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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. i knew we should never have booked it. of course, there wasn t much hollywood glamour in the childhood of this son of a yorkshire miner. my generation was the first that actually challenged the assumption that if you are born into a mining family, you followed your dad s footsteps down to the pi ....
good evening. one of the biggest names in british television, sir michael parkinson, has died at the age of 88. in a career spanning seven decades, he interviewed some of the world s greatest stars on his tv chat show, including the legendary boxer muhammad ali, sir eltonjohn and george michael. and damejudi dench. the bbc s director general tim davie described sir michael as truly one of a kind and 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. 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. his interviews with muhammad ali were unmissable. he has no rhythm, no footwork, no class. he cannot talk. and who told him he cou ....
for the rest of his career. but at least myjudgment was right. very down to earth, very straightforward, very grounded, a wonderful marriage, lovely family. part of him couldn t believe what what had happened to him. and the other half enjoyed it. and but he never lost sight of his roots, which were pretty well delineated by him on many programmes. live now to gloria hunniford, presenter of rip off britain on bbc one, as well as a myriad of other programmes through the years. gloria, you knew michael parkinson for many of those years. what are your thoughts right now? my thoughts toda are your thoughts right now? my thoughts today are just your thoughts right now? my thoughts today are just sadness, your thoughts right now? my thoughts today are just sadness, because - your thoughts right now? my thoughts today are just sadness, because in - your thoughts right now? my thoughts today are just sadness, because in a l today are just sadness, because in a weird, naive ....
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if you have a disability? a human rights watch dog has accused the uk and irish governments of failing to tackle problems like welfare benefits. good evening. he made it look easy, the late night television interview, and he made it an art. but now sir michael parkinson, a giant of british culture, has died at the age of 88. a big part of his success was the fact that his chat show was never an opportunity for him to show off, but for his guests to always take centre stage, allowing space to reveal a deeper truth about themselves. it s a humility borne of his humble roots, as the son of a yorkshire miner. michael parkinson s work spanning almost seven decades is a catalogue of memorable moments, including no less than four interviews with muhammad ali. one of the first with george michael after his arrest in los angeles for lewd behaviour. and his chat with madonna, whom he finally convinced to appear on his show after a 20 year wait. our media and arts corresponden ....