BAFTA winning (and three-time nominated) Michael Parkinson, otherwise known as "Parky" has been doing chat shows since the 70s. He is probably the most popular chat show host there has ever been. He always invites the best guests for a laugh, the latest talk about them, or to perform, and every episode is good. He has had nearly everybody you can think of in entertainment. He's had Muhammad Ali, Charlton Heston, David Niven, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, Dudley Moore, Jack Lemmon, Kenneth Williams, Sir Peter Ustinov, Bing Crosby, George Best, Dame Maggie Smith, James Stewart, Orson Welles, Phil Silvers, Gene Kelly, Bette Davis, Sir Elton John, Fred Astaire, Peter O'Toole, Michael Crawford, Sir Alec Guinness, Billy Connolly, Shelley Winters, Barry Humphries (as Dame Edna Everage), Olivia Newton-John, Ken Dodd, James Cagney, Joanna Lumley, Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball (as Cannon and Ball), Jacqueline Bisset, Bob Hope, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Paul Merton, Sir David Attenborough, George Michael, Alan Davies, Sir Michael Caine, Harry Enfield, Oprah Winfrey, Robbie Coltrane, Eddie Izzard, Dame Diana Rigg, Sir Paul McCartney, Sting, Martin Kemp, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Richard Briers, Richard E. Grant, Alistair McGowan, Minnie Driver, Griff Rhys Jones, Vanessa Feltz, Lulu, Kenneth Branagh, Bob Monkhouse, Victoria Wood, Dawn French, Sir Tom Jones, Mike Reid, Jennifer Saunders, Ben Elton, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Julie Walters, Robson Green, Hugh Laurie, Jane Horrocks, Lord Sir Richard Attenborough, Richard Wilson, Sir Terry Wogan, Dolly Parton, Kirk Douglas, John Cleese, Martin Clunes, Kevin Costner, Lee Evans, Sir John Mills, Tamzin Outhwaite, Hugh Grant, Robbie Williams, John Hurt, Ulrika Jonsson, Jack Dee, Sir David Jason, Ronan Keating, David and Victoria Beckham, Jim Davidson, Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, Anne Robinson, Noddy Holder, Ricky Tomlinson, Cher, Stephen Fry, Gabrielle, Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Martine McCutcheon, Cilla Black, Liza Tarbuck, Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe, Kylie Minogue, Mel Gibson, Dame Judi Dench, Kevin Spacey, Céline Dion, Ian Hislop, Sacha Baron Cohen (as Ali G), Tony Bennett, Jeff Bridges, James Nesbitt, Rob Brydon, Timothy Spall, Chris Tarrant, Brian May, Tom Hanks, Ricky Gervais, Michael Palin, Gillian Anderson, Madness, Paul O'Grady, Nigella Lawson, Steve Coogan, Charlotte Church, Jools Holland, Beverley Knight, Jamie Oliver, Ardal O'Hanlon, Rowan Atkinson, Pierce Brosnan, Jeremy Clarkson, Neil Morrissey, Denise Van Outen, Gloria Gaynor, Sir Ian McKellen, David Dickinson, Hugh Jackman, Des O'Connor, Matthew Perry, Heather Small, Dame Shirley Bassey, Ronnie Corbett, Amanda Holden, Jo Brand, Annie Lennox, Dame Helen Mirren, Ronni Ancona, Dido, Sir Sean Connery, Boris Johnson, Sheryl Crow, Clint Eastwood, Shane Richie, Meg Ryan, Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine, Rod Stewart, Emma Thompson, Peter Kay, Will Young, Gwyneth Paltrow, David Bowie, Alicia Keys, Katie Melua, Johnny Vegas, Robson Green, Harry Connick Jr., Lionel Richie, Patrick Stewart, Jon Culshaw, Bill Nighy, Jimmy Carr, Ross Kemp, Nigel Harman, Joss Stone, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, Mick Hucknall, Davina McCall, Gordon Ramsay, LeAnn Rimes, Bruce Forsyth, Tom Cruise, Kelly Holmes, Naomi Campbell, Simon Cowell, Denzel Washington, Lenny Henry, Frank Skinner, Dame Julie Andrews, Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, Kevin Kline, Sir Cliff Richard, Joan Rivers, Lauren Bacall, Tina Turner, Mel Brooks, Renée Zellweger, Joe Pasquale, Barbara Windsor, Sir Bob Geldof, Bruce Willis, Will Smith, Patsy Kensit, Jerry Springer, Ray Winstone, Sandra Bullock, Billie Piper, John Sergeant, John Travolta, Anastacia, James Blunt, Robert Lindsay, Matt Lucas and David Walliams, Susan Sarandon, Madonna, Chris Evans, Matthew Kelly, Stevie Wonder, Dave Spikey, Rachel Weisz, John Williams, Tony Blair, Kathy Burke, Sharon Stone, Bette Midler, Jane Fonda, Daniel Day-Lewis, Noel Edmonds, Kathleen Turner, Martin Freeman, Melvyn Bragg, Jamie Foxx, Jeremy Paxman, Corinne Bailey Rae, Jude Law, Justin Timberlake, Kate Winslet, Wendy Richard and many more famous faces. It has been nominated the BAFTAs for Best Entertainment (Programme or Series), and it has won 3 National Television Awards for Most Popular Talk Show. It has been on nearly all 100 Greatest TV Treats programmes so far, and it was number 8 on The 100 Greatest TV Programmes. Very good!