Nicholas Parsons

Parsons: If I was on autopilot that show would be dead

Nicholas Parsons says that Just A Minute would have died long ago if he didn't keep "fresh as a daisy".

The Nicholas Parsons extended interview

For his two hundredth interview for Broadway Baby, Martin Walker talks to Nicholas Parsons, someone who needs no introduction. They discuss Just a Minute, stand-up comedy and his acting roles in The Comic Strip Presents and Doctor Who. But they start by talking about the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

A great time to ride silver wave says Nicholas Parsons

Just a Minute's long-time host explains what keeps him so alert and healthy in his nineties.

Leicester Comedy Festival: Vote for legend of comedy

Jasper Carrott, Ken Dodd, Lenny Henry, Nicholas Parsons, Victoria Wood and Jennifer Saunders are on our comedy legends shortlist.

Radio 4's Just a Minute spawns a junior version

No hesitation, repetition or deviation. It's a simple formula that has worked for Just a Minute since 1967. But now the Radio 4 show chaired by Nicholas Parsons is asking children to take up the challenge for a special version on The 4 O'Clock Show, a strand on Radio 4 Extra.

The magazine show includes a special week of broadcasts of Junior Just a Minute. Nicholas Parsons is a kindly, paternal host, but please don't expect the same heights of humour as Paul Merton and Graham Norton.

Nicholas Parsons: Irritating man must get a gong

A campaign is afoot to have Nicholas Parsons knighted. Sir Nicholas? Is it really such a ridiculous notion? He's a unique performer - pompous, infuriating, the butt of all jokes. What many people fail to realise, including fellow actors, is that this is a deliberate persona, a comic front.

Knighthood bid for for Nicholas Parsons

There is a growing demand for the Queen to confer a 'K' on gentleman quiz show host Nicholas Parsons, who is now 90.

There's no deviation for JAM's veteran Nicholas Parsons

The 90-year-old actor and presenter of Radio 4's Just a Minute shows no sign of slowing up.