Parkinson(1971–1982)

Jimmy Tarbuck, Ben Travers, John Snow

Joyce Grenfell, William Blezard, Gwyn Thomas

Peter O'Toole, Roger Vadim, Twiggy, Spike Miligan

Dudley Moore, Kenneth Tynan, Harvey Smith

Sammy Davis Jnr

Phillis Diller, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Vincent Price

Michael Crawford, William Rushton, Pam Ayres

Glenda Jackson, Desmond Morris

Les Dawson, The 6th Earl of Carnarvon, Tom Paxton

George Burns

Jimmy Hill, Max Bygraves

Sacha Distel, Juliette Greco

Billy Connolly, Anna Raeburn, Rod Hull & Emu, Frank Evans

Michael Bentine, Gerald Durrell

Rudolf Nureyev, John Curry

Dr Magnus Pyke, David Bellamy, Patrick Moore, Rowland Emett

Sir John Miles, Anthony Hopkins, George Melly, John Chilton's Feetwarmers

Esther Rantzen, Magnus Magnusson, Bernard Manning

Sir Harold Wilson, Mike Yarwood

Jonathan Miller

John Arlott, Julian Bream, Peter Ustinov

Michael Aspel, Max Wall, Katie Boyle, Ralph McTell

Best of previous guests

Edna O'Bien, Hughie Green, Charles Aznavour

Sammy Cahn, Ethel Merman, Roger Moore

Michael Caine, Helen Haynes, Soraya

Dave Allen, Dee Brown, Otto Pettinger

Lyall Watson, Telly Savalas, Gina Lollobrigida

Julie Andrews, Blake Edwards

Harry Secombe, Harold Robbins, Anita Loos

Henry Cooper, Lawrence Durrell, Terry Thomas

Glynis Johns, Nanette Newman, Bryan Forbes, Dame Flora Macleod

Patrick Moore, Oscar Peterson, Ronnie Barker

Peter Sellers

Nettie Bainbridge, Eva Von Rueber-Staier, Twiggy, Les Dawson

Richard Burton

Muhammad Ali

Dickie Henderson, Henry Mancini, Louis Mordish

Dr. Magnus Pyke, Andy Williams

Leslie Thomas, Charles Azanavour, Pat Phoenix

Rachael Roberts, Helene Hayman, Dame Alicia Markova

Barbara Kelly, Emlyn Williams, Stephane Grappelli

Sammy Cahn, Richard Leonard

Monty Modlyn, Jimmy Logan, Annie Ross

Hellen Mirren, Mai Zetterling. Lord Boothby

Billy Connolly, Humphrey Lyttelton

Sheila Hancock, David Hemmings, The King Singers

Larry Adler, Tessie O'Shea

Dustin Hoffman

Ray Bellisario, Arthur Ashe, Terry-Thomas

Pierre Salinger, Shelley Winters

Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Al Capp

Johnny Speight, Jack Dempsey, George Carpentier, Lord Shinwell

David Niven

Mel Brooks Dr.A.L. Rowse, Pamela Stephenson

Bing Crosby, Harry Crosby

Lord Hailsham, Valerie Perrine, Lieutenant Colonel G.Styles

Dame Margot Fonteyn, Shirley Maclaine

David Niven

Lee Remick, Jonathan Miller

Gene Kelly

Cleo Laine, John Dankworth, Billy Connolly

Bette Davis, Ron Moody, Ronnie Cass

Graham Hill, Eric Sykes, Michael Winner

Henry Fonda

Pete Murray, Frederick Forsyth, Blossom Dearie

Dame Edith Evans DBE, Rt Hon Edward Heath MP

Mort Sahl, George Best, Barney Kessel

Marti Caine, Sandy Powell, Ben Travers

Bernard Braden, Harry Lorayne

6 Arthur Askey, James Hunt, Paul Simon

David Attenborough, Andre Previn

Rene Cutforth, Robert Morley

Walter Matthau, George Burns

Michael Legrand, Jack Jones, Tony Hawes

Dr Jacob Bronowski

Diana Rigg, Malcolm Muggeridge

Elton John and Michael Caine

Fred Astaire, Ava Astaire

Frankie Howerd, Brian Johnston, Manhattan Transfer

Derek Nimmo, Alan Jay Lerner, Jessie Matthews

Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, John Conteh

Sheila Hocken, Peter Alliss, Johnny Mathis, Frank Zottoli

Shelley Winters, Anthony Burgess, Sir Robert Mark

Kenneth More, Geoff Boycott, Barry Manilow

Robert Morley, Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Julian Lloyd Webber, Bricktop

