Talk:Jack Parnell

Academy Award?
Academy Awards (Oscars) are given for work on films. How could JP win one for work on a TV special? Tsuguya (talk) 22:37, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Drink Driving
I seem to remember that his career was derailed when he had an accident while drink driving, in which a motorcyclist lost a leg. Although I know it is unpleasant bringing these things up, it was a significant event and should be mentioned. See http://www.thefreelibrary.com/20+years+ago.(Column)-a0109779707 for details. 80.254.146.84 (talk) 12:06, 24 June 2010 (UTC) It is not an unpleasant thing you brought up. What IS unpleasant, is the notion that you can get into a car while drunk and risk yourself and others' lives by being to stupid. It is criminal and drink driver should be locked up. Technut (talk) 19:47, 6 June 2011 (UTC)


 * The five obituaries which do not mention this case were published in The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, The Scotsman and The Times. My edit summary was thus hasty, though I believe my deletion is still justifiable without the availability of more sources. The only item I can find online which does mention Parnell's conviction is an article entitled "Drink-Drive Jail Term for Jack Parnell" published by The Times on 13 February 1979 (page 3). One of the magistrates described it as "the worst motoring case this court has heard", which might suggest it has notability, but it really needs more sources for it to be included in the article. It appears Parnell was denied bail pending an appeal. The appeal (If it happened), plus the length of time he served in prison would ideally need to be included, but this is all unclear. Philip Cross (talk) 15:39, 3 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Incidentally, the freelibrary source is no longer online. A Wayback machine save in 2012 is only of the websites home page and a 2016 save is an error message. Philip Cross (talk) 15:42, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

It took until 3rd page of Google to find article re the 1979 car accident. Parnell was gaoled for 3 months but was permitted to leave prison in evening to continue his work. The accident was particularly nasty as the motorcyclist's leg was severed on impact and the drunk Parnell picked up leg and threw it off his car and then drove away from scene. Parnell was over 3 times alcohol limit. I remember all the above being reported in the UK media during summer of 1979....I was 11 but have an excellent memory.

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Capocci trio
How could he have backed Tubby Hayes with the Capocci trio (having joined in 1991) when Hayes died in 1973? CulturalSnow (talk) 20:30, 21 November 2017 (UTC)