Nicholas Parsons: without hesitation a broadcasting great

The Just a Minute host and stalwart of TV and radio was, in the words of colleague Paul Merton, a ‘generous, sweet man’ who will be remembered with affection Nicholas Parsons, host of Just a Minute, dies aged 96When four years ago I interviewed Paul Merton about his work as a panellist on Just a Minute, he told me the reason he’d remained on the Radio 4 show for 28 years was because host Nicholas Parsons – who has died at the age of 96 – was such a “generous,