Parkinson (1980)

Concept and creative process

Opening titles for the long-running talk show, in which Michael Parkinson conversed with a series of celebrity guests. The principal change in the titles for this series was the logo. The now solid letters were animated and twisted like barley sugar and used as mattes to display live action portraits of famous past guests, before becoming a solid colour keyed over the live studio orchestra and the host’s walk down to the stage.