Nicholas Parsons: With Just a Touch of Hesitation, Repetition and Deviation: My Life in Comedy

Nicholas Parsons: With Just a Touch of Hesitation, Repetition and Deviation: My Life in Comedy

by NicholasParsons (Author)

Synopsis

Nicholas Parsons has enjoyed a long and varied career encompassing theatre, television, film and radio. He is perhaps best known as the straight man to Arthur Haynes in the '60s, as the presenter of Sale of the Century in the '70s and today as the chairman of the long-running Radio 4 panel game "Just a Minute". Along the way, he has performed impersonations in the lavatories of a Clydebank engineering yard during the war, been the voice of a Gerry Anderson Texan sheriff, roller-skated in Charlie Girl at the Victoria Palace and appeared in a series of Doctor Who. His comedy chat show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is now in its tenth consecutive year. Here he recalls an extraordinary career that has led him to star on the West End stage, work with some of Britain's finest comedians, including Kenneth Williams, Tony Hancock, Benny Hill and Paul Merton, and appear in stockings and suspenders in "The Rocky Horror Show". Funny, thoughtful and at times moving, "Nicholas Parsons: With Just a Touch of Hesitation, Repetition and Deviation" celebrates a fascinating life in comedy.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
Published: 04 Aug 2011

ISBN 10: 1845967127
ISBN 13: 9781845967123
Book Overview: Memoirs of a lengthy career in showbiz by the irrepressible broadcaster and entertainer

Media Reviews
I am amazed by Nicholas Parsons. You will be too. -- Paul Merton
A must-read memoir * Independent on Sunday *
Funny and moving * Yours Magazine *
The sharp chairman of Radio 4's panel game Just a Minute shares recollections and anecdotes from his life in show business (****) * Daily Express *
Author Bio
Nicholas Parsons was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, in 1923. He was awarded an OBE for his services to entertainment in 2003.