My Favourite Interviews - Michael Barrymore

Hi everyone, and welcome to episode 5 of this new season of Tales From a very minor celebrity, a delve into my celebrity archive a look back at some of my very favourite interviews from my career in radio and TV….

Michael Ciaran Parker better known by his stage name Michael Barrymore was born in 1952. During the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. he hosted shows such as Strike It Luck, My Kind Of People, My Kind Of Music, Kids Say The Funniest Things, and his own variety show, Barrymore. In 1993, he headlined the Royal Variety Performance.

At his peak he was voted the UK's favourite television star several times, and became one of the highest-paid performers on television from the mid-1980s to the late-1990s.

Barrymore's television career effectively ended after the death of Stuart Labbock in 2001 following a party at Barrymore's house in Essex.

He tried for many years to revive his TV career…he appeared as a guest or contestant in a number of celebrity style programmes which culminated with him being named runner up in the 2006 edition of Celebrity Big Brother

When I met him he was promoting his one man show at Londons Wyndham’s theatre back in 2003.

Is it possible for someone with very little self confidence and who is also very shy to go on to become a radio and TV presenter?…Hosting their own live radio show, interviewing royals, Oscar winning actors and musical superstars as well as hosting shows in front of 20,000 people and even moving to another country to start a new career….Well I’m here to tell you that it is, because I did just that. My name is Simon Baldock and this podcast is called, “Tales from a very minor celebrity”….this is the story of how I overcame my insecurities and shyness and went on to have a 35 year career in broadcasting both in the UK and in Spain. You’ll hear some of my most memorable celebrity interviews and all the adventures I’ve had both in the UK and Spain and the stories behind them…like the time I delivered half a carcass of beef to Margaret Thatcher at 10 Downing Street! “Tales from a very minor celebrity”, a weekly podcast from me Simon Baldock.

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