Parkinson: 'Bring back chatshows'

Sir Michael Parkinson has claimed that there is a lack of chatshows on television.

According to Yahoo! News, the former presenter of his interview programme Parkinson said that he misses conversational shows.

"I think it's sad that there isn't the kind of chat show I used to do on air at the moment," he said. "I don't want to do it, but something different to the comedy chatshow, which has it's place."

He added: "As a viewer I like to watch that kind of conversational chatshow. It's missing now. Maybe it will come back. I don't know."

The television veteran recently suggested that Jade Goody had been exploited.