Nicholas Parsons, host of BBC’s ‘Just a Minute’ dies at 96
LONDON — British broadcaster Nicholas Parsons, who hosted the witty, wordy radio program “Just a Minute” for more than 50 years, has died at the age of 96.
Parson’s agent, Jean Diamond, said he died Tuesday morning after a short illness.
Parsons began his career as an actor and comedian, appearing on Arthur Haynes’ early 1960s TV show and “The Benny Hill Show,” and fronted TV quiz show “Sale of the Century” in the 1970s and 80s.
But he had his greatest success on BBC radio’s “Just a Minute,” first broadcast in 1967 and still going strong. The show challenges four contestants to speak on a specific subject for 60 seconds without “hesitation, repetition or deviation.”