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class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Nicholas_Parsons_2007.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Nicholas_Parsons_2007.png/220px-Nicholas_Parsons_2007.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="322" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Nicholas_Parsons_2007.png/330px-Nicholas_Parsons_2007.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Nicholas_Parsons_2007.png/440px-Nicholas_Parsons_2007.png 2x" data-file-width="1491" data-file-height="2182" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Parsons recording <i><a href="/wiki/Just_a_Minute" title="Just a Minute">Just a Minute</a></i><br />at <a href="/wiki/The_Pleasance" title="The Pleasance">the Pleasance</a> Grand, Edinburgh, in 2007</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Christopher Nicholas Parsons</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1923-10-10</span>)</span>10 October 1923<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Grantham" title="Grantham">Grantham</a>, Lincolnshire, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">28 January 2020<span style="display:none">(2020-01-28)</span> (aged 96)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Aylesbury" title="Aylesbury">Aylesbury</a>, Buckinghamshire, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_School,_London" title="St Paul's School, London">St Paul's School, London</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Glasgow" title="University of Glasgow">University of Glasgow</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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Century (British game show)">Sale of the Century</a></i> (1971–1983)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Office</th><td class="infobox-data title"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rector_of_the_University_of_St_Andrews" title="Rector of the University of St Andrews">Rector of the University of St Andrews</a> (1988–1991)</li><li>President of the <a href="/wiki/Lord%27s_Taverners" title="Lord's Taverners">Lord's Taverners</a> (1998–1999)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/24/Nicholas_parsons_bbc_radio4_great_lives13_05_2008_b00b7bd1.flac/Nicholas_parsons_bbc_radio4_great_lives13_05_2008_b00b7bd1.flac.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Nicholas_parsons_bbc_radio4_great_lives13_05_2008_b00b7bd1.flac" type="audio/flac" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">from the BBC programme <i><a href="/wiki/Great_Lives" title="Great Lives">Great Lives</a></i>, 13 May 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Christopher Nicholas Parsons</b> (10 October 1923 – 28 January 2020) was an English actor, <a href="/wiki/Straight_man" title="Straight man">straight man</a> and <a href="/wiki/Radio_personality" title="Radio personality">radio</a> and television presenter. He was the long-running presenter of the comedy radio show <i><a href="/wiki/Just_a_Minute" title="Just a Minute">Just a Minute</a></i> and hosted the game show <i><a href="/wiki/Sale_of_the_Century_(British_game_show)" title="Sale of the Century (British game show)">Sale of the Century</a></i> during the 1970s and early 1980s. </p><p>Parsons was born and grew up in <a href="/wiki/Grantham" title="Grantham">Grantham</a>, Lincolnshire, and was educated at <a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_School,_London" title="St Paul's School, London">St Paul's School, London</a>. He became a full-time actor following the Second World War and began appearing in various theatre, film and television roles, including support to <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Haynes" title="Arthur Haynes">Arthur Haynes</a> as his straight man. He began presenting <i>Just a Minute</i> in 1967 and never missed a show until 2018. In addition to his well-known roles on this and <i>Sale of the Century</i>, he appeared as a guest on other television shows, including <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Have_I_Got_News_for_You" title="Have I Got News for You">Have I Got News for You</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_Parsons&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Christopher Nicholas Parsons<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was born on 10 October 1923 at 1 Castlegate, <a href="/wiki/Grantham" title="Grantham">Grantham</a>, Lincolnshire; he was the middle child of the family, having an older brother and a younger sister. His father, Paul, was a <a href="/wiki/General_practitioner" title="General practitioner">general practitioner</a> whose patients included the family of <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a>; claims that he delivered her are apocryphal.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother, Nell, née Maggs, was a nurse before her marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-GuardianObit_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardianObit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Parsons was born left-handed but was <a href="/wiki/Handedness#Negative_connotations_and_discrimination" title="Handedness">made to write with his right hand</a>. As a child, he had a <a href="/wiki/Stutter" class="mw-redirect" title="Stutter">stutter</a>, which he managed to control as he grew older, and was slow to learn owing to <a href="/wiki/Dyslexia" title="Dyslexia">dyslexia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dt1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dt1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also suffered from <a href="/wiki/Migraine" title="Migraine">migraines</a> but nevertheless excelled at school.<sup id="cite_ref-DID_9_Nov_2007_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DID_9_Nov_2007-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After education at <a href="/wiki/Colet_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Colet Court">Colet Court</a> and <a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_School,_London" title="St Paul's School, London">St Paul's School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Barnes,_London" title="Barnes, London">Barnes</a>, London, Parsons' initial career plan was to become an actor. However, his parents believed that a career in engineering would be better, as he had repaired <a href="/wiki/Grandfather_clock" title="Grandfather clock">grandfather clocks</a> as a young man and was creative with his hands.