Celebrity Smelly Brother - Michael Parkinson

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Michael Parkinson
Broadcaster and Journalist

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Michael Parkinson was born in 1935 in Cudworth, near Barnsley, and was educated at Barnsley Grammar School.
His early journalistic experience was gained on several local newspapers in Yorkshire and then the Manchester Guardian until he became a feature writer with The Daily Express in London.
Michael's first work in television was as a current affairs producer at Granada Television, then as a reporter for BBC's 24 Hours.

In 1965, he began writing a weekly sports column for The Sunday Times.
In 1975, he also published Best - An Intimate Biography about George Best and A-Z of Soccer.
Other publications include The Woofits (1980), Parkinson's Lore (1981), The Best of Parkinson (1982), Sporting Lives (1992), Sporting Profiles (1995), Parkinson on Golf (1999), and Parkinson on Football (2001).

In 1969, he took over the presentation of Granada's Cinema series and published A Pictorial History of Westerns, his favorite film genre.
In 1971, he compered a regular afternoon show, Teabreak, for Thames Television. At one stage he was joined by his wife Mary, who later presented the programme in her own right.

Michael presented his own BBC talk show entitled Parkinson for 11 years until 1982.
Essential viewing for millions each week, it ran to 361 editions and featured nearly a thousand of the world's most famous people.
Michael returned to the BBC during the summer of 1995 to present a highly acclaimed series of late night tributes to some of the all-time greats of the entertainment world in Parkinson: The Interviews.
From 1995 to 1999 he hosted the very popular Going For A Song (BBC ONE).

In 1996, Michael launched a Sunday morning show - Parkinson's Sunday Supplement - on Radio 2 in which he plays his favourite music and talks to his special guests.

Following the enormous popularity of the series featuring past interviews, Parkinson returned to BBC ONE in January 1998.
Once again the series was a huge success and featured guests such as Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Elton John, Billy Connolly and Ewan McGregor.
Another highly acclaimed series followed in January 1999, kicking off with a George Michael special.

In July 1999 Michael was the proud recipient of an honorary doctorate from Lincolnshire and Humberside University and later that year won the National Television Awards' Best Chat Show for Parkinson for the second time.

December brought the eagerly awaited return of another series of Parkinson, starting with a very special interview with Sir Paul McCartney.

In March 2000 Michael was honoured by the Media Society and received its annual award for his outstanding contribution to the media.
In June of 2000, Michael was delighted and proud to be included in the Queen's Birthday Honours List and was awarded a CBE.
September of the same year saw another series of Parkinson which the following month won the National Television Award for Most Popular Talk Show.
In September 2001, the sixth series of Parkinson since its return enjoyed a Saturday night prime time slot receiving excellent viewing figures.

Michael and wife, Mary, are extremely keen golfers. Another hobby is cricket and every year Michael hosts a Celebrity XI Charity Cricket Match at Bray and Maidenhead cricket ground.

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