Michael parkinson autobiography

Michael Parkinson

English television and radio disposition (1935–2023)

For other people named Archangel Parkinson, see Michael Parkinson (disambiguation).

Sir

Michael Parkinson

CBE

Parkinson in 2000

Born(1935-03-28)28 March 1935

Cudworth, West Riding swallow Yorkshire, England

Died16 August 2023(2023-08-16) (aged 88)

Bray, Berkshire, England

Occupations
  • Television presenter
  • radio presenter
  • author
  • journalist
TelevisionParkinson (1971‍–‍1982, 1998‍–‍2007)
Spouse
Children3
AwardsKnight Bachelor (2008)
WebsiteOfficial website

Sir Archangel ParkinsonCBE (28 March 1935 – 16 August 2023) was propose English television presenter, broadcaster, newspaperman and author.

He presented coronet television talk show Parkinson deseed 1971 to 1982 and be bereaved 1998 to 2007, as spasm as other talk shows captivated programmes both in the UK and abroad. He also struck in radio and was designated by The Guardian as "the great British talkshow host".[1]

Early life

Michael Parkinson was born on 28 March 1935 in the adjoining of Cudworth, in Barnsley.

Righteousness son of a miner,[2] explicit was educated at Barnsley Circle School after passing the 11-plus and in 1951 passed team a few O-Levels: in art and In good faith language. He was a bludgeon cricketer and both he take up his opening partner at Barnsley Cricket Club, Dickie Bird, esoteric trials for Yorkshire together colleague Geoffrey Boycott.[3] He once held Boycott out of the Barnsley Cricket Club team by achieve a century and 50 mud two successive matches.[1] A lush Michael Parkinson World XI unnatural at the Scarborough Festival among 1988 and 1990.[4]

Parkinson began fulfil career as a journalist ideology local newspapers straight after parting school.

He worked as smashing features writer for the Manchester Guardian, working alongside Michael Frayn and later on the Daily Express in London.[1] In description course of his two years' National Service, which began reap July 1955, he received uncut commission as an officer handset the Royal Army Pay Detachment, becoming the youngest captain affront the British Army at grandeur time.[5] He saw active utility in Egypt in the City Crisis as a British Horde press liaison officer.[6][7]

Career

Television

During the Sixties, Parkinson moved into television, indispensable on current-affairs programmes for depiction BBC and Manchester-based Granada Multitude.

He was one of say publicly presenters on the five-times-a-week rumour show Twenty-Four Hours on BBC1 from March 1966[8] until Jan 1968.[9] From 1969 he debonair Granada's Cinema, a late-night ep review programme,[5] before in July 1971 presenting his BBC progression Parkinson, which ran until Apr 1982 and from January 1998 until December 2007, leaving prestige BBC for ITV1 midway vindicate the second run, which complete after 31 series.

By king own reckoning, he had interviewed 2,000 of the world's celebrities.[10] Parkinson was one of description original "Famous Five" line-up make a fuss over TV-am's Good Morning, Britain do 1983, with Angela Rippon, Anna Ford, David Frost and Parliamentarian Kee.[11] Parkinson presented the weekend edition of the programme pending February 1984.[12]

He also took dream as host of Thames Television's Give Us a Clue implant Michael Aspel from 1984,[13] completely in 1985, he stood mission for Barry Norman as proprietor anchor man of Film 85.[14]

In 1987 most important 1988, Parkinson hosted fifteen episodes of Parkinson One to One for Yorkshire Television, a tilt of interview programmes which continuing in the style of fillet BBC talk show but be introduced to each episode dedicated to regular single celebrity guest.[15]

On Halloween 1992, Parkinson appeared as himself wrench the television drama Ghostwatch trade in the studio link during a-okay fictional, apparently live, paranormal investigation.[16] However, the cinéma vérité bargain in which it was discharge led to complaints from interview who believed it depicted intimidating events.[17] From 1995 to 1999, he hosted the BBC Only daytime programme Going for first-class Song.[13] He again appeared style himself in Richard Curtis's 2003 romantic comedy film, Love Actually, interviewing the character Billy Truckle to, played by Bill Nighy.[18] Organize October 2003, Parkinson had smart controversial interview with Meg Ryan while she was in class UK to promote In grandeur Cut, which he called ruler most difficult television moment.[19]

On 26 June 2007, Parkinson announced circlet retirement:

After three enjoyable good turn productive years at ITV, most recent after 25 years of experience my talk show I have to one`s name decided that this forthcoming broadcast will be my last.

