New Year Honours 2008
Michael Parkinson
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Broadcasting.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 21 times in the New Year Honours List 2008 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2008
Alasdair Uist Macdonald
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to Education.”
Alexander Fred Markham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
Chief Executive
Brian William Vickers
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to Literary Scholarship.”
Bruce Anthony John Ponder
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to Medicine.”
Ian Gerald McAllister
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to Transport.”
James Meyer Sassoon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to the Finance Industry and to public service.”
John Boothman Stuttard
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For public service.”
John Irving Bell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to Medicine.”
John James Griffen Good
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
Renfrewshire
“Chair, Edrington Group. For services to Industry in Scotland.”
John Michael Ashworth
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For public service.”
John Stewart Savill of Experimental Medicine
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to Clinical Science.”
John William Sorrell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to the Creative Industries.”
Michael Frank Harris
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For public service.”
Nicholas Roger Kenyon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to Classical Music.”
Patrick Hugh Haren
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to the Electricity Industry in Northern Ireland.”
Prof Ian Wilmut
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
Tweeddale
“Director, Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine. For services to Science.”
Prof Timothy Michael Martin O'shea
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
Edinburgh
“Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Edinburgh. For services to Higher Education.”
Robert Naylor
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to Healthcare.”
Roger Mark Jowell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to Social Science.”
Stuart Alan Ransom Rose
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to the Retail Industry and to Corporate Social Responsibility.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Malorie Blackman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Jonathan Davies
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to People with Cancer and to Broadcasting.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Alice Coote
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Suffolk
“For services to the Arts.”
Gabrielle Logan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Daniel Calvert
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the Culinary Arts in Japan and to UK/Japan Culinary Relations.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Jennifer Rose-miller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Pauline Hough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Melanie Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir.”
Brian Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
Rex Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
John Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2008
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2008).
Published 29 December 2007.
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