Parky: My Autobiography
A Full and Funny Life
$24.84
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2010
Summary
All Michael Parkinson really wanted to do was play cricket for Yorkshire and England. However, he soon realised that to be paid to watch films, football and cricket would be the best way to spend life, and he became a journalist. Television beckoned and for three decades Parkinson interviewed the movers and shakers of the late twentieth century, making his television programme the must-see event of the week. In singing with Bing Crosby, dancing with Billy Connolly, flirting with Miss Piggy an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340961674 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0340961678 |
| Author: | Michael Parkinson |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2010 |
| Weight: | 301g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 27mm |
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Critics Review
I recommend it heavily. It’s a wonderful book - Melvyn Bragg
Wonderfully readable… packed with revelations and insight, and offer an unrivalled glimpse into the lives of practically every giant personality of the past three decades - Daily MailNothing less than riveting - MirrorParky’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 TelegraphThe early chapters about his childhood and early career … are disarmingly modest and offer a proper glimpse into another world - IndependentCrisp and detailed prose … with an especially impressive account of a pre-second world war childhood in the north - Mark Lawson, GuardianFunny and self-deprecating and just as laid-back as he is on camera - Boyd Tonkin, IndependentAbout The Author
Michael Parkinson
Michael Parkinson is a legendary TV and radio presenter, both in the UK and Australia, and an award-winning journalist. In 2007 he announced his retirement from his ITV chat show, but continues his involvement with TV and radio. Michael Parkinson was awarded a knighthood for services to broadcasting in the 2008 New Year’s Honours list.
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