Nicholas Parsons 4 June 2018 (when regular guest Gyles Brandreth replaced him for 2 episodes), and has presented the show in six different decades. The programme's longevity is arguably due in part to the host's ability to be a chairman, create laughs and to act as a straight man to the comedians who participate. In the 1950s, Parsons provided the non-singing voice of Tex Tucker in the children's TV puppet series "Four Feather Falls" at the suggestion of his then wife, actress and voiceover artiste Denise Bryer, who was in the show. During the late 1960s he created and presented a satirical
Nicholas Parsons "The Benny Hill Show" from 1968 to 1971. After Haynes' sudden death, Parsons appeared as a personality in his own right on television, including in the long-running Anglia Television quiz show "Sale of the Century", broadcast weekly from 1971 to 1984. In 1983 Hill wrote and performed in the sketch "Sale of the Half Century", with himself cast as Parsons. Parsons has been the host of the BBC Radio 4 comedy panel game "Just a Minute" since it was first broadcast on 22 December 1967. The show continues to be transmitted and Parsons has been heard in every edition until