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 2024. A total of 28 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in October 2025.
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Michael Parkinson in conversation with Patricia Routledge, Morgan Freeman and Gary Lineker.
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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.
August 2025
Michael Parkinson with guests Billy Connolly, Anna Raeburn, Rod Hull & Emu and Frank Evans. First transmitted in 1976.
Michael Parkinson searches the archives and revisits four outstanding interviews with the late boxing legend Muhammad Ali.
Michael Parkinson in conversation with Frederick Forsyth, Pete Murray and Blossom Dearie.
July 2025
Michael Parkinson is joined by Helen Mirren, Cilla Black and Jo Brand. With music from Annie Lennox.
May 2025
Michael Parkinson in conversation with Kim Novak, Julian Pettifer and AJP Taylor.
Michael Parkinson is joined by Barbara Woodhouse, Diana Rigg and Dirk Bogarde.
Michael Parkinson in conversation with Paul Daniels, William Rushton and Engelbert Humperdinck.
April 2025
Michael Parkinson in conversation with Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and John Conteh.
Michael Parkinson talks to comic actor Michael Crawford and American entertainer Liberace, who plays a medley of Christmas songs.
Chat show hosted by Michael Parkinson, with guests The Buddy Rich Orchestra, Kenny Everett, Roy Castle and Sammy Davis Jr.
March 2025
Michael Parkinson in conversation with comedian Dave Allen, actress and singer Toyah Willcox and singer-songwriter Peter Skellern.
Michael Parkinson talks to actor Michael Caine about his life and career, in a programme that first aired in 2002.
February 2025
In a programme from 1972, Michael Parkinson talks to American actor Jack Lemmon, who also performs Love Walked In on the piano.
January 2025
Rock star Rod Stewart, writer, actress and comedian Maureen Lipman and actress Tamzin Outhwaite are in conversation with Michael Parkinson.
Parkinson Meets Shirley MacLaine
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Michael Parkinson interviews American actress Shirley MacLaine.