes, verbal dexterity, sharp one-liners and witty challenges can all be marvelled at once again as Nicholas tells the Just a Minute story from its inauspicious pilot episode, through television and stage versions, and on to the present day, without hesitation, repetition or deviation...

Welcome to Just a Minute!: A Celebration of Britain’s Best-Loved Radio Comedy

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