| Record Number |
723392 |
| ISBN |
9781844567454 |
| Author |
Parkinson, Michael, 1935- |
| Title |
Parky [sound recording] : my autobiography / Michael Parkinson ; read by author. |
| Publisher/Date |
London : Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks, 2008. |
| Pagination etc. |
4 sound discs (CD) (ca. 5 hrs.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Contents note |
Abridged. |
| Performer note |
Read by Michael Parkinson. |
| Summary Note |
Michael Parkinson was born in a pit village in Yorkshire where he lived on the back row of the local cinema. He became a journalist and a familial sight around Barnsley and district, riding his bike while wearing a military style raincoat, snap-brimmed trilby with elastic chinstrap and green cycle clips. Thus disguised, he bluffed his way on to the Manchester Guardian, and later the Daily Express in Eleet Street before being found out and sent back to Manchester, when he worked for Granada Television. He eventually ended up at the BBC with a talk show that ran for many years and made him an instantly recognisable face. Parkinson's memoir is an inspiring story, particularly for anyone who hated school and left with two O levels, because it proves that dreams do come true. |
| Subject - Name |
Parkinson, Michael, -- 1935- |
| Parkinson, Michael, -- 1935- fast |
| Subject |
Talking books |
| Television personalities -- Great Britain -- Biography |
| Journalists -- Great Britain -- Biography |
| Great Britain |
| Biography. |
| Shelf Location |
CD 791.45092 PARK |
