Michael Parkinson

Michael Parkinson interviewing Betty Bacall

He has a disease named after him. He must be very important!

Parkinson interviewing Maya Angelou on Desert Island Discs

He WAS Michael Parkinson!

Parkinson interviewing Kenneth Williams on Desert Island Discs

He actually listened to his guests and read their books, go figure!

Interviewing Peter O'Toole

DL fav Kathleen Turner in conversation with Parkinson

His Dame Edna interviews were legendary.

Parkinson and Alan Alda

Alda actually has Parkinson's disease.

Attached is a Dame Edna interview ;) for R9

Parky was a class act. His interviews with Dame Edna Everage are priceless. He had the talent and innate ability to know how to allow her to play off him, a talent that many interviewers sadly did not possess (Conan O'Brien & Jay Leno)

Thanks r11. Haven't seen that in a while. Love them all and he was excellent.

I'm afraid that level of charm is very hard to find in todays' Tic Tok swamp.

This interview with Zsa Zsa Gabor was fantastic as well. She's quite a storyteller, and they had really good rapport.

Michael was a true gentleman. Loved his interviews, he let his guests talk. Bumped into him in a bookshop in Sydney in the 0000's one summer. He and his wife came Downunder often to watch a lot of cricket and rest up.

I remember one interview with Barry Humphries as Dame Edna that was so funny and subversive. Humphries managed to get Parkinson all flustered and broken out with laughter. He simply blurted out “I’m going HOME!”.

I also appreciated the time he asked Joan Rivers about plastic surgery, and she defensively asked back “Why me? How f’ing DARE you!”. They had pretty great timing together. She added, laughingly, “I’ll get it when I’m ready”.

He was an asshole. A sexist pig to Helen Mirren and Meg Ryan. Known as one of the worst in the biz.

Who's posting these obscure British people, as if anyone here has interest in a stale little enclave in the big, big world?

He did seem a bit the dirty old man, but was otherwise much better than nasty, always interrupting Charlie Rose or demented Larry King.

R11 I've seen that interview (if you can call it that!) with Dame Edna, Sharon and Dame Judi a number of times. It always has me in tears. I've seen Dame Edna perform twice in San Francisco. She was hilarious.

Popbitch claimed he once ruined a drug-fuelled party on board Elton John's yacht

He wasn't sexist to Helen Mirren, he just said she is known for being well endowed.

Great interviewer, the British Dick Cavett in a sense.

I always loved him and enjoyed his shows. Kind and respectful, comedic and a wonderful interviewer. And always so handsome.

He and Kenneth Williams hated each other, even though Williams appeared on his show more than once.

But then Williams was insane and reputedly killed his own father. They just couldn't get enough proof to pin it on him.

Parky and Kenneth Williams.