<sup id="cite_ref-DID_9_Nov_2007_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DID_9_Nov_2007-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While at school, he was best friends with <a href="/wiki/John_Treacher" title="John Treacher">John Treacher</a> who later joined the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> and rose to become <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_Fleet" title="Commander-in-Chief Fleet">Commander-in-Chief Fleet</a>. Parsons' nickname at school was "Shirley" after <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Temple" title="Shirley Temple">Shirley Temple</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After he had left school, his family contacted relatives in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, who arranged a job for him in <a href="/wiki/Clydebank" title="Clydebank">Clydebank</a> near <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, where he spent five years employed as an engineering apprentice at Drysdales, a maker of marine pumps.<sup id="cite_ref-Drysdales_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Drysdales-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Parsons was 16 when his parents sent him from his relatively privileged home in London to the industrially-hardened city of Glasgow. Sixty years later, in 2010, he recorded a nostalgic radio programme, titled "Doon the Watta" (on Youtube) about his time as an apprentice, highlighting his posh middle-class accent amidst the Glasgow working-class dialect. While there, he also spent two six-month periods studying engineering at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Glasgow" title="University of Glasgow">University of Glasgow</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ed_Doolan_Interviews_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ed_Doolan_Interviews-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He never graduated, but finished his apprenticeship and gained sufficient qualifications to become a mechanical engineer. He was offered a posting in the <a href="/wiki/Merchant_Navy_(United_Kingdom)" title="Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)">Merchant Navy</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, but he did not join the service after falling seriously ill with <a href="/wiki/Pleurisy" title="Pleurisy">pleurisy</a>. He spent five months in hospital and at one point his survival chances were rated only 50-50.<sup id="cite_ref-GuardianObit_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardianObit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbcobit_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcobit-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_in_entertainment">Career in entertainment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_Parsons&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career in entertainment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Parsons started his career while training as an engineering apprentice; he was discovered by Canadian impresario <a href="/wiki/Carroll_Levis" title="Carroll Levis">Carroll Levis</a>, and appeared in his radio show.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career_in_theatre">Early career in theatre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_Parsons&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early career in theatre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the end of the Second World War, Parsons became a full-time professional actor. He made his stage debut in the <a href="/wiki/West_End_theatre" title="West End theatre">West End</a> as Kiwi in <i>The Hasty Heart</i> at the <a href="/wiki/Aldwych_Theatre" title="Aldwych Theatre">Aldwych Theatre</a> in 1945 which ran for over a year, then played the lead in a tour of <i><a href="/wiki/Arsenic_and_Old_Lace_(play)" title="Arsenic and Old Lace (play)">Arsenic and Old Lace</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-ODNB_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODNB-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made his film debut in <i>Master of Bankdam</i> in 1947 and continued his stage career, with two years in <a href="/wiki/Repertory" class="mw-redirect" title="Repertory">repertory</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bromley" title="Bromley">Bromley</a>, and later, <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Royal,_Windsor" title="Theatre Royal, Windsor">Windsor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maidstone" title="Maidstone">Maidstone</a>. In 1952, he became a resident comedian at the <a href="/wiki/Windmill_Theatre" title="Windmill Theatre">Windmill Theatre</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-BBCprofile_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCprofile-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> performing regular nights of stand-up comedy to packed houses. </p><p>He starred in the West End show <i><a href="/wiki/Boeing-Boeing_(play)" title="Boeing-Boeing (play)">Boeing-Boeing</a></i> and other West End productions.<sup id="cite_ref-stage_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stage-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film,_TV_and_radio"><span id="Film.2C_TV_and_radio"></span>Film, TV and radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_Parsons&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Film, TV and radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1950s and 1960s, he appeared in many supporting roles in British films. In the late 1960s, he portrayed David Courtney in the American sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ugliest_Girl_in_Town" title="The Ugliest Girl in Town">The Ugliest Girl in Town</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1950s, Parsons provided the non-singing voice of Tex Tucker in the children's TV puppet series <i><a href="/wiki/Four_Feather_Falls" title="Four Feather Falls">Four Feather Falls</a></i>, having put himself forward for the job at the suggestion of his first wife, actress and <a href="/wiki/Voice_acting" title="Voice acting">voiceover artiste</a> <a href="/wiki/Denise_Bryer" title="Denise Bryer">Denise Bryer</a>, who was in the show. During the late 1960s, he created and presented a satirical programme on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a> called <i>Listen to This Space</i>, which by the standards of its time was very avant-garde, and he received the Radio Personality of the Year Award for his work on this programme in 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEParsons201025_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEParsons201025-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Parsons became known to TV audiences in the 1950s and 1960s as the <a href="/wiki/Straight_man" title="Straight man">straight man</a> to comedian <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Haynes" title="Arthur Haynes">Arthur Haynes</a> for ten years; the partnership broke up at Haynes' request.