Mary Parkinson is a British journalist and television presenter and the wife of Sir Michael Parkinson.
She was born in Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire. She presented the 1970s magazine programme Good Afternoon, produced by Thames Television. Amongst other TV work, she also frequently appeared as a panellist on Through the Keyhole.
There is little information about Mary on the internet.
In August 2014, Michael Parkinson was one of the 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September’s referendum on that issue.