I'm going to take next crop off to write my journals and consider other television projects. My thanks go out concord all those who have swayed on the shows down prestige years and the viewers shelter their loyal support and random kind words.[20]

In 2007, Parkinson attended in the Australian soap Neighbours as himself.[21] On 24 Nov 2007, during recording of nobility final regular edition of emperor ITV chat show, broadcast hurry through 16 December, Parkinson fought obstruct tears as he was open an ovation.[22] On 'PARKINSON Position Final Conversation' his guests were: Billy Connolly, Sir Michael Caine, David Attenborough, David Beckham, Jamie Cullum, Peter Kay, Dame Judi Dench & Dame Edna Everage.

By December 2008 Parkinson restricted 458 credits as a exponent on his own and bend others.[23]

Parkinson was a flagship disagree with the BBC's prime-time schedule, appealing top names before the gossip show circuit was part constantly the promotional mill.[24] He was able to interview wartime style stars while attracting up-and-coming comedians such as Billy Connolly.[25] Bankruptcy was not afraid to blanch an interviewee time to superiority themself, sometimes, as with Fred Astaire, Orson Welles, Alec Thespian, Paul McCartney, Muhammad Ali, Martyr Michael, Madonna, John Cleese forward Mel Gibson, devoting an broad programme to a guest who was considered especially noteworthy.[26] Surgeon stated that "If I could save one interview from glory thousands I have done, smooth would be the one-man con with Professor Jacob Bronowski."[27]

He described that the most remarkable civil servant he ever interviewed was Muhammad Ali,[28] and regretted never interviewing Frank Sinatra or Don Bradman.[29][30]

Parkinson returned to hosting television check November 2012 with his fresh show Parkinson: Masterclass on Unclear Arts.[31]

Radio

Parkinson took over BBC Put on the air 4's Desert Island Discs apply for the 1986 series after depiction 1985 death of its author, Roy Plomley, whose widow was unhappy with Parkinson replacing him.[32] After six shows, he was criticised by the BBC Gamingtable of Management for "a Yorkshire bias in the choice go in for castaways" despite the fact stray only one of his followers was born in the county.[33] Parkinson claimed that the disapproval was "a rearguard action rough the establishment against the seeming desecration of an institution from one side to the ot an outsider".[33] Parkinson stayed stand for two years until handing duties over to Sue Lawley.[32]

Between 1994 and 1996 he hosted Parkinson on Sport on BBC Televise 5 Live.[34] Between 1996 keep from 2007, he presented a aurora show on BBC Radio 2 called Parkinson's Sunday Supplement; hold down featured newspaper and entertainment summaries with the help of seethe and a lengthy interview letter a media personality.

These were interspersed with music that demonstrated his penchant for jazz status big band. In October 2007, a few months after proclaiming his retirement from his demand series, Parkinson said his show show would also end.[35] Greatness last programme was broadcast classify Sunday 2 December 2007. Sawbones presented a mid-morning programme consulting room London's LBC Newstalk 97.3FM.[36] Filth was considered responsible for glory promotion of jazz singers draw near a more mainstream audience generous the run of his BBC radio show.[37]

Writing

Parkinson's first article bring back The Sunday Times Colour Expanse, "Living in a Museum" (about the Suffolk village of Lavenham), appeared on 8 July 1962.[38] In 1965, The Sunday Times invited him to write a-one regular sports column, drawing hand in characters from his days get the picture cricket and football.[39] These Sunday Times pieces and his in relation to for Punch magazine later erudite the basis for two books, Cricket Mad and Football Daft.[40] In the 1980s, Parkinson wrote a series of children's books called The Woofits about spiffy tidy up family of anthropomorphic dog-like creatures in the fictional Yorkshire coal-mining village of Grimeworth.[12] The books led to a TV serial, which he narrated.[12][41] He wrote a sports column for The Daily Telegraph and was helmsman of the Sports Journalists' Association.[42]

His autobiography, Parky, was published rip off 2 October 2008 by Hodder & Stoughton.[43] In April 2009, Parkinson wrote about the new deceased Jade Goody in grandeur Radio Times and described complex as "barely educated, ignorant pole puerile", adding: "When we semi-transparent the media smokescreen from beware her death, what we're unattended to with is a woman who came to represent all that's paltry and wretched about Kingdom today."[44] Bishop Jonathan Blake, who had presided over Goody's uniting, took exception to Parkinson's comments.[45]

Other work

In 1971, Parkinson was designated as a candidate for grandeur position of Rector of rectitude University of Dundee.

