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TV Chat show veteran Sir Michael Parkinson aged 72, from Bray, was among the collection of local figures on the Queens New Years Honours List.
Sir Michael Parkinson, CBE received his knighthood shortly after bowing out of his long running and legendary chat show Parkinson which has made him just as famous as many of the star he interviews. He comically commented he thought that he was "not the type to get a knighthood coming as he did from Barnsley. They give it to anyone nowadays”. A brief History of his Honours and awards: In 1999 Parkinson was the recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside. He was invested as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Prince Charles in November 2000 for "services to broadcasting". He was placed 8th in the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes compiled by the British Film Institute in 2000. In 2006, Parkinson was presented with the prestigious Honorary Patronage of the University Philosophical Society (Trinity College, Dublin). Parkinson was made a Knight Bachelor in the 2008 New Year's Honours List For More information Visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Parkinson
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