In a special hour-long edition, chairman Nicholas Parsons and panellists Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock, Paul Merton and Graham Norton return to the show's first venue, the Playhouse Theatre, London, to celebrate 35 years of hesitation, repetition and deviation. Celebrity subject-setters include Pam Ayres, Gyles Brandreth, Charles Collingwood, Jenny Eclair, Steve Frost, Chris Neill and Ross Noble. Producer Claire Jones

Just a Minute's 35th Birthday Show
12.04pm R4
Although Clement Freud is the only remaining member of the classic line-up of panellists (with Kenneth Williams, Peter Jones and Derek Nimmo now playing the great celestial panel game), his razor-sharp wit is one of the reasons why this programme is still funny after 35 years - when youngsters such as Paul Merton let him get a word in edgeways. Revealing anniversary subjects include "How to win points on Just a Minute" and "Ten things you never knew about Nicholas Parsons". (Richard Partridge)