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
done a levels, what were your subjects and did you get the results politics, history and soakology and i -ot politics, history and soakology and i got what sociology and i got what i got what sociology and i got what i i got what sociology and i got what i wanted. hello, i m lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. we start here in the uk, where 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 james cagney. david sillito looks back at his life. don t you get fed up of each other? oh, yes, yes. i call him golden- balls, you know, now. did you ever say, you dirty rat?
of maui s wildfires have been released ahead ofjoe biden s visit to hawaii next week. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news here in the uk where 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 fred astair. the bbc director general tim davie called him the king of the chat show . david sillito looks back at his life. don t you get fed up of each other? oh, yes, yes. i call him golden- balls, you know, now. did you ever say, you dirty rat? never.
hello, welcome to bbc news now. we start here in the uk where tributes have been paid to the tv talk show host and journalist sir michael parkinson. 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. david sillito looks back at his life. don t you get fed up of each other? oh, yes, yes. i call him golden balls, you know, now. - did you ever say, you dirty rat? 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? well, number one, he s ugly.