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Michael Parkinson has hit out at TV executives who he feels are more interested in famous faces than booking new talent to appear on shows.
In an interview with theJazz's Helen Mayhew, reported in The Guardian, Parkinson talks about a show he did years ago with a then unknown Duke Ellington, and pointed out that he wouldn't be able to get such a show made today.
"Nowadays if you suggest somebody like that, they say 'Ooh I don't know ... who? What's he done?' It's sad. There's a generation of people running broadcasting, running television particularly, nowadays who have no musical culture beyond that which exists in the top 10," he said.
Parkinson begins the last run of his ITV chat on Saturday. In recent years he has been instrumental in helping artists like Jamie Cullum, Diana Krall and Katie Melua break into the mainstream. The interview airs on theJazz on Helen Mayhew's Sunday show at 5pm.
In an interview with theJazz's Helen Mayhew, reported in The Guardian, Parkinson talks about a show he did years ago with a then unknown Duke Ellington, and pointed out that he wouldn't be able to get such a show made today.
"Nowadays if you suggest somebody like that, they say 'Ooh I don't know ... who? What's he done?' It's sad. There's a generation of people running broadcasting, running television particularly, nowadays who have no musical culture beyond that which exists in the top 10," he said.
Parkinson begins the last run of his ITV chat on Saturday. In recent years he has been instrumental in helping artists like Jamie Cullum, Diana Krall and Katie Melua break into the mainstream. The interview airs on theJazz on Helen Mayhew's Sunday show at 5pm.
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