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we will never see his like again." and the bbc director general — tim davie said "michael was the king of the chat show and he defined the format for all the presenters and shows that followed" david sillitojoins us now. its unsuprising so many have already paid tribute — michael parkinson — was a legendary broadcaster. what is is interesting is how the show started, it was a fill—in for the dead days of summers just a few weeks. they said we will have a chat show and mix people from different backgrounds and see what happens. he said, can we do without the desk and make it informal and it was like a graveyard slot. the fact that we are still talking about those interviews 50 years on suggests there was a special moment going on there. and