oh how they bully nicholas!

Derek Nimmo: Deviation. There’s no spirit of independence in Nicholas Parsons! As everyone knows he’s totally ruled by his dear wife Denise and his lovely mother of 94 years who...

Nicholas Parsons: As my mother nowhere near approaches that age... Radio is not the occasion to bring in personal references even if my family are in the audience and enjoying every word of what you’re saying! They know that you’re a wicked devil...

DN: The ambulance is waiting for your mother outside!

Peter Jones: No, that’s the ambulance that brought Nicholas!

Clement Freud: I think it’s very uncharitable to say she’s nowhere near approaches that age! Do you mean you don’t want her to reach that age?

NP: We’re going to get on with the programme now!