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RIP Nicholas Parsons 😢

DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
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96 ... I had thought he would go on for ever ... now who’s going to be in charge of Just a Minute?  

Thanks for the fun Nicholas 🥰

Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    I had not seen this a lively mind to the end just shows it can be done.
    AB Still learning

  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    edited January 2020
    Sad to hear this, l will miss him on Just a Minute. 
    Edited to add, there is a special episode of Just a Minute at 6.30 this evening on Radio 4 (a highlighs one first broadcast to mark 50 year of JaM), and also a conversation with Paul Merton at 11pm, again from the same year. 
  • chickychicky Posts: 10,410
    A true legend - thanks for the smiles 😀
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Hadn't realised he was 96. RIP.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • barry islandbarry island Posts: 1,847
    I always enjoyed him on Sale of the Century described as "The Quiz Of The Week" on Anglia television. I didn't realise as mentioned on the BBC that he trained as an engineer in Scotland so I looked it up in Wikipedia, have a look at that site because if true the hurdles he overcame in his early life it's a tribute to him that he achieved so much.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I wonder if @Obelixx remember the grafitti on a wall of a flyover in Harrow which read "Nicholas Parsons is the neo-opiate of the people" written in 2 foot high letters.
    Devon.
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    Please will the BBC consider offering Just a Minute to Griff Rhys Jones?  I thought he would be a better choice than Jack Dee for I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue.
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