Nicholas Parsons RIP

[mexico1970]

He was a big watch and clock fan and made a cracking documentary on the most famous/expensive watch in the world, for some reason he always reminded me of Roger Moore, RIP to a good all rounder.

Edit, link to the clock documentary.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07xtbhr

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Seemed a nice guy, S of the C was top viewing as a child, also a mention to his part in the comic strip presents.

RIP.

 

[TheCentralScrutinizer]

Always loved the part he played in the comic strip presents... 'Mr Jolly lives next door' alongside Mayall & Edmondson...."and now...pissed from Norwich"
RIP Nicolas....

 

[denislawsbackheel]

I remember him as Arthur Haynes straight man on B/W television!

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

"And now from Norwich, it's a quiz of the week, it's the sale of the century".
Seemed a decent bloke.

May Nicholas Rest In Parsnips.

Didn't do coke, have aids, or shag kids. Not many old celebs you can say that about these days. RIP

 

[nmc]

Quite liked sale of the century as a kid. Always wondered was it the only programme Anglia ever made? RIP Mr Parsons.

 

[bluethrunthru]

Quite liked sale of the century as a kid. Always wondered was it the only programme Anglia ever made? RIP Mr Parsons.

I echo your sentiments about Nicholas Parsons - you don't remember these then?

Programmes[edit]
Much of Anglia's back catalogue is now held and preserved at the East Anglian Film Archive. A number of Anglia Television's productions including The Way We Were, Bygones and Anglia At War have been released on DVD. A compilation of the first years of Anglia TV's local news, Here Was the News was also released in 2009.

Some of Anglia's best known programmes were:

• Survival (1961–2001)
• Bygones (1967–89)
• Sale of the Century
• Gambit
• Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)
• Ten adaptations of the Adam Dalgliesh novels of P.D. James (1983-1998)
• Knightmare (1987–94)
• Lucky Ladders (1988–1993)
• Anything More Would Be Greedy (1989)
• The Chief (1990–95)
• Chimera (1991)
• Jilly Cooper's Riders (1993)
• Jilly Cooper's The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (1997)
• Touching Evil (1997–99)
• Where the Heart Is (1997–2002)
• Trisha

 

[Grassland Blue]

A stalwart of radio and t.v.
I will miss him on Just a Minute.
Thanks for entertaining us all these years.
R.I.P. Nicholas.

 

[blue aura]

 

[Blue Feather]

RIP Nicholas. 'Sale of the Century' essential Saturday evening viewing -Was it Peter Fenn or John Benson (Not City!!) on there too playing the organ ? Loved that Comic Strip episode......'we're taking out Nicholas Parsons....'