On Life Stories, Michael broke down as he recalled the traumatic experience of watching his father die.
After the interview, the presenter wrote Like Father, Like Son with his youngest son, Michael Parkinson Jr.
He told Express.co.uk: “I broke down nearly 40 years later over my father’s death, I thought I had stored that away, I thought I had got rid of that grief, but I hadn’t.
“It got me thinking… what was it about this man that made him unforgettable in my life?”
Parkinson at 50 will air on BBC One later this year.
Published at Sun, 28 Mar 2021 00:01:00 +0000
Michael Parkinson returns to BBC to share rare insight into most memorable interviews
