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
Tucker Jenkins producer jumping the queue, which happened in episode three of the first series by Tucker, "so there must have been something in what I [Carty] did, as well as how I [Carty] read for the part, that eventually saw me in the role of Tucker." Tucker Jenkins Peter "Tucker" Jenkins is a main character of British children's drama series "Grange Hill", who appeared as a main cast member in the first four seasons. He would later guest appear in the show throughout its thirty-season run and would feature in his own spin-off "Tucker's Luck". Tucker was played by Todd Carty