Just A Minute

I have a feeling that it was easier to make jokes about Nicholas and his age and so on when those joking were roughly the same age. Now that most of the panellists are half Nick’s age or younger, I think joking about his age would just seem really tasteless. After all many people – perhaps even most people - of Nick’s age – 89 – are suffering from dementia and similar ailments. Nicholas is still clearly mentally agile.

 

I’m always slightly surprised when people say they think he is slowing down or his voice is going. I’m amazed how little his voice had changed over the years. In his last few years Peter Jones really did sound like an old man and Clement’s voice also aged. I think Nicholas still sounds 20 to 30 years younger, it’s still a clear and high quality voice.