Name: Parky on Parky
Start: 2025-04-25T19:30:00+01:00
Location: Barnsley Civic

In an engaging and revealing show, Mike Parkinson, the youngest son of the late Sir Michael Parkinson who worked with his Father for over 20 years, gives his tribute to the life and career of the man that for millions defined their Saturday Night Television.
Whether in print, on radio or as host of Britain’s most iconic talk show, Sir Michael Parkinson was a household name for a generation. His death in 2023 was greeted by an outpouring of shock and grief reserved for that special breed of celebrity known collectively as ‘National Treasures’.
Parky on Parky will allow all who loved and revered him to celebrate and remember the best of the Man we all knew as Parky – the lad from a mining village called Cudworth who ended up walking tall down Fleet Street whilst tripping, like Fred Astaire, down those famous Parkinson stairs and into the hearts and minds of the British public.
Using clips from the Parkinson archive featuring the likes of Billy Connolly, Dame Edna Everage, Jimmy Cagney, Lauren Bacall, George Best, Tom Cruise, and even Meg Ryan and Emu alongside his intimate memories of the man who was both his Father and business partner, Mike Parkinson gives a funny, thoughtful and often surprising insight into what made his Father tick both as a man, a journalist and the doyen of Television interviewers.