appeared on the panel, and others have acted as chairman including Clement Freud, Geraldine Jones, Andrée Melly "as our contribution to the women's liberation movement", and Kenneth Williams. Ian Messiter was chairman on one occasion in 1977, when Freud arrived late and Parsons took his place on the panel. Parsons appeared on every show for 51 years, either as chairman or panellist, until he was absent through illness for two episodes recorded in April 2018 and broadcast the following June. Those shows were hosted by Gyles Brandreth, as were two episodes recorded and broadcast in August 2019, when Parsons was again unwell. Following Parsons' death, the BBC started broadcasting new episodes in 2021 with guest hosts including Gyles Brandreth, Paul Merton, Stephen Fry, Jo Brand, Nish Kumar, Julian Clary, Lucy Porter, Sue Perkins, Tom Allen and Jenny Eclair, before Perkins was announced as permanent host. Producers Over the years, more than two dozen producers have worked on Just a Minute. David Hatch Simon Brett John Cassells Bob Oliver Rogers John Lloyd John Browell Pete Atkin Edward Taylor Sarah Smith Anne Jobson Chris Neill Claire Jones Tilusha Ghelani Katie Tyrrell Victoria Lloyd Matt Stronge Richard Morris Alex Smith Hayley Sterling TV version''' Helena Taylor Mike Mansfield Andrew Brereton Tilusha Ghelani Malcolm Messiter Jamie Ormerod Jo Street Recording locations The first show in 1967 was recorded in the Playhouse Theatre in central London, and the 35th anniversary show was also recorded there, and broadcast on New Year's Day 2003. For the first 30 years, most shows were recorded in the Paris Theatre in central London. In 1992, a new producer, Sarah Smith, took the show outside central London and recorded some shows in nearby Highgate. A year later, the show left London for the first time; the first such shows broadcast were recorded in Bury St Edmunds and . The show started going to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1993 and has been there every year since. In recent years most shows, though not all, have been recorded at the BBC Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House in central London. In February 2012, two episodes of the show were recorded at the Comedy Store, in Mumbai in India, the first time the show has recorded outside Britain. The programme played for many years on the BBC World Service and is said to have a large following in India. TV versions Several television versions