Sammy Davis Junior, Buddy Rich

Roald Dahl, Jonathan Miller

Rod Steiger, Roy Hudd, Chesney Allen

Stanley Holloway

Rolf Harris, Jim Henson, The Muppets

Sir Ralph Richardson, Barry Sheene

Gloria Swanson, Olivia Newton John, Dame Edna Everage, Elton John

Mickey Rooney

Unknown

Unknown

Dolly Parton, Oscar Peterson, Cyril Fletcher

Edward Fox, Britt Ekland, Ray Reardon

Catherine Bramwell-Booth, Richard Stilgoe, Spike Milligan

Lauren Bacall, Billy Connolly, Jimmy Reid

Kirk Douglas, Dick Emery, The Pointer Sisters

Arthur Marshall, Val Doonican, Annie Ross

Stewart Grainger, Tony Benn, Dorian Williams

Carol Channing, Terry Wogan, Douglas Bing

Posy Simmons, Quentin Crisp, Malcolm Muggeridge

Kenny Everett, Lawrie McMenemy, Desmond Morris

Tony Jacklin, Reverend Don Lewis, Anthony Hopkins

Kenneth Williams, Lorraine Chase, Kevin Keegan

Warren Mitchell, Billy Connolly

Rex Harrison

Henry Cooper, Benny Green, Frankie Vaughan

Andre Previn, Harry Mortimer, The Black Dyke Mills Band

John Mortimer, Bernard Levin

Dame Margot Fonteyn, Lord Snowdon, Barbara Cartland

Bernard Manning, Olga James, Tammy Wynette

Dr Christian Barnard, Julian Pettifer, Luciano Pavarotti

Walter McCorrisken, Norman Mailer, Andy Williams

Bette Midler

Dr Henry Kissinger

The Muppets

Catherine Bramwell-Booth

Unknown

Unknown

Frank Muir, Joanna Lumley, David Bellamy

William Shatner, James Burke, Max Boyce

Faith Brown, Tom Conti, Ben Travers

Pamela Stephenson, Reginald Bosanquet, Jimmy Tarbuck

Ronnie Ross, James Galway, Laurie Lee

Peter Cook, Dame Edna Everage, Tommy Cooper, Catherine Bramwell-Booth

Brian Inglis, Martin St James

Alistair Cooke

Max Wall, Twiggy, Percy Edwards, Janet Suzman, Dr. Jonathan Miller, Larry Adler

Unknown

Cliff Mitchelmore, Dame Freya Stark

Peter Murray, Jeannie Little, Alfred Marks, Rupert Holmes

Dudley Moore, Norman St John-Stevas, Dr Robert Runcie

Lynda Carter, Mike Yarwood, Elaine Stritch

Alan Alda, Jimmy Saville, Rene Cutforth, Terry McDonald

Peter Ustinov, Placido Domingo, The King's Singers

Magnus Magnusson, Michael Bentine, Oscar Peterson

Mike Harding, Gerald Durrell, Denis Waterman

Joan Collins, Leslie Thomas, Jon Pertwee

Shirley Williams, Isla St Clair, Dr A.L. Rowse

Angela Rippon, Raymond Burr

John Arlott, Norman Collier, Emlyn Williams

James Mason James Blades, Buddy Rich

Ron Pickering, Wayne Sleep, The Chinese Magic Acrobats

Oliver Reed, Dick Evans, The Chieftains

Robert Redford, Billy Graham

Dirk Bogarde, Diana Rigg, Barbara Woodhouse

James Stewart, Geoffrey Boycott, Elkie Brooks

Alfred Marks, Rita Hunter, David Essex

Robert Powell, Ronnie Scott, Arthur Schwartz

Woody Herman, Spike Milligan

Cliff Richard, Robert Morley, Leslie Caron

Desmond Morris, Diana Dors, Kenneth Williams

Unknown

Paul Daniels, Barbara Dickson, Sir Huw Wheldon

Little & Large, Cleo Laine, John Dankworth, John Williams

Sir John Betjeman and Gracie Fields

Jimmy Tarbuck, Penelope Keith, The Earl of Carnarvon

Alistair Cooke, Alan King

Perry Como, Nick Perito

Marty Feldman, George Melly, Roger McGough

Marvin Hamlisch

Sir Alec Guinness

Billy Connolly, Borra

Peter Ustinov, Dudley Moore

Claire Bloom, Erin Pizzey, Edna O'Brien

Elizabeth Craig, Ben Travers, Lord Shinwell

Larry Grayson, Zandra Rhodes, Russell Harty

Joe Gormley, Max Boyce, Cliff Morgan

Stanley Holloway, Tony Curtis, Don MacLean

Denis Healey, Sian Phillips, Lee Marvin

Lee Trevino, Dickie Henderson, Olivia Newton John, Bob Hope

Billy Connolly, Barbara Woodhouse, Angie Dikinson, The Baron Knights

Dudley Moore, Barry Sheene, Willie Carson, Michael York

Kenneth Williams, Tom Lehrer, Robin Ray

