Parkinson
Parkinson is an entertainment show on BBC4. The late, great chat show legend Michael Parkinson sits down with celebrity guests - meeting the greatest names in entertainment in a star-studded series that spanned decades. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 28 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in April 2026.
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Michael Parkinson in conversation with Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Julian Lloyd Webber and more.
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Michael Parkinson looks back at his meetings with Hollywood's leading ladies, including Bette Davis, Raquel Welch, Bette Midler, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman and Miss Piggy.
March 2026
Michael Parkinson's guests are Gillian Anderson, Paul O'Grady and Paul Whitehouse. With music from Madness, who perform a couple of their classic hits.
Michael Parkinson interviews Alistair Cooke, the journalist and broadcaster best known for his long-running radio programme Letter from America. First broadcast in 1980.
Michael Parkinson is joined by Joanna Lumley, Sir Ian McKellen, Neil Morrissey and Marion Montgomery.
February 2026
Michael Parkinson in conversation with Kenneth Allsop, Lauren Bacall and Tom Paxton. First transmitted in 1972.
Chat show hosted by Michael Parkinson, featuring guests Terry Wogan, Betty Boothroyd and Harry Enfield.
January 2026
Michael Parkinson in conversation with stage and screen star Yul Brynner. Featuring film clips from The Ten Commandments, The King and I, The Magnificent Seven and Catlow.
December 2025
In a Christmas special, first broadcast on 25 December 1979, Michael Parkinson talks to Peter Cook, Tommy Cooper, Dame Edna Everage and Catherine Bramwell-Booth.
Michael Parkinson introduces a chat show compilation of Morecambe and Wise shows. Those taking part include Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Andre Previn and Shirley Bassey.
Michael Parkinson talks to Dame Judi Dench, comedian Peter Kay and zoologist and TV presenter Charlotte Uhlenbroek. With music from Will Young.
November 2025
Michael Parkinson with guests Michael Palin, Kate Adie and Ricky Gervais.
Michael Parkinson in converstion with Goldie Hawn, Thora Hird and Lt Col John Blashford-Snell.
Michael Parkinson in conversation with Spike Milligan, James Coburn and Professor Eric Laithwaite
October 2025
Michael Parkinson in conversation with Patricia Routledge, Morgan Freeman and Gary Lineker.
Michael Parkinson in conversation with Julie Andrews and Blake Edwards. From 1974.
September 2025
Michael Parkinson's special guest is the great American musician, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington.
Michael Parkinson chats to Harry Secombe, Harold Robbins and Anita Loos.