<sup id="cite_ref-irritated2017_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-irritated2017-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had a successful season at the <a href="/wiki/London_Palladium" title="London Palladium">London Palladium</a> in 1963, and shortly before the split appeared on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show" title="The Ed Sullivan Show">The Ed Sullivan Show</a></i> in the United States, although Parsons was not credited.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEParsons201035–36_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEParsons201035–36-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, Parsons returned to the stage, before becoming a regular on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Benny_Hill_Show" title="The Benny Hill Show">The Benny Hill Show</a></i> from 1968 to 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-NPsite_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPsite-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Haynes died, Parsons appeared as a personality in his own right on television, including in the long-running <a href="/wiki/ITV_Anglia" title="ITV Anglia">Anglia Television</a> quiz show <i><a href="/wiki/Sale_of_the_Century_(British_game_show)" title="Sale of the Century (British game show)">Sale of the Century</a></i>, broadcast weekly from 1971 to 1983. In 1983 Hill wrote and performed in the sketch "Sale of the Half Century", with himself cast as Parsons.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Parsons was the subject of <i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_Your_Life_(British_TV_series)" title="This Is Your Life (British TV series)">This Is Your Life</a></i> in 1978 when he was surprised by <a href="/wiki/Eamonn_Andrews" title="Eamonn Andrews">Eamonn Andrews</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Just_a_Minute"><i>Just a Minute</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_Parsons&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Just a Minute"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Just_a_Minute" title="Just a Minute">Just a Minute</a></div> <p>Parsons was the host of the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a> comedy panel game <i><a href="/wiki/Just_a_Minute" title="Just a Minute">Just a Minute</a></i> from its first broadcast on 22 December 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-dt1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dt1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Stevens_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stevens-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although there were a number of early episodes when he relinquished the chair and was a panellist, Parsons never missed an episode until 2018, when regular panellist <a href="/wiki/Gyles_Brandreth" title="Gyles Brandreth">Gyles Brandreth</a> stood in for him for two episodes that were recorded in April and broadcast in June, due to a bout of illness: Parsons was then 94 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_4_June_2018_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_4_June_2018-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brandreth again stood in the following year for two shows recorded at the <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Festival_Fringe" title="Edinburgh Festival Fringe">Edinburgh Festival Fringe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Chortle_10_September_2019_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chortle_10_September_2019-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Just a Minute</i> continued to be transmitted with Parsons as host until his last show on 23 September 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC28012020_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC28012020-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Parsons' death there were several guest hosts until a new permanent host <a href="/wiki/Sue_Perkins" title="Sue Perkins">Sue Perkins</a> took over from 2021. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s">1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_Parsons&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1988, Parsons appeared as himself in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Comic_Strip#The_Comic_Strip_Presents..." title="The Comic Strip">The Comic Strip</a></i> episode "<a href="/wiki/Mr._Jolly_Lives_Next_Door" title="Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door">Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door</a>", alongside <a href="/wiki/Rik_Mayall" title="Rik Mayall">Rik Mayall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ade_Edmondson" class="mw-redirect" title="Ade Edmondson">Ade Edmondson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year, he guest-starred in <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i>, playing Reverend Wainwright in the <a href="/wiki/Seventh_Doctor" title="Seventh Doctor">Seventh Doctor</a> serial <i><a href="/wiki/The_Curse_of_Fenric" title="The Curse of Fenric">The Curse of Fenric</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_Parsons&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Parsons featured in the original London cast of the <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> musical <i><a href="/wiki/Into_the_Woods" title="Into the Woods">Into the Woods</a></i> at the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Theatre,_London" title="Phoenix Theatre, London">Phoenix Theatre</a> in 1990 as the Narrator.