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Parky's People: The Interviews - 100 of the Best

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Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 9 December 2010.

A distillation of over 2,000 interviews that Michael Parkinson conducted throughout his TV career. His chosen interviews range from the arts to sports and politics; memorable conversations, intimate glimpses into private lives, humour and sadness. A collection reminding us all of the stellar names that have succumbed to the Parky treatment.

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In Parky’s People, Parkinson sets down on record the highlights of his interviews which provide an intimate insight into the private lives and personal characters of great celebrities, even the most reticent,  from around the world. From Tony Blair and Henry Kissinger, John Betjeman and WH Auden, to Ken Dodd, Elton John, Fred Astaire and Ingrid Bergman.  Always perceptive, witty, often wise, his TV programme was essential viewing and now this book is never less than compulsive reading.  Remarkable interviews with Edith Evans and Ben Travers demonstrate that Parkinson’s empathy with the old is as evident as his easy familiarity with sportsmen like George Best, Muhammad Ali and David Beckham. Great comics such as Billy Connolly, Bob Hope, and Morecambe and Wise prove as funny on the page as on screen and it seems that the star of every Hollywood legend shines brightly under Parkinson’s subtle questioning.

Sue Baker

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