RIP Nicholas Parsons

[wiskey]

JAM won't be the same

BBC News - BBC radio host Nicholas Parsons dies

Nicholas Parsons: 'Broadcasting legend' dies at 96 after short illness

Nicholas Parsons, comedy's great straight man who hosted Radio 4's Just a Minute, has died aged 96.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[8ball]

RIP old fella.

 

[spitfire]

JAM won't be the same

BBC News - BBC radio host Nicholas Parsons dies

Nicholas Parsons: 'Broadcasting legend' dies at 96 after short illness

Nicholas Parsons, comedy's great straight man who hosted Radio 4's Just a Minute, has died aged 96.

www.bbc.co.uk

Featured in one of my favourite films. An all round good egg apparently.

 

[clicker]

And now from Norwich....

 

[ruffneck23]

RIP Nicholas Parsons.

I'm not so Mr jolly today at this news

 

[fishfinger]

And now, from Norwich...
RIP

I see clicker beat me to it.

 

[SpookyFrank]

96 is not bad going.

Thanks for some great entertainment, RIP.

 

[Mumbles274]

Sad news. Best host we've ever had

 

[MrSki]

96 Is a good innings. RIP

 

[blossie33]

Very sorry to hear, though it was a good age.
A long and interesting career - always thought he seemed a nice guy.
RIP

 

[danny la rouge]

Sorry to hear that.

 

[mwgdrwg]

Sad news. His mental dexterity and quickness at his age always amazed me, such a great host.

 

[BassJunkie]

#takenTooSoon

 

[marty21]

Great on JAM , RIP.

 

[billy_bob]

Incredible that he was not only still working at 96 but sparring comfortably with quick wits like Paul Merton. RIP.

 

[Mogden]

What a shame. I like to think Paul Merton will give a eulogy that's a minute long with no hesitation, deviation...

Always admired his mental capacity at such a ripe age.

 

[sojourner]

Oh - thought I'd already posted on this, but it must be another thread.

Anyway, yes, he did well the lad, had no idea he was that old. I very often get the Sale of the Century theme tune as an earworm.

 

[Pickman's model]

very sad

his first - the first - just a minute

 

[colacubes]

Sad

I have an actual Nicholas Parsons anecdote He was recording JAM in Norwich and happened to be staying at the same hotel I was along with a mate and our OHs as we were bridesmaids at our bezza's wedding the following day. We were just leaving the hotel bar and in front of us there was Parsons. He turned around and saw me and my friend and opened the door to let us through He then dropped the door in the faces of our OHs He would have been mid 80s at the time

 

[littlebabyjesus]

That's sad. I'm not sure how much he really followed what was going on in JAM in recent years (and that was nothing to do with his age ). JAM should probably die with him. They carried on with ISIHAC after Humph, but that was a scripted show and it worked. Think JAM would just feel flat without NP, whoever else they had.

 

[wiskey]

Yes I'm not sure I realised he was always completely unscripted.

 

[ginger_syn]

Thats sad.

 

[Cid]

I fucking hated JAM.

But have no grievance against Parsons himself, and obviously he was something of an institution. So RIP.

 

[weltweit]

RIP, a good innings, wonder what the short illness was?

Apparently there is a JAM special tonight at 6:30

 

[wiskey]

Given his family thanked the staff at the Royal Marsden hospital I suspect cancer.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Sad news but 96....good man!
RIP Nicholas.

 

[tim]

He was virtually the last links to childhood TV everyone else with their own show being already dead or Rolf Harris.

I suppose Lulu's still out there shouting, but fortunately out of my earshot.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

BBC Radio 4 FM - Schedules

This is the daily broadcast schedule for BBC Radio 4 FM

www.bbc.co.uk

In tribute they are repeating this NOW and it'll be on the player too I imagine



RIP Nicholas

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I'm surprised he was still alive - thought he'd died a few years back. A good innings though.

 

[Spymaster]

I had NP in a work's sweepstake of possible Yewtree offenders.

Happy to have lost that.

RIP.