<sup id="cite_ref-stage_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stage-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1991, he appeared as the Mayor in the BBC's children's series <i><a href="/wiki/Bodger_%26_Badger" title="Bodger & Badger">Bodger & Badger</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was followed by an appearance in the fourth and final series of the UK TV show <i><a href="/wiki/Cluedo_(British_game_show)" title="Cluedo (British game show)">Cluedo</a></i> as Reverend Green in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Parsons took the role of the Narrator in the 21st anniversary revival of the stage musical <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Show" title="The Rocky Horror Show">The Rocky Horror Show</a></i> at the <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_York%27s_Theatre" title="Duke of York's Theatre">Duke of York's Theatre</a> in the West End in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-stage_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stage-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_career">Later career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_Parsons&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Later career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2005 Parsons was guest presenter on the BBC topical quiz show <i><a href="/wiki/Have_I_Got_News_for_You" title="Have I Got News for You">Have I Got News for You</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbcobit_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcobit-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He appeared on <i><a href="/wiki/Celebrity_Mastermind" title="Celebrity Mastermind">Celebrity Mastermind</a></i> in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Just a Minute</i> transferred to television in 2012 for a ten-part early-evening series to celebrate its 45th anniversary, with Parsons and regular panellist <a href="/wiki/Paul_Merton" title="Paul Merton">Paul Merton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He appeared opposite ex-wife <a href="/wiki/Denise_Bryer" title="Denise Bryer">Denise Bryer</a> in the Big Finish adaptation of the <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Anderson" title="Gerry Anderson">Gerry Anderson</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/Terrahawks" title="Terrahawks">Terrahawks</a></i>, playing the ex-husband of Bryer's character, Zelda.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Parsons wrote an autobiography entitled <i>The Straight Man: My Life in Comedy</i>, which was published in 1994,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he produced a book of memoirs in 2010 called <i>Nicholas Parsons: With Just a Touch of Hesitation, Repetition and Deviation</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEParsons2010_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEParsons2010-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2016, at the age of 92, Parsons presented the BBC documentary <i>The Incredible Story of Marie Antoinette's Watch</i>, following the story of the <a href="/wiki/Marie_Antoinette_(watch)" title="Marie Antoinette (watch)">Marie Antoinette</a> watch created by <a href="/wiki/Abraham-Louis_Breguet" title="Abraham-Louis Breguet">Abraham-Louis Breguet</a>. Parsons was a life-long collector of clocks and watches.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He played himself and provided the voice of Dagon, Lord of the Files in <i><a href="/wiki/Good_Omens_(TV_series)" title="Good Omens (TV series)">Good Omens</a></i>, filmed between 2017 and 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2001, he appeared annually at the <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Festival_Fringe" title="Edinburgh Festival Fringe">Edinburgh Festival Fringe</a> presenting his comedy cabaret show <i>The Happy Hour</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbcobit_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcobit-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_roles">Other roles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_Parsons&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Other roles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1988 to 1991, he served as <a href="/wiki/Rector_of_the_University_of_St_Andrews" title="Rector of the University of St Andrews">Rector of the University of St Andrews</a>. In 2005, he became for a short period honorary Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/International_Quizzing_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="International Quizzing Association">International Quizzing Association</a> (IQA), a body that organises the <a href="/wiki/World_Quizzing_Championships" title="World Quizzing Championships">World</a> and <a href="/wiki/European_Quizzing_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="European Quizzing Championships">European Quizzing Championships</a>. He was a leading member of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Order_of_Water_Rats" title="Grand Order of Water Rats">Grand Order of Water Rats</a> charity and was King Rat in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-cryer_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cryer-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also a patron of the <a href="/wiki/British_Stammering_Association" title="British Stammering Association">British Stammering Association</a><sup id="cite_ref-irritated2017_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-irritated2017-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was the president of the charity the <a href="/wiki/Lord%27s_Taverners" title="Lord's Taverners">Lord's Taverners</a> from 1998 to 1999, a charity that he joined in 1964 and remained a member of until his death.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was an Ambassador for <a href="/wiki/Childline" title="Childline">Childline</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Silver_Line" title="The Silver Line">The Silver Line</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Parsons was a supporter of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was invited to stand as a Liberal Party candidate for <a href="/wiki/Yeovil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Yeovil (UK Parliament constituency)">Yeovil</a> in the 1970s, but he turned down the opportunity in order to remain in the entertainment industry.