Parky

From prize-winning journalist to chat show king on a show voted one of the top ten British TV programmes of all time, Michael Parkinson's starry career spans over four decades. Now an international celebrity himself, the man from a humble but colourful Yorkshire mining family who can tease out the secrets of even the most reticent star guest, at last reveals his own story, with the easy manner and insight that has kept his audiences fascinated. His distinguished career has involved working on highly acclaimed current affairs and film programmes. His wide interests and expertise include jazz, film, football and cricket. Witty, humorous and blessed with exceptional intellectual clarity, Michael Parkinson's memoir is a joy to read.

ISBN 034096166X   Pages 400 ISBN13 9780340961667 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Hodder & Stoughton General Division   Weight (grammes) 790 Imprint Hodder & Stoughton Ltd   Published in London Format Hardback   Height (mm) 243 Publication date 02 Oct 2008   Width (mm) 167 DEWEY 791.45092   Spine width (mm) 36 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General

		Photographic Acknowledgements
		Preface - The Choice
1		Pit Village		1
2		Jack's Lad		9
3		Cudworth, Yorkshire and England		16
4		The Noble Art of Beach Cricket		21
5		Grammar School Sentence		31
6		Junior Reporter		38
7		All That Jazz		46
8		Private Parkinson		53
9		A Cricketing Guinea Pig		64
10		Proper Journalists Begin at Suez		70
11		Opening for Barnsley with Dickie Bird		83
12		The Girl on the Upper Deck		90
13		Watching Neville Cardus		97
14		The Black Palace in Fleet Street		103
15		Brendan Behan's False Teeth		109
16		Our Man in the Congo		115
17		Disenchantment		123
18		Granadaland		131
19		A Spot of Trouble in Zanzibar		139
20		The Six Day War		151
21		Paid to Watch Movies, Football and Cricket		161
22		Talk Show Host		170
23		Ali, the Greatest		181
24		Ali in Autumn		192
25		Emu and Meg Ryan		201
26		Lighting Up For Bette Davis		211
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"I recommend it heavily. It's a wonderful book" -- Melvyn Bragg "Parky's book is a joyous, breezy read, as much for the improbability of his early escapades as for his backstage anecdotes about the stars. It is also beautifully written" -- Daily Telegraph "The early chapters about his childhood and early career ... are disarmingly modest and offer a proper glimpse into another world" -- Independent "Crisp and detailed prose ... with an especially impressive account of a pre-second world war childhood in the north" -- Mark Lawson, Guardian 'Funny and self-deprecating and just as laid-back as he is on camera' -- Boyd Tonkin, Independent "This autobiography is just like an extended edition of a brilliant Parkinson on television -- engrossing and entertaining" -- Irish Times

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