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
Forrest Tucker (1975), and was a supporting actor in the television movie "A Real American Hero" (1978). On television, Tucker was a frequent guest star, including a total of six appearances on "Gunsmoke" and the recurring role of Jarvis Castleberry, Flo's estranged father on the 1976-1985 TV series, "Alice" and its spinoff, "Flo". Tucker was a regular on three series after "F Troop": "Dusty's Trail" (1973) with Bob Denver; "The Ghost Busters" (1975) which reunited him with "F Troop" co-star Larry Storch; guest star on "The Bionic Woman" as J.T. Conners and "Filthy Rich" playing the second Big Guy Beck. (1982–83). He