Ian Messiter

Deceased Person

1920 – 1999

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Who was Ian Messiter?

Ian Cassan Messiter was a BBC Radio producer and the creator of a number of panel games, including Just a Minute, and Many a Slip. Messiter also brought the successful Twenty Questions format to BBC Radio. He was also the Programme Associate on Family Fortunes. Messiter was born in Dudley, Worcestershire and educated at Sherborne School in Dorset. He acted as whistle blower on both One Minute Please and Just a Minute. He published his autobiography My Life and Other Games in 1990.

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Born
Apr 2, 1920
Dudley
Children
Died
Nov 22, 1999

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on July 23, 2013

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