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.