Book description
Nicholas Parsons has enjoyed a long and varied career encompassing
theatre, television, film and radio. He is perhaps best known as the
straight man to Arthur Haynes in the '60s, as the presenter of Sale
of the Century in the '70s and today as the chairman of the
long-running Radio 4 panel game Just a Minute.
Along the way, he has performed impersonations in the lavatories of
a Clydebank engineering yard during the war, been the voice of a Gerry
Anderson Texan sheriff, roller-skated in Charlie Girl at the
Victoria Palace and appeared in a series of Doctor Who. His
comedy chat show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is now in its tenth
consecutive year.
Here he recalls an extraordinary career that has led him to star on
the West End stage, work with some of Britain's finest comedians,
including Kenneth Williams, Tony Hancock, Benny Hill and Paul Merton,
and appear in stockings and suspenders in The Rocky Horror Show.
Funny, thoughtful and at times moving, Nicholas Parsons: With
Just a Touch of Hesitation, Repetition and Deviation celebrates
a fascinating life in comedy.
Nicholas Parsons was born in Grantham and moved to London with his
family at the age of eight. His career in entertainment has spanned six
decades and, in 2004, he was awarded an OBE for his services to drama
and broadcasting.
