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
Captain Ultra (TV series) "Akakage" and "Giant Robo" (better known in the US as "Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot"). Some Japanese fans also compare the looks of Captain Ultra to that of Captain Scarlet, the title hero of Sylvia and Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation series, "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons" (which had been shown in Japan around the same time and was very popular). Captain Ultra (TV series) This series is based very loosely on "Captain Future", the pulp science fiction saga created by the influential Edmond Hamilton. This was not the only time his work was adapted in Japan: "Captain Future" was officially