In 1993, he presented a film for the British television documentary series "Without Walls", focusing on the controversy surrounding the film "A Clockwork Orange" (1971). Director Stanley Kubrick and distributor Warner Brothers unsuccessfully sued broadcaster Channel 4 in an attempt to prevent clips from the film being shown on television. In the programme Parsons is seen taking a cross-channel ferry from England to France to watch the film, which at the time was embargoed in Britain due to a self-imposed ban by the director.