Nicholas Parsons

Christopher Nicholas Parsons, CBE is an English radio and television presenter and actor. His long career in television, radio and theatre has made him a household name and he has been described as the ultimate quiz show host because of his geniality, clarity of diction and the speed with which he rattled through questions.

Parsons was born atCastlegate, Grantham, Lincolnshire he was the middle child of the family, having an older brother and a younger sister. His father was a general practitioner, who delivered Margaret Thatcher. His mother, born in Bristol to a founder of local company W.B. Maggs amp Co, was training as a nurse when she met Parsons father at University College Hospital, London.

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