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 host of a daytime quiz show. In 1990, he appeared as the Mayor in the BBC's series for children "Bodger & Badger". In the early 1990s, he hosted a short lived panel game called "Laughlines" which was broadcast by Sky TV rival BSB on the Galaxy entertainment channel, followed by an appearance in the final fourth series of the UK TV show "Cluedo" as Reverend Green. Parsons took the lead role of the narrator in the 1994 21st anniversary revival of the stage musical "The Rocky Horror Show" and repeated the role at the Duke of York's Theatre in the