Former chat show king, Michael Parkinson has admitted that he lost a slot on BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are because his ancestors are too boring.

Parkinson revealed that he was approached by the BBC about appearing on the show but then dropped after they failed to dig any dirt on his family.

Speaking to the Radio Times, he explained: “I’m addicted to Who Do You Think You Are?. It’s the fascination we all have for our roots – the intriguing story of our lives.”

He added: “On my father’s side – miners and farm labourers. On my mother’s – railwaymen and domestics. My story was so boring they had to cancel the entire project. I was gutted.”

He said: “Of all the celebrity-based telly programmes, this was the only one I wanted to be on.”