<sup id="cite_ref-irritated2017_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-irritated2017-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 17 October 2013, a week after his 90th birthday, he appeared as a guest on the BBC One political discussion show <i><a href="/wiki/This_Week_(BBC_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="This Week (BBC TV series)">This Week</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_recognition">Awards and recognition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_Parsons&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Awards and recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Parsons was appointed <a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">Officer of the Order of the British Empire</a> (OBE) in the <a href="/wiki/2004_New_Year_Honours" title="2004 New Year Honours">2004 New Year Honours</a> for services to drama and broadcasting.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCParsonsOBE_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCParsonsOBE-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ParsonsOBEcite_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ParsonsOBEcite-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a> (CBE) in the <a href="/wiki/2014_New_Year_Honours" title="2014 New Year Honours">2014 New Year Honours</a> for charitable services, especially to children's charities.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Having served as <a href="/wiki/Rector_(academia)" title="Rector (academia)">rector</a> of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_St_Andrews" title="University of St Andrews">University of St Andrews</a> from 1988 to 1991, he was awarded an honorary <a href="/wiki/Legum_Doctor" title="Legum Doctor">LLD</a> by the university in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-StAndrewsHonDegrees_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StAndrewsHonDegrees-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Debretts_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Debretts-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also awarded an honorary <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Laws" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctor of Laws">LLD</a> by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Leicester" title="University of Leicester">University of Leicester</a> in 2016, and an honorary <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Letters" title="Doctor of Letters">D.Litt</a> by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Lincoln" title="University of Lincoln">University of Lincoln</a> in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-LincolnHonGraduates_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LincolnHonGraduates-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He held the <a href="/wiki/Guinness_World_Records" title="Guinness World Records">Guinness World Record</a> for the longest <a href="/wiki/After-dinner_speech" class="mw-redirect" title="After-dinner speech">after-dinner speech</a> (11 hours) until it was reclaimed by former holder <a href="/wiki/Gyles_Brandreth" title="Gyles Brandreth">Gyles Brandreth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_Parsons&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Parsons was married twice. He was first married to actress <a href="/wiki/Denise_Bryer" title="Denise Bryer">Denise Bryer</a> in 1954; together they had two children.<sup id="cite_ref-irritated2017_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-irritated2017-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple divorced in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-irritated2017_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-irritated2017-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He subsequently married Ann Reynolds in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-bbcobit_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcobit-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a keen cricket fan, both as a player and supporter,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and had a lifelong enthusiasm for clocks.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Health_and_death">Health and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_Parsons&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Health and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2019, Parsons suffered a fall on a train to Edinburgh, while travelling to perform his show <i>The Happy Hour</i> at the Edinburgh Fringe. On admission to hospital a few days later, he was found to have <a href="/wiki/Prostate_cancer" title="Prostate cancer">prostate cancer</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Stomach_ulcer" class="mw-redirect" title="Stomach ulcer">stomach ulcer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anaemia" class="mw-redirect" title="Anaemia">anaemia</a>, and remained hospitalised in Edinburgh for 10 days, before being moved to <a href="/wiki/Stoke_Mandeville_Hospital" title="Stoke Mandeville Hospital">Stoke Mandeville Hospital</a>, near his home in <a href="/wiki/Aylesbury" title="Aylesbury">Aylesbury</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ODNB_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODNB-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-INews_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INews-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After two more weeks in hospital, he returned home and began a slow recuperation from the fall.<sup id="cite_ref-INews_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INews-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite his illness, he continued to work through his final months of life, until his death at Stoke Mandeville Hospital on 28 January 2020, aged 96.<sup id="cite_ref-ODNB_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODNB-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBC28012020_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC28012020-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_Parsons&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Straight Man: My Life in Comedy</i>, <a href="/wiki/Weidenfeld_%26_Nicolson" title="Weidenfeld & Nicolson">Weidenfeld & Nicolson</a>, 1994. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon 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.citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0297812395" title="Special:BookSources/978-0297812395">978-0297812395</a></li> <li><i>Nicholas Parsons: With Just a Touch of Hesitation, Repetition and Deviation: My Life in Comedy</i>, <a href="/wiki/Mainstream_Publishing" title="Mainstream Publishing">Mainstream Publishing</a>, 2011. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1845967123" title="Special:BookSources/978-1845967123">978-1845967123</a></li> <li><i>Welcome to Just a Minute!: A Celebration of Britain's Best-Loved Radio Comedy</i>, <a href="/wiki/Canongate_Books" title="Canongate Books">Canongate Books</a>, 2014. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1782112471" title="Special:BookSources/978-1782112471">978-1782112471</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_Parsons&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1938 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Yank_at_Oxford" title="A Yank at Oxford">A Yank at Oxford</a></i> </td> <td>Extra </td> <td>(Uncredited) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/To_Dorothy_a_Son" title="To Dorothy a Son">To Dorothy a Son</a></i> </td> <td>Passport Official </td> <td>Uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1955 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Simon_and_Laura" title="Simon and Laura">Simon and Laura</a></i> </td> <td>TV Producer </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/An_Alligator_Named_Daisy" title="An Alligator Named Daisy">An Alligator Named Daisy</a></i> </td> <td>News Interviewer </td> <td>Uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1956 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Long_Arm_(film)" title="The Long Arm (film)">The Long Arm</a></i> </td> <td>Police Constable Bates </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Eyewitness_(1956_film)" title="Eyewitness (1956 film)">Eyewitness</a></i> </td> <td>House Surgeon </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1957 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Brothers_in_Law_(film)" title="Brothers in Law (film)">Brothers in Law</a></i> </td> <td>Charles Poole </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Happy_Is_the_Bride" title="Happy Is the Bride">Happy Is the Bride</a></i> </td> <td>John Royd </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1959 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Too_Many_Crooks" title="Too Many Crooks">Too Many Crooks</a></i> </td> <td>Tommy </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Carlton-Browne_of_the_F.O." title="Carlton-Browne of the F.O.">Carlton-Browne of the F.O.</a></i> </td> <td>Rodgers </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Upstairs_and_Downstairs" title="Upstairs and Downstairs">Upstairs and Downstairs</a></i> </td> <td>Brian </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1960 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Get_Married_(1960_film)" title="Let's Get Married (1960 film)">Let's Get Married</a></i> </td> <td>R.A.F. Officer </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_in_Love" title="Doctor in Love">Doctor in Love</a></i> </td> <td>Dr. Hinxman </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Carry_On_Regardless" title="Carry On Regardless">Carry On Regardless</a></i> </td> <td>Wolf </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1964 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_Ahoy!" title="Murder Ahoy!">Murder Ahoy!</a></i> </td> <td>Dr. Crump </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Every_Day%27s_a_Holiday_(1965_film)" title="Every Day's a Holiday (1965 film)">Every Day's a Holiday</a></i> </td> <td>Julian Goddard </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1966 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wrong_Box" title="The Wrong Box">The Wrong Box</a></i> </td> <td>Alan Fraser Scrope </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ghost_Goes_Gear" title="The Ghost Goes Gear">The Ghost Goes Gear</a></i> </td> <td>Algernon Rowthorpe Plumley </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Raise_the_Bridge,_Lower_the_River" title="Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River">Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River</a></i> </td> <td>Dudley Heath </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td><i>Danger Point</i> </td> <td>Fisherman </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Benny_Hill" title="The Best of Benny Hill">The Best of Benny Hill</a></i> </td> <td>The Phantom Prowler/Mask Boutique Staffer/King Charles </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Spy_Story_(film)" title="Spy Story (film)">Spy Story</a></i> </td> <td>Ben Toliver </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1989 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Statesman_(1987_TV_series)" title="The New Statesman (1987 TV series)">The New Statesman</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Episode: <i>Live from Westminster</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i> </td> <td>Reverend Wainwright </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Curse_of_Fenric" title="The Curse of Fenric">The Curse of Fenric</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Cluedo_(British_game_show)" title="Cluedo (British game show)">Cluedo</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_Cluedo_characters#Reverend_Green/Mr._Green" title="List of Cluedo characters">Reverend Green</a> </td> <td>6 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lady_Godiva_(2008_film)" title="Lady Godiva (2008 film)">Lady Godiva</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie%27s_Marple" title="Agatha Christie's Marple">Marple</a></i> </td> <td>Father Gorman </td> <td>Episode: <i>The Pale Horse</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Good_Omens_(TV_series)" title="Good Omens (TV series)">Good Omens</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dagon" title="Dagon">Dagon</a> (voice) </td> <td>Miniseries and last TV appearance </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_Parsons&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Citations</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFParsons2008" class="citation episode cs1">Parsons, Nicholas (13 May 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00b7bd1">"Edward Lear"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Great_Lives" title="Great Lives"><i>Great Lives</i></a>. 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