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Patrick Moore questions Michael Parkinson.
Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore CBE HonFRS FRAS (1923 – 2012) was an English amateur astronomer who attained prominence in that field as a writer, researcher, radio commentator, and television presenter.
Moore was president of the British Astronomical Association; co-founder and president of the Society for Popular Astronomy; author of over seventy books on astronomy; and presenter of the world's longest-running television series with the same original presenter, BBC's The Sky at Night (from 1957). He became known as a specialist in Moon observation and for creating the Caldwell catalogue.
Patrick Moore was born on March 4, 1923, in Pinner, Middlesex, England. He was an actor and writer, known for Gamesmaster (1992), The Sky at Night (1957), and Doctor Who (2005). He died on December 9, 2012, in Selsey, West Sussex, England.
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He played the xylophone.
He served with the British Royal Air Force from 1940 to 1945 during World War II.
He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1968 Queen's Birthday Honours List, the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1988 Queen's Birthday Honours List and was made a Knight Bachelor in the 2001 Queen's New Year Honours List for his services to astronomy and broadcasting.
He presented one of the longest-running TV shows in United Kingdom history, The Sky at Night (1957), which started in 1957 and is still shown every month as of 2019.
In 1957 on the programme, The Sky at Night (1957), he opened his mouth to speak and a fly flew in. Ever the professional, Moore swallowed the fly in front of millions of viewers and carried on with the show. He later told his family of his ordeal, and got no sympathy from his mother, telling him "it was worse for the fly"!
He is the author of the Caldwell catalog, an index concerning star gazing for amateurs.
He was awarded an Honorary Degree from England's Lancaster University in 1974.
He said his fiancée Lorna, a nurse, was killed in 1943 during World War II and that was why he never married or had children. However, some doubt has arisen over Moore's account, as researchers have been unable to identify Lorna, despite the meticulous records kept of wartime civilian casualties.
Personal Quotes
✌️The trouble is the BBC now is run by women and it shows soap operas, cooking, quizzes, kitchen-sink plays. You wouldn't have had that in the golden days. I would like to see two independent wavelengths - one controlled by women, and one for us, controlled by men.✌️(Speaking in 2007)
✌️I used to watch Doctor Who (1963) and Star Trek (1966), but they went PC - making women commanders, that kind of thing. I stopped watching.✌️
✌️He was ahead of his time in so many ways. Quite apart from artificial satellites there were other things too. A great science fiction writer, a very good scientist, a great prophet, and a very dear friend, I'm very, very sad that he's gone.✌️ (On Arthur C. Clarke)
✌️I was in hospital once and I watched a whole episode of EastEnders (1985). I suppose it's true to life. But so is diarrhea - and I don't want to see that on television.✌️
Sir Michael Parkinson CBE (born 28 March 1935) is an English broadcaster, journalist, and author. He presented his television talk show, Parkinson, from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007, as well as other talk shows and programs both in the UK and internationally. He has also worked in radio. He has been described by The Guardian as "the great British talkshow host"
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