Unlike modern chat-show hosts, Parky was a journalist first, an entertainer second. He strived 'to bring out the best in people' – an ambition that most of the time, he realised. Sometimes, however, he didn't...
Michael Parkinson’s most memorable interviews – from ‘that bloody bird’ to Helen Mirren’s ‘equipment’
Gerard Gilbert is a TV critic and feature writer for the i. He's been an arts journalist for over 20 years and previously worked for The Independent.Michael Parkinson was lucky to be at the height of his interviewing powers in the 70s and early 80s – a time before the word “celebrity” became so debased that it now applies to anybody who has had five minutes of exposure on a reality dating show.
Parkinson interviewed more than 2,000 celebrities during a chat-show career that ran between 1971 and 2007 – his guests appreciative of the host’s well-researched questions.
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