Katie Boyle, Jack Fingleton, George Shearing

Maureen Lipman, Val Doonican

Michael Bentine, Sir Peter Scott, Graham Chapman, Alan Price

Lilli Palmer, Itzhak Perlman, Larry Adler

John Cleese, Dr Jonathan Miller

Adam Faith, Trevor Howard, Lynda Carter

Robert Morley, Sheridan Morley

Telly Savalas, General Sir John Hackett, Ingrid Bergman

James Coburn, Proffesor Eric Laithwaite, Spike Milligan

Jonathan King, Jimmy Tarbuck, Douglas Fairbanks Junior

Brian Clough, Lynn Seymour, Warren Mitchell

Arthur Marshall, Lionel Jefferies, Lillian Gish, Roger Moore, Al Read, Wall Street Crash

Unknown

Danny La Rue, Basil D'Oliveira, Charles Aznavour

Mary O'Hara, Robert Kee, Barry Manilow

Paul Daniels, William Rushton, Englebert Humperdinck

2 Trevor Nunn, Bryan Forbes, Frankie Howerd, The Roches

Sammy Cahn, Placido Domingo, Cliff Richard

David Kossof, Jim Davidson, Tessie O'Shea

Rt Hon Enoch Powell, Sir Ralph Richardson

Robin Cousins, Kenny Everett, Bob Geldof

Penelope Keith, James Gallway, Ben Vereen

Lord George-Brown, George Melly, Malcolm Muggeridge

Donald Sinden, Clive James, Suzi Quatro, Ben Vereen

Harry Secombe, Cliff Morgan, Wynford Vaughan-Thomas

Muhammad Ali, Freddie Starr

Omar Sharif, Bette Midler, Professor J.K.Galbraith

Des O'Connor, Sarah Miles, Rowan Atkinson

Robert De Niro, Sir Peter Parker, David Jacobs

Brian Johnston, Brian Glover, Tommy Trinder

Ron Pickering, Clare Francis, Denis Compton, Earl Okin

James Brown, Mike Carter, Peter Cavanagh, Hudson Peter

Stewart Granger, Lord Carrington, Cantabile

Unknown

Goldie Hawn, Lt John Blashford Snell, Thora Hird

Bruce Forsyth, Gemma Craven, Marvin Hamlisch

Kim Novak, Julian Pettifer, A.J.P. Taylor, Rose Murphy, Major Holley

300

David Shepherd, Don McCullin, Ian Wallace

Shelley Winters, Richard Stilgoe, Pete Townshend

Marti Caine, Michael Medved, Fyfe Robertson

John Huston, Mary Martin, Petula Clark

Phil Drabble, Lord Bernard Mile, Kiri Te Kanawa

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Michael Medwin, Lily Tomlin

Peter Ustinov, Jackie Charlton, Jimmy Reid, Blossom Dearie

Fanny Cradock, Bernard Manning, A.J.P. Taylor, The Tony Mansell Singers

Yul Brynner

Peter O'Toole

Tony Curtis, Patrick Moore, Vivien Neves

Jonathan Miller, Jackie Stewart - Transatlantic talk show with Dick Cavett in New York

Andy Williams, Benny Green, Johnny Mercer

Shirley Temple

Ben Lyon, Vincent Price, Danny Blanchflower

James Mason, Fenella Fielding, Albert Modley

Dame Edith Evans, Deborah Kerr, Annie Ross

Robert Mitchum, Harry Pitch

Malcolm Muggeridge

Chris Finnegan, Derek Nimmo, Victor Borge, Ralph Mc Tell

Sir John Gielgud, W.H.Auden, Cleo Laine

David Niven

Michael Parkinson interviews David Niven.

Kennth Allsop, Lauren Bacall, Tom Paxton, Danny Thompson

Ray Ellington, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Alf Costa, Jay Neill

Diana Rigg, Gore Vidal, Douglas Fairbanks

Raquel Welch, Morecambe & Wise, Janet Webb

Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, Alan Bennett

Jack Lemmon

Patrick Campbell, Frank Muir, Kenneth Williams, The Peddlers

Michel Legard, Petula Clark, George Melly

Alistair Cooke and Peter Ustinov

Bing Crosby, Don Hunt

Thor Heyerdahl, Jacques Tati, Blossom Dearie

Harold Evans, Juliette Greco, Spike Milligan

Georgia Brown, Clive Jenkins, Sir Geraint Evans

Jimmy Edwards, Eric Sykes, Ernest Borgnine, Shusha

Richard Harris

Sir Robert Helpmann, Claire Bloom, Eartha Kitt

George Best, John Betjeman, Maggie Smith, Kenneth Williams

Duke Ellington

Oliver Reed, Isobel Barnett, Mickey Spillane, Sherri Spillane, Jacques Loussier Trio

John Reid, Kenneth Williams, Dr Rhodes Boyson

James Stewart