Michael Parkinson

'a quietly impressive book, which does something most celebrity autobiographies shy away from: it seeks the truth and, more often than not, finds it.' - THE MAIL A look at the life and times of the man Sir Michael most looked up to. It started in the shadow of the pithead in a South Yorkshire mining village and ended up...

This exciting new autobiography charts legendary broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson's love of cricket, football, and family throughout his life. Reflecting on his sporting life, he touches on his relationship with the late Shane Warne, whom he was the first to interview in long form, and recalls his friendship with the legends of sport. A keen sportsman himself, having played for...

All Michael Parkinson really wanted to do was play cricket for Yorkshire and England. However, he soon realised that being paid to watch films, football, and cricket would be the best way to spend life, leading him to become a journalist. Television beckoned, and for three decades, Parkinson interviewed the movers and shakers of the late twentieth century, making his...

This exciting new autobiography charts legendary broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson's love of cricket, football and family throughout his life. Reflecting on his sporting life, he touches on his relationship with the late Shane Warne, who he was the first to interview in long form, and recalls his friendship with the legends of sport. A keen sportsman himself, having played for...