Draft:List of Parkinson episodes

Parkinson was a British chat show, hosted by Michael Parkinson. It was first broadcast on BBC One between 1971 & 1982, but was revived by the BBC in 1998. In 2004 the show moved to ITV1, where it remained until Parkinson announced his retirement in 2007. The final regular episode was broadcast on 17 November 2007, with a final episode, featuring clips and interviews from across the shows run, airing on the 22 December. A total of 540 episodes were broadcast over 36 years.

Episodes
=== Series 1 (1971) === The original recordings of the first 12 episodes were wiped following transmission and are considered lost. As of 2023, only a 16mm B&W film print of episode 12 (TX: 04/09/1971), and a colour reel of Parkinson's interview with John Lennon & Yoko Ono (TX: 17/07/1971) are known to exist. Jazz singer Marion Montgomery was a regular guest during this series.

=== Series 2 (1972-73) === All episodes from this series survive, with the exception of Episode 6 (TX: 08/07/1972).

Series 3 (1973-74)
As with Series 2, all episodes survive, with the exception of Episode 4 (TX: 29/09/1973).

=== Series 4 (1974-75) ===