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 continued to be active on stage as well, starring in the national productions of "Plaza Suite", "Show Boat" and "That Championship Season". Tucker returned to the big screen, after an absence of several years, in the Cannon Films action film "Thunder Run" (1986), playing the hero, trucker Charlie Morrison. His final film appearance was "Outtakes", a low-budget imitation of "The Groove Tube". Tucker, who had battled lung cancer for more than a year, as well as having a series of minor illnesses, collapsed and was hospitalized, for the second time in a week, on his way to the ceremony for