This Is Your Life (1955)
This Is Your Life (1955)
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Cast & Crew.
Eamonn Andrews
Self - Host
Michael Aspel
Self - Host
Elizabeth Dawn
Self
June Whitfield
Self
Jimmy Tarbuck
Self
William Roache
Self
Eric Sykes
Self
Jim Davidson
Self
Melvyn Hayes
Self
Harry Secombe
Self
Bebe Daniels
Self
Boris Karloff
Self
Catherine Cookson
Self - Guest
Kitty O'Neil
Self - Guest
Ralph Edwards
Self
Yvonne Bailey
Self
Ted Ray
Self
James Butterworth
Self
C. B. Fry
Self
Johanna Harris
Self
Donald Campbell
Self
Joe Brannelly
Self
Stanley Matthews
Self
Henry Starling
Self
Ida Cook
Self
Lupino Lane
Self
Hugh Olof De Wet
Self
Elizabeth Wilde
Self
Robert Stanford Tuck
Self
Michael Doheny
Self
Kevin Doheny
Self
Patrick Macnee
Self
Vivian Richards
Self
Ruth Madoc
Self
Tessie O'Shea
Self
Fitzroy Maclean
Self
Alice Faye
Self
Millicent Martin
Self
Bernard Miles
Self
Keith Barron
Self
Bob Geldof
Self
Bryan Robson
Self
Jean Anderson
Self
Frank Carson
Self
Russell Grant
Self
Zandra Rhodes
Self
Lord Harewood
Self
Harry Andrews
Self
Alvin Stardust
Self
H J Sweeney
Self
Paul Henry
Self
Peter Alliss
Self
Jim Bowen
Self
Jack Douglas
Self
Dan Maskell
Self
Donald Sinden
Self
Johnnie Johnson
Self
Peter Scott
Self
Ada Reeve
Self
Peter Methven
Self
Sue Ryder
Self
Harry S. Pepper
Self
Compton MacKenzie
Self
Maud Fairman
Self
Billy Smart
Self
Brian Hession
Self
John Barbirolli
Self
Duncan Guthrie
Self
Esmond Knight
Self
Sammy McCarthy
Self
Edwin Madron
Self
Diana Dors
Self
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 29, 1955
StatusCanceled
Seasons43
Episodes1090
Running Time30m
Genres
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This Is Your Life is a British biographical television documentary, based on the 1952 American series. It was hosted by Eamonn Andrews from 1955 until 1964, and then from 1969 until his death in 1987. Michael Aspel then took up the role of host until the show ended in 2003. It briefly returned in 2007 as a one-off special presented by Trevor McDonald.
In the show the host surprises a special guest, before taking them through their life with the assistance of the 'big red book'. Both celebrities and non-celebrities have been featured on the show. The show was originally broadcast live, and over its run it has alternated between being broadcast on the BBC and on ITV.
The surprise element was a very important part of the show; if the guest heard about the project beforehand, it would be cancelled.