M-Net was due to present the latest season of Michael Parkinson’s popular chat show but as the material for Parkinson Season II has not yet come in, M-Net will repeat the first six episodes of Parkinson Season 1 from January 9 2005 in the evenings (check daily press for details).

The guests on this highly entertaining programme are as follows:

January 9: Tom Cruise, Billy Connolly, Kelly Holmes

January 16: Denzel Washington, Naomi Campbell, Simon Cowell

January 23: Lenny Henry, Frank Skinner, Matthew Pinsent

January 30: Ant & Dec, Michael Palin, Dame Julie Andrews

February 6: Joanna Lumley, Ricky Gervais, Kevin Kline

February 13: Jamie Oliver, Cliff Richard, Joan Rivers