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This Is Your Life

TV series / 1955

This Is Your Life

Documentary

★ 6.7/10Audience rating

This is Your Life is a British biographical television documentary, based on the 1952 American show of the same name. It was hosted by Eamonn Andrews from 1955 until 1964, and then from 1969 until his death in 1987 aged 64. Michael Aspel then took up the role of host until the show ended in 2003. It returned in 2007 as a one-off special presented by Trevor McDonald, which to date was its most recent …

The story

This is Your Life is a British biographical television documentary, based on the 1952 American show of the same name. It was hosted by Eamonn Andrews from 1955 until 1964, and then from 1969 until his death in 1987 aged 64. Michael Aspel then took up the role of host until the show ended in 2003. It returned in 2007 as a one-off special presented by Trevor McDonald, which to date was its most recent airing.

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 'victims' of 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 seasons

Season 1 Season 1 1955 · 15 episodes Season details

July 29, 1955

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Season 2 Season 2 1956 · 19 episodes Season details

Oct. 1, 1956

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Season 3 Season 3 1957 · 26 episodes Season details

Jan. 7, 1957

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Season 4 Season 4 1958 · 31 episodes Season details

Jan. 6, 1958

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Season 5 Season 5 1959 · 37 episodes Season details

Jan. 5, 1959

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Season 6 Season 6 1960 · 28 episodes Season details

Jan. 4, 1960

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Season 7 Season 7 1961 · 32 episodes Season details

Jan. 2, 1961

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Season 8 Season 8 1962 · 31 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1962

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Season 9 Season 9 1963 · 32 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1963

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Season 10 Season 10 1964 · 18 episodes Season details

Jan. 2, 1964

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Season 11 Season 11 1969 · 6 episodes Season details

Nov. 19, 1969

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Season 12 Season 12 1970 · 26 episodes Season details

Jan. 7, 1970

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Season 13 Season 13 1971 · 27 episodes Season details

Jan. 6, 1971

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Season 14 Season 14 1972 · 26 episodes Season details

Jan. 5, 1972

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Season 15 Season 15 1973 · 24 episodes Season details

Jan. 3, 1973

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Season 16 Season 16 1974 · 29 episodes Season details

Jan. 2, 1974

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Season 17 Season 17 1975 · 27 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1975

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Season 18 Season 18 1976 · 28 episodes Season details

Jan. 7, 1976

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Season 19 Season 19 1977 · 22 episodes Season details

Jan. 5, 1977

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Season 20 Season 20 1978 · 31 episodes Season details

Jan. 4, 1978

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Season 21 Season 21 1979 · 22 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1979

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Season 22 Season 22 1980 · 32 episodes Season details

Jan. 2, 1980

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Season 23 Season 23 1981 · 27 episodes Season details

Jan. 7, 1981

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Season 24 Season 24 1982 · 24 episodes Season details

Jan. 6, 1982

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Season 25 Season 25 1983 · 27 episodes Season details

Jan. 5, 1983

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Season 26 Season 26 1984 · 23 episodes Season details

Jan. 4, 1984

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Season 27 Season 27 1985 · 30 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1985

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Season 28 Season 28 1986 · 25 episodes Season details

Jan. 22, 1986

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Season 29 Season 29 1987 · 18 episodes Season details

Jan. 7, 1987

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Season 30 Season 30 1988 · 14 episodes Season details

Jan. 6, 1988

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Season 31 Season 31 1989 · 19 episodes Season details

Jan. 4, 1989

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Season 32 Season 32 1990 · 27 episodes Season details

Jan. 3, 1990

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Season 33 Season 33 1991 · 27 episodes Season details

Jan. 2, 1991

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Season 34 Season 34 1992 · 29 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1992

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Season 35 Season 35 1993 · 16 episodes Season details

Jan. 6, 1993

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Season 36 Season 36 1994 · 35 episodes Season details

Jan. 12, 1994

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Season 37 Season 37 1995 · 36 episodes Season details

Jan. 4, 1995

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Season 38 Season 38 1996 · 22 episodes Season details

Jan. 3, 1996

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Season 39 Season 39 1997 · 30 episodes Season details

Jan. 6, 1997

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Season 40 Season 40 1998 · 25 episodes Season details

Jan. 5, 1998

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Season 41 Season 41 1999 · 19 episodes Season details

Jan. 4, 1999

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Season 42 Season 42 2000 · 24 episodes Season details

Jan. 17, 2000

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Season 43 Season 43 2001 · 28 episodes Season details

Jan. 4, 2001

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Special episodes

Specials 1956 · 3 episodes Season details

May 20, 1956

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Cast

Eamonn AndrewsSelf - Host Michael AspelSelf - Host Peter SallisSelf · Self - Filmed Tribute Harold Wilson Bebe DanielsSelf Boris KarloffSelf Catherine CooksonSelf - Guest Kitty O'NeilSelf - Guest Ralph EdwardsSelf Yvonne BaileySelf Ted RaySelf James ButterworthSelf

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C. B. FrySelf Johanna HarrisSelf Donald CampbellSelf Joe BrannellySelf Stanley MatthewsSelf Henry StarlingSelf Ida CookSelf Lupino LaneSelf Hugh Olof De WetSelf Elizabeth WildeSelf Robert Stanford TuckSelf Michael DohenySelf Kevin DohenySelf Patrick MacneeSelf Vivian RichardsSelf Ruth MadocSelf Tessie O'SheaSelf Fitzroy MacleanSelf Alice FayeSelf Millicent MartinSelf Bernard MilesSelf Keith BarronSelf Bob GeldofSelf Bryan RobsonSelf Jean AndersonSelf Frank CarsonSelf Russell GrantSelf Zandra RhodesSelf Lord HarewoodSelf Harry AndrewsSelf Alvin StardustSelf H J SweeneySelf Paul HenrySelf Peter AllissSelf Jim BowenSelf Jack DouglasSelf Dan MaskellSelf Donald SindenSelf Johnnie JohnsonSelf Peter ScottSelf Ada ReeveSelf Peter MethvenSelf Sue RyderSelf Harry S. PepperSelf Compton MacKenzieSelf Maud FairmanSelf Billy SmartSelf Brian HessionSelf John BarbirolliSelf Duncan GuthrieSelf Esmond KnightSelf Sammy McCarthySelf Edwin MadronSelf Diana DorsSelf Parry JonesSelf Percy FloodSelf G. H. ElliiottSelf Stuart HibberdSelf Keith Floyd John Barnes Graham TaylorSelf Bill OwenSelf Robert Maxwell Luther Blissett Mike Reid Michelle CollinsSelf

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