Nicholas Parsons My Life in Comedy Author:Nicholas Parsons 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 1960s, as the presenter of "Sale of the Century" in the 1970s and today as the chairman of the long-running Radio 4 panel game "Just a Minute". Along the way, he has performe... more »d impersonations in the lavatories of a Clydebank engineering yard during the Second World 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 "Dr Who". His comedy chat show at the Edinburgh Festival "Fringe" is now in its tenth consecutive year. Here he recalls an extraordinary career which 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.« less