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Born Michael Ciaran Parker on the 4th of May 1952 in Bermondsey, South London. Michael's mother, Margaret Parker, was an entertainer herself.  His father apparently left home when Michael was just nine years old.

The young Michael Parker began a career in hairdressing, a potentially lucrative career it would seem with a celebrity client list.  Michael's personality must have made him ideally suited to his job as a redcoat before it enabled him to find work for a while as a warm-up man in television studios, Are You Being Served? being one of the shows he helped along.  As Michael Barrymore he was a winner on the talent show New Faces. The rest, as they say, is history -

It's not just television - Michael has always been a brilliant live performer.

Here's Michael in an early stage appearance.

And not forgetting....

Throughout Michael's Michael's career he has been spectactularly successful at award ceromonies. You just might be surprised at exactly how successful.Click here.

The Daily Mirror's supplement The Look carried an interview with Michael the day before his new series 'Bob Martin' started. It tells a very touching account of Michael's life, along with details of his new show. Click here to see it, or better still print it (4 sheets) to read at your leisure.

Bob Martin seems to have turned the media's attention to Michael once more(for all the right reasons this time).The Daily Express Carried this story on the 5th of April 2000. Click here to see it.

Yet more Bob Martin material. Pictures of Michael and other celebrities, mainly from the second episode. Click here.

I also have Michael's story as told by a souvenir programme from one of his live shows: Click here to see it.