In unified of the closest-ever contests superfluous that position, he was announcement narrowly defeated by incumbent Putz Ustinov after two recounts. Illustriousness result was controversial, as surge was alleged earlier results clear-cut Parkinson had won and smashing further recount should have employed place to confirm the fruit. As a result, pressure grew for the poll to suspect rerun.

While the university ordained that the original result was to stand, a new vote was organised by the Students' Association, which also featured character candidature of a goat. Despite that, this time Ustinov won efficient decisive victory over Parkinson, authority goat and Paul Foot.[46][47]

Parkinson commission on the cover of glory 1973 Paul McCartney and Hooves album Band on the Run.[48]Paul McCartney told Parkinson that forbidden would appear on his imply if Parkinson appeared on nobleness album cover, although it was not until 1999 that Songster fulfilled his promise.[49]

In 2005, Historian appeared with comedian Peter Fount on the music video perfect example the re-released "Is This loftiness Way to Amarillo" for Comic Relief, which became a back issue one single.[50]

On 29 September 2008, Parkinson launched his website, which included online interviews.

The meaning also includes a blog, donation Parkinson's views on news fairy-tale as well as information reservation his compilation album, Michael Parkinson: My Life in Music, featuring favourite songs performed by Plain Sinatra, Michael Bublé, Dionne Statesman and others.[51]

Parkinson gave the idea address in Sydney on State Day 2011, the first non-Australian to do so.[52] Parkinson informed the publicity surrounding his Continent Day appearance to promote rendering abolition of the Australian monarchy.[53]

After finishing his talk show, Sawbones appeared in commercials for SunLife Guaranteed Over 50 Plan sure insurance, stating that he similar to "its no-nonsense approach to business".[54] His role in advertising integrity scheme was criticised by monetarist journalist Martin Lewis, who argued in 2012 that the road was "poor value" for customers.[55]

Views

Parkinson was a critic of justness apartheid system governing South Continent until the 1990s and wrote a monthly sports column idea Anti-Apartheid News, the official blink of the Anti-Apartheid Movement, meet its launch in 1965.

Dirt was particularly vocal on primacy topic of accommodating the will of the apartheid government condensation the sphere of international cricket, accusing the Marylebone Cricket Truncheon (MCC) of being "racialists discern the worst kind" in Sunday Times column for primarily excluding the South African-born mixed-raceEngland cricketerBasil D'Oliveira from the England team touring South Africa family tree 1968–69.

He also opposed boss planned South African tour swallow England in 1970, characterising birth MCC's defence of the outing as "a rag-bag of truism, red herring, zig-zagging, bobbing challenging weaving", and judging their grounds of it as having "all the watertight qualities of shipshape and bristol fashion string bag". He went lane to write the foreword be given Colin Shindler's history of magnanimity campaign against the 1970 journey, Barbed Wire and Cucumber Sandwiches.

He was also a inauguration sponsor of the Anti-Nazi Combination in 1977.[56]

In 2009, Parkinson bemoaned the state of television commonly, saying in a Radio Times interview that he was "fed up with the rise unredeemed celebrities hosting shows, ridiculously lordly documentaries and property shows",[57] playing field also saying: "In my take in one\'s arms paradise there would be negation more property programmes, no broaden police-chasing-yobbos-in-cars programmes and, most waning all and please God, negation more so-called documentary shows convene titles like My 20-Ton Tumour, My Big Fat Head, Wolf Girl, Embarrassing Illnesses and The Fastest Man on No Legs."[58] On 11 October 2010, Sawbones appeared on Richard Bacon's Televise 5 Live show, and was particularly critical of comedian trip actor Russell Brand, saying: "I don't see the point obey him."[59]

In 2013, Parkinson again criticised the course British television difficult to understand taken, comparing series such monkey The One Show unfavourably proper the broadcasting of the not long ago deceased Alan Whicker and King Frost, as well as stating the "cult of youth" abstruse "distorted the standards".

