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
Tex and the Lord of the Deep In the early 1980s, Duccio Tessari took on the project that was initially conceived as a pilot for a television series produced by RAI, Italy's national public broadcasting company. Giuliano Gemma was cast as Tex who had worked with Tessari on several films in the past, including "A Pistol for Ringo", "My Son, the Hero", "Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang" and "The Cats". Tessari and his screenwriters focused on three stories from the "Tex" comics with fantastic undertones. These included "El Morisco", "Sierra Encantada" and "Il signore dell'abisso" which were written by Bonelli and drawn by Guglielmo Letieri. Filming took place between