Parkinson said one of his motivations was to “find a new, younger audience, one that possibly wasn’t aware of what my father could do”.
“It’s a wonderful way of extending the life of someone who was an outlier and a unique talent of his generation,” he added.
Explaining how the podcast would work, Anderson said: “These are brand new interviews, and the AI we’ve created is as close to the late Sir Michael as we could possibly get it.
“He is autonomous, so we let him start the interview and after that it is up to AI Sir Michael, who is trained on Sir Michael’s style and the interview questions.
He added: “We can’t tell you the guests yet, we have a few slots remaining, but they are notable, noteworthy people.”
Sir Michael’s TV career spanned seven decades, and he interviewed the world’s biggest stars on his long-running chat show, which ran on the BBC and later ITV.
