A TV legend who died last year is set to ‘continue as the chat show king’ from beyond the grave.
Sir Michael Parkinson, whose TV career spanned seven decades, died last year aged 88.
Throughout his illustrious career, the broadcaster interviewed some of the most famous people in the world, including Ingrid Bergmann, Fred Astair, Lauren Bacall, Sir Elton John, Muhammad Ali and Meg Ryan, to name a few.
He fronted his own BBC chat show Parkinson from 1971 to 1982 and then from 1998 to 2007, with the programme switching to ITV for its final three years.
However now there now plans to utilise artificial intelligence to allow him to continue interviewing.
The technology ‘will be used to recreate Parky’s distinctive voice as he quizzes famous names for a podcast’.
‘The fact that a bizarre project like this is being pursued is a measure of just how adored Parky …