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3 unusual facts about Nicholas Parsons


19 Keys

A special episode of game show hosts featured Nick Weir (of Catchphrase and Grudge Match), Jeremy Beadle (of Win Beadle's Money and Chain Letters), Nicholas Parsons (of Just a Minute and Sale of the Century), and Henry Kelly (of Going for Gold.) Beadle won the show, having eliminated all the wrong keys, and sticking the right key in with just 1 second to go.

Anthony Hawken

Hawken has completed sculptures of Melvyn Bragg, Nicholas Parsons and Norman Lamont and was also responsible for the oversize sculpture of footballer, Sam Bartram which stands outside the ground of Charlton Athletic, The Valley, London.

The Very Famous Paul Ross Show

Nicholas Parsons also investigated how much a celebrity can get away with.


Simon Bamford

At the Young Vic in London, he played Ernst Robel in 'Spring Awakening', At the Chichester Festival Theatre he played opposite Nicholas Parsons and Ruthie Henshall as 'Gabby' in 'Follow the Star', In Cairo and Bucharest he performed in 'The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)' and played Roy in 'Neville's Island'.

The Comic Strip

They included "The Strike", which won the Golden Rose of Montreux; "More Bad News", a sequel to "Bad News Tour" showing the band reforming after five years to play at Castle Donington; and "Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door", written by Mayall and Edmondson in the violent style of their sitcoms Filthy Rich and Catflap and Bottom, which featured Peter Cook as a psychotic contract killer (the eponymous Mr. Jolly) and Nicholas Parsons.


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