Sir Michael Parkinson, CBE

    Sir Michael Parkinson, CBE's Biography

    Forename(s)
    Michael
    Sex
    Male
    Decorations
    kt (2008), CBE (2000)
    Date of Birth
    28/3/1935 Yorkshire
    Foretitle(s)
    Sir
    Surname
    PARKINSON
    Style
    Sir Michael Parkinson, CBE
    Recreations
    sport (particularly cricket and golf)

    Sir Michael Parkinson, CBE's Professional Career

    Career
    TV and radio presenter, journalist and writer; prodr/interviewer Granada TV 1963-66 (Granada's Scene, Granada in the North, World in Action, What The Papers Say), exec prodr and presenter LWT 1968-69; presenter: 24 Hours (BBC) 1966-67, Cinema (Granada TV) 1969-70, Tea Break and Where in the World (Thames TV) 1971; host: Parkinson (BBC) 1972-82 and 1998-2004 (Channel 10 and ABC Australia 1979-85), Parkinson (ITV) 2004-07; co-fndr and presenter TV-AM 1983-84; presenter: Give Us A Clue (Thames TV) 1984-92, Desert Island Discs (BBC Radio 4) 1986-88; host: Parkinson One to One (Yorkshire TV) 1987-88, Parky (Thames TV) 1989, The Michael Parkinson Show (LBC) 1990-92; presenter: Help Squad (TVS) 1991-92, Ghostwatch (BBC) 1992, Parkinson on Sport (BBC Radio 5) 1994-97, Parkinson's Sunday Supplement (BBC Radio 2) 1996-2007; host Going For a Song (BBC) 1995-99; fndr Pavilion Books 1980; sometime columnist and feature writer: Sunday Times, Guardian, Daily Express, The People, The Listener, Daily Mirror, New Statesman, Mail on Sunday; currently columnist Radio Times; Sports Feature Writer of the Year (British Sports Journalism Awards) 1995, Sports Writer of the Year British Press Awards 1998, Variety Club's Media Personality of the Year 1998, Sony Radio Award for Parkinson's Sunday Supplement 1998, Comic Heritage Gold Award for Special Contribution to the World of Entertainment 1998, Yorkshire Man of The Year 1998, BASCA Gold Award 1998, National Television Awards Most Popular Talk Show for Parkinson 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001, Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Performance in Non-Acting Role 1999, Best Light Entertainment Performance BAFTA 1999, Media Soc Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Media 2000, Bernard Delfont Award for Outstanding Contibution to Showbusiness Variety Club of GB 2007; chllr Nottingham Trent Univ 2008-; Hon DUniv Humberside 1999, Hon DLitt Univ of Huddersfield 2008; fell BFI 2000

    Sir Michael Parkinson, CBE's Publications

    Books and Publications
    Football Daft (1968), Cricket Mad (1969), Pictorial History of Westerns (with Clyde Jeavons, 1969), Sporting Fever (1974), Best - An Intimate Biography (1975), A-Z of Soccer (with Willis Hall, 1975), Bats in the Pavilion (1977), The Woofits (1980), Parkinson's Lore (1981), The Best of Parkinson (1982), Sporting Lives (1992), Sporting Profiles (1995), Michael Parkinson on Golf 1999, Michael Parkinson on Football (2001), Michael Parkinson on Cricket (2002), Parky - My Autobiography (2008), Parky's People (2010)

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