Michael Parkinson
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Michael Parkinson
Sir Michael Parkinson, CBEis an English broadcaster, journalist and author. He is best known for presenting his long-running television talk show, Parkinson, from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007, as well as other talk shows and programmes both in the UK and internationally. He is also known as a radio broadcaster. He has been described by The Guardian as "the great British talkshow host"...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionRadio Host
Date of Birth28 March 1935
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He was hugely talented and had a regard for the written word. He had a writer's judgement about what did and didn't work. He was not invented by television. He was the finished article when he appeared on television.