TV Legend. Born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England in 1935 

This former journalist moved into television in the early 1960's as a reporter for both the BBC and Granada. In the late sixties moved into hosting shows and find his niche with the arrival of the Parkinson chat show in 1971 which has continued on and off ever since, he has interviewed pretty much everybody of course. 

Parky loves cricket, especially Yorkshire and besides TV he has been a long time radio personality; In the 1980's Parkinson turned children's author with The Woofits (which was later turned into a TV series). Parkinson also features on the cover of the Wings album Band on the Run. 

KEY ROLES

BEST EVER MUPPET MOMENTS (2006)
PARKINSON (2006)
The ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2005 (Host) (2005)
PARKINSON (2005)
The BEST OF AN AUDIENCE WITH... (2005)
ITV'S 50 GREATEST SHOWS (2005)
PARKINSON (2004)
THIS MORNING (2004)
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL INTERVIEWS..: (2004)
BOB MONKHOUSE A BAFTA TRIBUTE (2004)
STAR PORTRAITS WITH ROLF HARRIS (2004)
The BRITISH ACADEMY TELEVISION AWARDS (2003)
PARKINSON (2003)
HEROES OF COMEDY: MAX WALL (2003)
LOVE ACTUALLY (2003)
PETER COOK AT A SLIGHT ANGLE TO THE UNIVERSE (2002)
JAMES BOND A BAFTA TRIBUTE (2002)
BILLY CONNOLLY A BAFTA TRIBUTE (2002)
PARKINSON AT CHRISTMAS (2002)
THERE'S ONLY ONE GEORGE BEST (2002)
WHEN PARKINSON MET MANDELA (2002)
PROM AT THE PALACE (2002)
PARKINSON (2002)
2001 TV MOMENTS (2002)
PARKINSON AT CHRISTMAS (2001)
The KUMARS AT NO. 42 (2001)
The TEACHING AWARDS 2001 (2001)
PARKINSON (2001)
VICTORIA WOOD WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS (2000)
TFI FRIDAY: The SPICE GIRLS (2000)
NIGHT OF 1000 SHOWS (2000)
PARKINSON (2000)
STARS AND THEIR LIVES (2000)
The TALK SHOW STORY WITH MICHAEL PARKINSON (2000)
VICTORIA'S SECRETS (2000)
2000 TO 1(1999)
2000 TODAY (1999)
PARKINSON MEETS PAUL McCARTNEY (1999)
OPEN HOUSE WITH GLORIA HUNNIFORD (1999)
GMTV (1999)
The SUNSHINE BOYS MORECAMBE AND WISE (1999)
CELEBRITY PROMS WITH MICHAEL PARKINSON (1999)
TWO RONNIES NIGHT (1999)
FROSTRUP ON SUNDAY (1999)
The BRITISH ACADEMY TELEVISION AWARDS (Host) (1999)
GOING FOR A SONG (1999)
PARKINSON (1999)
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW UNWRAPPED A CELEBRATION OF 21 YEARS OF THE ANTIQUES ROADSHOW (1998)
EVERYMAN: IDOL PURSUITS (1998)
30 YEARS OF BILLY CONNOLLY (1998)
GOING FOR A SONG (1998)
YOU ARE, ARE YOU NOT, RUSSELL HARTY? (1998)
REPUTATIONS: KENNETH WILLIAMS DESPERATELY FUNNY (1998)
REPUTATIONS: KENNETH WILLIAMS SERIOUSLY OUTRAGEOUS (1998)
PARKINSON (1998)
PARKINSON:THE INTERVIEWS (1997)
The ROCK AND GOAL YEARS: 1979 AND 1990 (1997)
COUNTDOWN: COUNTDOWN - THE GRAND FINAL (1997)
GOING FOR A SONG (1997)
PARKY AT CHRISTMAS (1996)
AUNTIE'S ALL-TIME GREATS (1996)
PARKINSON: THE INTERVIEWS (1996)
DICKIE BIRD A RARE SPECIES (1996)
PARKINSON MEETS BEST (1996)
FUNNY GIRL...A TRIBUTE TO MARTI CAINE (1996)
GOING FOR A SONG (1996)
THIS MORNING (1995)
