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 Willer Tex Willer appeared in an original book called "The Four Killers", written by Claudio Nizzi and illustrated by legendary comic author Joe Kubert. It was published by Dark Horse Comics. Attempts had been made to adapt "Tex" into a film in the late 1960s and early 1970s in Italy. The film was eventually made in 1985 by director Duccio Tessari as "Tex and the Lord of the Deep". The film was adapted from three "Tex" comics: "El Morisco", "Sierra Encantada" and "Il signore dell'abisso". The film was intended as a pilot for a television series, but poor critical and box