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** Bonus points (sometimes actually handed out by Nicholas) if they actually go for ''more'' than a minute without being interrupted. For example, in the 21 October 1974 episode, Peter Jones spoke for ''90'' seconds on "faulty equipment" and was given three points instead of the usual two.[[note]] He still finished second behind Clement Freud.[[/note]]
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** Bonus points (sometimes actually handed out by Nicholas) if they actually go for ''more'' than a minute without being interrupted. For example, in the 21 October 1974 episode, Peter Jones Creator/PeterJones spoke for ''90'' seconds on "faulty equipment" and was given three points instead of the usual two.[[note]] He still finished second behind Clement Freud.[[/note]]
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* On more than one occasion, Paul Merton has spoken for ''beyond'' the entire minute because nobody wanted to interrupt him.
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* On more than one occasion, Paul Merton has spoken for ''beyond'' the entire minute because nobody nobody, including the whistle-blower, wanted to interrupt him.
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There are actually a number of players who kept their first ever subject for a full minute without interruption.
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** In a special category of awesome are players who speak for the full minute without interruption in their debut appearance, especially if it is their first subject of the recording. For example, Creator/DavidTennant spoke for an uninterrupted minute on his first subject (ExitPursuedByABear) on his first appearance on 10 February 2015.
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* On the 10th of February 2015, Creator/DavidTennant, on his first appearance, with his first subject (ExitPursuedByABear), talked for one minute without interruption - a feat which it is believed no-one has managed before.
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* On the 10th of February 2015, DavidTennant, on his first appearance, with his first subject (Iambic Pentameter), talked for one minute without interruption - a feat which it is believed no-one has managed before.
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* On the 10th of February 2015, DavidTennant, Creator/DavidTennant, on his first appearance, with his first subject (Iambic Pentameter), (ExitPursuedByABear), talked for one minute without interruption - a feat which it is believed no-one has managed before.
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** Bonus points (sometimes actually handed out by Nicholas) if they actually go for ''more'' than a minute without being interrupted.
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** Clement Freud managed ''three'' "perfect minutes" in the 14 March 1981 episode, on "after dinner speaking"[[note]] not coincidentally, something Clement was often engaged to do[[/note]], "how to make a fortune", and "the best putdown I ever heard" - in the last case, going for 70 seconds. (For extra awesome, the episode also featured a "perfect minute" from Kenneth Williams on "hauntings").
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** Clement Freud managed ''three'' "perfect minutes" in the 14 March 1981 episode, on "after dinner speaking"[[note]] not coincidentally, something Clement was often engaged to do[[/note]], "how to make a fortune", and "the best putdown I ever heard" - in the last case, going for 70 seconds. (For extra awesome, the episode also featured a "perfect minute" from Kenneth Williams on "hauntings")."hauntings".)
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** Clement Freud managed ''three'' "perfect minutes" in the 14 August 1981 episode, on "after dinner speaking"[[note]] not coincidentally, something Clement was often engaged to do[[/note]], "how to make a fortune", and "the best putdown I ever heard" - in the last case, going for 70 seconds. (For extra awesome, the episode also featured a "perfect minute" from Kenneth Williams on "hauntings").
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** Clement Freud managed ''three'' "perfect minutes" in the 14 August March 1981 episode, on "after dinner speaking"[[note]] not coincidentally, something Clement was often engaged to do[[/note]], "how to make a fortune", and "the best putdown I ever heard" - in the last case, going for 70 seconds. (For extra awesome, the episode also featured a "perfect minute" from Kenneth Williams on "hauntings").
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** Clement Freud managed ''three'' "perfect minutes" in the 14 August 1981 episode, on "after dinner speaking"[[note]] not coincidentally, something Clement was often engaged to do[[/note]], "how to make a fortune", and "the best putdown I ever heard" - in the last case, going for 70 seconds. (For extra awesome, the episode also featured a "perfect minute" from Kenneth Williams on "hauntings").
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** Sue Perkins managed this twice in one episode in September 2013, on "Marcel Marceau" and "last orders".
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* From the 2012 TV series, given the subject "Pardon my French", Gyles Brandreth, Tony Hawks and Nicholas Parsons all start playing the game in fluent French for the first half of the minute, much to Paul Merton's bewilderment.[[hottip:*: Worth noting that, as a boy, Gyles was a student for several years at the Lycée Français de Londres (now the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle), one of Britain's elite French language schools.]]
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* From the 2012 TV series, given the subject "Pardon my French", Gyles Brandreth, Tony Hawks and Nicholas Parsons all start playing the game in fluent French for the first half of the minute, much to Paul Merton's bewilderment.[[hottip:*: Worth [[note]]Worth noting that, as a boy, Gyles was a student for several years at the Lycée Français de Londres (now the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle), one of Britain's elite French language schools.]][[/note]]
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* From the 2012 TV series, given the subject "Pardon my French", Gyles Brandreth, Tony Hawks and Nicholas Parsons all start playing the game in fluent French for the first half of the minute, much to Paul Merton's bewilderment.[[hottip:*: Worth noting that, as a boy, Gyles was a student for several years at the Lycee Francais de Londres (now the Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle), one of Britain's elite French language schools.]]
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* From the 2012 TV series, given the subject "Pardon my French", Gyles Brandreth, Tony Hawks and Nicholas Parsons all start playing the game in fluent French for the first half of the minute, much to Paul Merton's bewilderment.[[hottip:*: Worth noting that, as a boy, Gyles was a student for several years at the Lycee Francais Lycée Français de Londres (now the Lycee Francais Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle), one of Britain's elite French language schools.]]
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* From the 2012 TV series, given the subject "Pardon my French", Gyles Brandreth, Tony Hawks and Nicholas Parsons all start playing the game in fluent French for the first half of the minute, much to Paul Merton's bewilderment.[[hottip:*: Worth noting that, as a boy, Gyles was a student for several years at the Lycee Francais de Londres (now the Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle), one of Britain's elite French language schools.]]
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* In general, anytime a contestant manages to go for a full minute without being interrupted.
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* In general, anytime any time a contestant manages to go for a full minute without being interrupted.interrupted. Kenneth Williams managed this a staggering 66 times in 337 appearances.
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** In an episode from August 2000, there were ''three'' "perfect minutes" ''in a row'', managed by Sue Perkins (on "bath time"), Jeremy Hardy (on "bringing home the bacon"), and Tony Hawks (on "jumping to conclusions").
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** Bonus points (sometimes actually handed out by Nicholas) if they actually go for ''more'' than a minute without being interrupted.
** In an episode from August 2000, there were ''three'' "perfect minutes" ''in a row'', managed by Sue Perkins (on "bath time"), Jeremy Hardy (on "bringing home the bacon"), and Tony Hawks (on "jumping to conclusions").
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