Parkinson at 50

Sir Michael Parkinson looks back over his 50 years as a broadcaster, revealing some tricks of the interview trade and remembering some of his favourite encounters.

Michael Parkinson

Mike Parkinson

(Interviewer / Michael's Son)

Peter Kay

(Self (archive footage))

John Lennon

(Self (archive footage))

Yoko Ono

(Self (archive footage))

Paul McCartney

(Self (archive footage))

Lauren Bacall

(Self (archive footage))

Bette Midler

(Self (archive footage))

Mick Jagger

(Self (archive footage))

Bruce Forsyth

(Self (archive footage))

Muhammad Ali

(Self (archive footage))

Orson Welles

(Self (archive footage))

James Cagney

(Self (archive footage))

Barry Humphries

(Dame Edna Everage (archive footage))

Peter Ustinov

(Self (archive footage))

Dudley Moore

(Self (archive footage))

Joan Rivers

(Self (archive footage))

Pauline Quirke

(Self (archive footage))

Billie Piper

(Self (archive footage))

Noel Gallagher

(Self (archive footage))

Julie Walters

(Self (archive footage))

Meg Ryan

(Self (archive footage))

Helen Mirren

(Self (archive footage))

George Michael

(Self (archive footage))

Stevie Wonder

(Self (archive footage))

Lenny Henry

(Self (archive footage))

Tommy Cooper

(Self (archive footage))

Anthony Hopkins

(Self (archive footage))

Victoria Wood

(Self (archive footage))

David Attenborough

(Self (archive footage))

Victoria Beckham

(Self (archive footage))

Oprah Winfrey

(Self (archive footage))

Elton John

(Self (archive footage))

Billy Connolly

(Self (archive footage))

Jacob Bronowski

(Self (archive footage))