Chat show host Michael ‘Parky’ Parkinson, who died in 2023, always fancied volunteering as a magistrate. And now his son Mike is doing exactly that… View 3 Images Michael Parkinson (right) with son Mike in 2016 (Image: Alamy Stock Photo)

You might know him as the late, great telly legend – but the young Michael Parkinson was just a local newspaper reporter. He often spent his days in magistrates’ court, covering cases and working on his shorthand. ‌

It became a fascination that stayed with him, as well as his son Mike, a TV producer and now a magistrate himself. Here he reveals how he’s keeping his dad’s memory alive… ‌

There’s no doubt Michael Parkinson made his family proud. The son of a coalminer, he became an iconic TV star, with a string of awards and his own pr

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