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Release Date:
4 January 2000 (USA)
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Plot:
Talk show with celebrity guests.
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4 wins
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5 nominations
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Thanks Parky
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(Series Cast Summary - 1 of 142) | Michael Parkinson | ... | Himself - Host / ... (252 episodes, 1971-2007) |
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50 min
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Australia:M (some episodes) |
Australia:PG (some episodes)
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In 1978, Michael Parkinson and his producer, John Fisher, proposed changing the series into a five-night-a-week series as a replacement for the current affairs series "Tonight" (1975), which was producing disappointing ratings. Although this proposal was supported by BBC One Controller Bill Cotton, the Managing Director of Television Alasdair Milne and the Director-General of the BBC, Ian Trethowan, the BBC's Board of Governors objected to it, considering it a "trivialisation of the airwaves" because Parkinson's series had always been made by the BBC's light entertainment department and was therefore judged as an unsuitable replacement for "Tonight" (1975). The proposal had also been opposed by the National Union of Journalists and politicians such as Dennis Skinner.
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Featured in Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! (2006) (TV)
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I have just seen a 'Parky' show with the delightful Lesley Garrett. Apart from her marvelous voice, I was amazed at her vivacity and sense of humour. It was entertainment at it's best. Lesley was introduced as styling herself more like Gracie Fields than Maria Callas ... I'm sure she is truly loved for being herself.
If it wasn't for this type of show (and Parkinson show is the best of this genre) One would never see the other side of some of these celebrities, and we would be poorer for it.
It seems some people don't like the Parkinson show, these few people shouldn't watch it, especially when their jealousy for Parkinson's popularity shows so much.