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| name          = Nicholas Parsons CBE
| image        = Nicholas Parsons.jpg
| image        = Nicholas_Parsons.jpg
| birth date    = [[10 October (people)|10 October]] [[1923 (people)|1923]]
| birth date    = [[10 October (people)|10 October]] [[1923 (people)|1923]]
| death date    =  
| death date    = [[28 January (people)|28 January]] [[2020 (people)|2020]]
| role          = Reverend [[Wainwright (The Curse of Fenric)|Wainwright]]
| role          = [[Wainwright (The Curse of Fenric)|Rev. Wainright]]
| job title     = [[Actor]]
|job title     = Actor
| story        = [[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]
| story        = ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]''
| time          = 1989
| time          = 1989
| non dwu      = ''The Princess and the Woodcutter'', ''The Eric Baker Half-Hour'', ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'', ''Saturday Playhouse'', ''Four Feather Falls'', ''Carry On...'', ''The Arthur Hayes Show'', ''Call My Bluff'' (presenter), ''Just A Minute'' (presenter), ''The Ugliest Girl in Town'', ''Sale of the Century'' (presenter), ''The Morecambe & Wise Show'', ''The Comic Strip Presents...'', ''Bodger and Badger'', ''Cluedo'', ''Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!'', ''Agatha Christie's Marple'', ''Terrorhawks''
| imdb          = 0663880
| imdb          = 0663880
| official site =
}}
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'''Nicholas Parsons CBE''' ([[10 October (people)|10 October]] [[1923 (people)|1923]]<ref>[https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/nicholas-parsons.html Famous Birthdays]</ref>-[[28 January (people)|28 January]] [[2020 (people)|2020]]<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jan/28/nicholas-parsons-obituary The Guardian]</ref><ref>[[DWM 549]]</ref>) played Reverend [[Wainwright (The Curse of Fenric)|Wainwright]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]''.


'''Nicholas Parsons CBE''' played Reverend [[Wainwright (The Curse of Fenric)|Wainwright]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]''. He also contributed to the charity reference book ''[[Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who]]''.
He also contributed to the charity reference book ''[[Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who]]''.


Best known for hosting ''Sale of the Century'' and ''Just A Minute'', he was awarded a CBE in the 2014 New Year Honours List.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25548834</ref>
== Career ==
Outside the DWU, Parsons is best known for hosting ''Sale of the Century'' and ''Just A Minute.'' He was awarded a CBE in the 2014 New Year Honours List.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25548834 BBC News]</ref>
 
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Nicholas Parsons CBE (10 October 1923[1]-28 January 2020[2][3]) played Reverend Wainwright in the Doctor Who television story The Curse of Fenric.

He also contributed to the charity reference book Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who.

Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

Outside the DWU, Parsons is best known for hosting Sale of the Century and Just A Minute. He was awarded a CBE in the 2014 New Year Honours List.[4]

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Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]