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Wasn't he born in Battersea, London? 2007 hosted "Have I got news for You" and gave the bird....... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.201.104.21 (talk) 21:21, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

'Often mistaken for Michael Parkinson'[edit]

Who by? Who says so? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.21.243.189 (talk) 17:16, 16 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm revising the article in response to the clean up tags. I'm happy to discuss changes if needed. -- — Keithbob • Talk • 17:48, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm done and have removed the copy edit tags. However, more sources are needed.-- — Keithbob • Talk • 01:07, 4 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Parents…?[edit]

It's fairly normal in a bio of this sort to make at least some passing reference to the parents (their names, occupations, etc). We can see from the endnotes/footnotes he didn't like his father but even that doesn't make it in to the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.219.176.153 (talk) 12:59, 11 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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