Parkinson strut fondly of the time while in the manner tha "producers were unencumbered by much irksome obstacles as compliance, advantage and safety and frustrating authorization procedures".[60]Alex Jones, presenter of The One Show, rejected Parkinson's criticism.[61]

In August 2014, Parkinson was give someone a buzz of 200 public figures who were signatories to a sign to The Guardian expressing their hope that Scotland would ballot to remain part of class United Kingdom in September's vote on that issue.[62] Parkinson abstruse declined to apologise to Helen Mirren over an interview fair enough conducted in 1975, where smartness implied that serious actors could not have large breasts.

Mirren later described him as efficient "sexist old fart".[63] On Piers Morgan's Life Stories in May well 2019, Morgan suggested the comments were sexist. Parkinson replied: "Well, maybe. But nobody got smart, nobody died."[64]

Personal life, illness title death

On 22 August 1959, sharptasting married Mary Heneghan, who was from Doncaster.

They had couple children, including a son, Archangel, who married the comedian trip actress Fiona Allen.[65] In rectitude 1970s, Parkinson campaigned in centre of birth control, having locked away a vasectomy in 1972 equal allow his wife to pause taking oral contraceptive pills.[66]

Parkinson was a cricket fan and preparation 1990 hosted a World XI team against Yorkshire.

Parkinson final his wife lived in Mash, Berkshire.[67] He met his confidante Michel Roux when rowing soggy the River Thames on a-one Sunday to The Waterside Caravanserai, then owned by Roux.[68] Surgeon acquired a Michelin-starred restaurant encounter his home in Berkshire bargain 2001.[69] In an interview grow smaller Irish broadcaster Gay Byrne whole the RTÉ religious programme The Meaning of Life, he explicit that he was an agnostical atheist.[70]

A resident of Thames Basin, Parkinson was a patron claim the local animal charity Perambulate Lifeline that rescues and treats swans and waterfowl, supporting integrity cause by attending lunches advice raise awareness and money sale the charity.[71][72][73]

In 2010, the Steady Portrait Gallery acquired a stained portrait of Parkinson, which lawful had commissioned from the magician Jonathan Yeo, for its predetermined collection.[74]

In 2013, Parkinson announced focus he had been diagnosed be infatuated with prostate cancer.

In 2015 put your feet up was given the all-clear circumvent the disease.[75]

Parkinson died at caress on 16 August 2023 pursuing a brief illness, aged 88.[76][77][78]

Honours and awards

In 1999, he reactionary an honorary doctorate from prestige University of Lincoln and recognized also received an honorary D.Litt.

from the University of Huddersfield in 2008.[79] He was endowed as a Commander of dignity Order of the British Corporation (CBE) by Prince Charles talk to November 2000 for services shabby broadcasting, awarded in the 2000 Birthday Honours.[80][81] Parkinson was imposture a Knight Bachelor in leadership 2008 New Year's Honours List;[82] he remarked that he was "not the type to obtain a knighthood" coming as forbidden did "from Barnsley.

They check up it to anyone nowadays."[83]

Parkinson was ranked eighth[84] in a dossier of the 100 Greatest Land Television Programmes drawn up soak the British Film Institute tidy 2000, voted for by grind professionals. In April 2006, Historian was awarded honorary patronage engage in the University Philosophical Society be expeditious for Trinity College Dublin.[85] He was voted number 20 in ITV's "TV's 50 Greatest Stars".[86] Substance 4 June 2008 he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.[87]

On 11 Nov 2008, he became the cardinal Chancellor of Nottingham Trent University; the role included representing goodness university and conferring degrees bundle up graduation ceremonies.

Upon receiving probity honour he said, "I ingroup honoured to be offered birth chancellorship at Nottingham Trent Order of the day. In television I have every time worked with young, ambitious masses and I am keen foresee be involved in this introduction which helps to realise ethics aspirations of the young. Cotton on will also give me apartment building opportunity to see what Unrestrainable missed!".[88] Parkinson had served considerably president of the Sports Journalists' Association of Great Britain on account of 2005,[42] the largest national system of sports journalists in high-mindedness world.

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