A LEAGUE APART 100 YEARS OF RUGBY LEAGUE (1995)
GOING FOR A SONG (1995)
PARKINSON: THE INTERVIEWS (1995)
BROOKSIDE (1995)
The FROST PROGRAMME (1995)
COUNTDOWN: CHAMPIONSHIP OF CHAMPIONS (1995)
The RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE (narrator) (1994)
LES DAWSON: THE ENTERTAINER (1994)
COUNTDOWN: COUNTDOWN - THE GRAND FINAL (1994)
IMAGES OF YORKSHIRE (1993)
HEROES OF COMEDY (1992)
BRUCE FORSYTH: 50 YEARS IN SHOWBUSINESS (1992)
SCREEN ONE SPECIAL: GHOSTWATCH (1992)
THIS MORNING (1992)
NATIONAL LISTENING LIBRARY (1992)
GIVE US A CLUE (1992)
HELP SQUAD (1992)
THAMES REPORTS: LADY BREADLINE (1991)
HELP SQUAD (1991)
GIVE US A CLUE (1991)
The BRITISH COMEDY AWARDS 1990 (host) (1990)
ITV TELETHON '90: AFTERNOON (1990)
PARKY (1989)
GIVE US A CLUE (1989)
PARKINSON ONE-TO-ONE (1988)
GIVE US A CLUE (1988)
PARKINSON ONE-TO-ONE (1987)
THAT'S TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENT (1986)
ALL STAR SECRETS (1986)
GIVE US A CLUE (1986)
WHO'S THE GREATEST?: KEEGAN V. BEST (1986)
FILM 86 (1986)
WHELDON TALKING (1986)
The MAKING OF A MODEL (1985)
The TIME OF YOUR LIFE: MICHAEL PARKINSON (1985)
ALL STAR SECRETS (1985)
GIVE US A CLUE (1985)
The MAKING OF JOAN COLLINS (1985)
SAVING THE SKAG KIDS: A CONFERENCE ON LONDON'S DRUG PROBLEM (1985)
The BOYS OF '66: ENGLAND'S LAST GLORY (1985)
WATER (1985)
LOOKS FAMILIAR (1984)
ALL STAR SECRETS [PILOT] (1984)
DES O'CONNOR TONIGHT (1984)
BRING ME SUNSHINE - A TRIBUTE TO ERIC MORECAMBE O.B.E. (1984)
GOOD MORNING BRITAIN (1983)
GIVES US A CLUE (1983)
SUNDAY SUNDAY (1982)
MARTI CAINE (1982)
PARKINSON (1982)
ELEVEN YEARS OF PARKINSON (1982)
OMNIBUS: WE ASK THE QUESTIONS (1981)
PARKINSON (1981)
BATLEY (1981)
AFTER NOON PLUS (1980)
PARKINSON (1980)
The WOOFITS (voice) (1980)
PARKINSON (1979)
PARKINSON AT CHRISTMAS (1979)
The WRITERS GUILD OF GREAT BRITAIN PRESENT THE PYE COLOUR TV AWARDS (1979)
SEVEN TO ONE: MICHAEL PARKINSON (1979)
PARKINSON (1979)
PARKINSON AT THE PANTOMIME (1978)
THIS IS YOUR LIFE: MICHAEL PARKINSON (1978)
RUSSELL HARTY (1978)
PARKINSON (1978)
LOOKS FAMILIAR (1977)
PARKINSON (1977)
IN COMPANY (1976)
PARKINSON (1976)
WE MATTER: LIVING WITH MS (1976)
PARKINSON (1975)
LIVING WITH MS (1975)
PARKINSON TAKES A CHRISTMAS LOOK AT MORECAMBE AND WISE (1974)
PARKINSON (1974)
MADHOUSE (1974)
2ND HOUSE (1973)
PARKINSON (1973)
PARKINSON (1972)
TODAY MEXICO, TOMORROW THE WORLD (1972)
The MORECAMBE AND WISE CHRISTMAS SHOW (1971)
PARKINSON: MUHAMMAD ALI (1971)
PARKINSON (1971)
TWENTY FIFTH ROYAL FILM PERFORMANCE (1971)
CINEMA (1971)
WHO'S THERE? (1971)
CINEMA (1970)
MICHAEL PARKINSON MEETS TOMMY STEELE (1970)
WORLD OF SPORT SPECIAL FOOTBALL The LEAGUE CUP FINAL ARSENAL V SWINDON (1969)
CINEMA (1969)
WHERE THERE'S BRASS (1969)
CRICKET AT HEADINGLEY (1968)
TWENTY-FOUR HOURS: BACKWARD READERS  (1966)
OPENING OF THE EMLEY MOOR (1965)
SLIGHT WHITE PAPER ON LOVE (1965)
CHURCHILL OBITUARY (1965)
MICK JAGGER INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL PARKINSON 1965 (1965)
CINEMA: CINEMA (1964)