tributes have been paid to the tv talk show host and journalist sir michael parkinson. in a statement his family said he died peacefully at home. he was 88. sir michael interviewed hundreds of the world s top stars of entertainment and sport including muhamed ali, orson wells and meg ryan. let s talk to the tv critic and bbc podcaster scott bryan. scott, it was viewing time in new zealand when i was growing up, to watch michael parkinson. was he part of your childhood as well? definitely, because his chat show was still on. the fact is, he has been on our screens now for more than five decades. of course, the peak of his career, in terms of his chat show, was in the 1970s. he then
tributes have been paid to the tv talk show host and journalist sir michael parkinson. in a statement his family said he died peacefully at home. he was 88. sir michael interviewed hundreds of the world s top stars of entertainment and sport including muhamed ali, orson wells and meg ryan. let s talk to the tv critic and bbc podcaster scott bryan. scott, it was viewing time in new zealand when i was growing up, to watch michael parkinson. was he part of your childhood as well? definitely, because his chat show was still on. the fact is, he has been on our screens now for more than five decades. of course, the peak of his career, in terms of his chat show, was in the 1970s. he then
orson welles. jimmy stewart. these were distant, mysterious screen gods until parkinson brought them into your living room. the fact is that you re a crowd puller and frazier s not, is he? why is that? number one, he s ugly. his interviews with muhammad ali were unmissable. he has no rhythm, no footwork, no class. he cannot talk. and who told him he could sing? but of all those 2000 or so guests, one always haunted him. i interviewed everybody from henry kissinger to billy connolly to james cagney to dame edith evans, to all those people. and i m only remembered for one thing, i was attacked by a sodding emu. it s not a question. rod hull and emu rather punctured the suave tv persona.
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never. jimmy cagney. orson welles. jimmy stewart. these were distant, mysterious screen gods until parkinson brought them into your living room. the fact is that you re a crowd puller and frazier s not, is he? why is that? number one, he s ugly. his interviews with muhammad ali were unmissable. he has no rhythm, no footwork, no class. he cannot talk. and who told him he could sing? but of all those 2000 or so guests, one always haunted him. i interviewed everybody from henry kissinger to billy connolly to james cagney to dame edith evans, to all those people. and i m only remembered for one thing, i was attacked by a sodding emu. it s not a question. rod hull and emu rather punctured