69-442: Carlton Television (now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV franchise holder for London and the surrounding counties from 9.25am every Monday to 5.15pm every Friday. The company is now managed with London Weekend Television as a single entity ( ITV London ), but the two companies are still separately licensed. The station is owned and operated by ITV plc under
138-580: A " Dormant company ". ITV London is also unique in that it supplies the network feed for the other franchises and is the sole alternative ITV region to Sky , Freesat and Virgin Media customers. This service, available on channels 973, 977 and 853 respectively, is so that audio description services, which are only carried on the London variant on these services, are readily available to all viewers. Other regional variants are available by manually searching, but London
207-572: A "victim" in 1980) became presenter after Andrews died in 1987. The show returned to the BBC in 1994 but was still produced independently by Thames Television, by then no longer an ITV contractor. The programme was discontinued again in 2003. At first, the show was broadcast live; later, programmes were sometimes pre-recorded. Live broadcasts ended in 1980 when boxer Alan Minter could not stop swearing during his appearance. The show returned in June 2007 on ITV for
276-523: A channel, Carlton Kids , Carlton World , and another channel named 'RAW!' shared the second. Carlton Cinema received an EPG position of its own, but would be periodically closed down to provide bandwidth for "On Sport 2" during the ONdigital days. Carlton Cinema was the Carlton channel which showed classic movies , but also unusually for a movie channel, cartoons . This ceased transmission on 31 March 2003,
345-412: A generic ITV London logo and An ITV Production caption against a blue squared background. This was replaced in 2006 by a blue caption featuring the new ITV1 logo with the words "a production for" above it. In 2013, it was replaced by a white ITV News caption with the words "© ITN year ", to align with ITN 's and ITV plc's other national and regional news bulletins. Today , the only distinction between
414-487: A heart shape, before a star shaped light is emitted from the heart shape, before the screen changes to the Carlton logo, now with added star in top right corner, against a spinning stars background of different colours, with ITV logo beneath. This look has received criticism, not concerning the idents themselves, but because these idents replaced the brands used by both Central and Westcountry . The idents were later partially adopted by HTV following its sale to Carlton, with
483-510: A new in-house look was launched featuring changing backgrounds of colours with a translucent Carlton logo in the centre of the screen, becoming opaque and white at the end of the ident. These idents lasted until 22 November 1996, but were deemed not exciting or brash enough for Carlton executives. Lambie-Nairn devised the new set on 25 November 1996, featuring the Carlton logo against a brightly coloured background and various animations occurring. This could be interaction between other letters in
552-587: A one-off-special programme hosted by Sir Trevor McDonald with guest Simon Cowell . The new edition was co-produced by ITV Productions , STV Productions , TIYL Productions, Click TV and Ralph Edwards Productions. Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway featured a return of This Is Your Life to celebrate Ant & Dec's 25 years together, quizzing them on their 25 years as part of "Ant vs Dec" in episode 6 of Series 11. Michael Aspel returned as host alongside Ashley Roberts . Lynn Redgrave , in December 1996,
621-404: A partnership with Granada and BSkyB to bid for some of the multiplexes for the new digital terrestrial network. In June of that year, it was successful in its application, and began the service, OnDigital , under the condition BSkyB withdrew from the group. OnDigital was rebranded as ITV Digital in 2001, before its collapse in 2002. In September 2002, Carlton and Granada, having now acquired all
690-436: A persistent criticism of only celebrities being featured on the show, non-celebrities were featured again. These included business people, military personnel, the clergy and those that had performed outstanding community or charity service but who were not well known to the general public. Examples include: paramedic Allan Norman; Cromer lifeboatman Henry "Shrimp" Davies ; Colonel Tod Sweeney ; Mary Ward , community nurse to
759-410: A production company and a broadcaster, Carlton chose to commission all of its programming from independent production companies. Carlton Television took over from Thames at stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (1 January) 1993, broadcasting from a newly opened playout centre managed by London News Network , a subsidiary company co-owned by Carlton and London Weekend Television from LWT's facilities on
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#1732858119791828-421: A region name and in their local news name. Carlton Television was originally set up by Michael Green's Carlton Communications to bid for an ITV franchise after Green failed to buy into Thames Television , the London franchise, in 1985. On 16 October 1991, Carlton won the "Channel 3" franchise to broadcast to London during weekdays from January 1993, as a result of winning the silent auction used to renegotiate
897-501: Is Carlton Television for London" , ringing the bell three times, and the first announcement from continuity announcer Graham Bannerman. He started the first continuity announcement for Carlton with these words: "And a very Happy new year. Welcome to 1993, and our first programme live from Trafalgar Square , here's Chris Tarrant with A Carlton New Year." The station's first programme was the entertainment special A Carlton New Year , produced in-house and presented by Chris Tarrant . After
966-486: Is sponsored by a different company to that of London weekdays. With the merger of Carlton and Granada, Carlton Television and LWT are now run as a single entity ( ITV London ), with a single management team appointed to both companies. Both continue to have a separate legal existence however, and still have separate licences, although this is now just a formality. Upon merger, Carlton lost recognition to programmes made by their companies, which became branded as Granada and
1035-531: Is the on-air brand name used by ITV Broadcasting Limited for two broadcast franchises of ITV, Carlton Television (weekdays) and London Weekend Television (weekends) in the London ITV region. Its terrestrial digital signal is transmitted from Crystal Palace in South London. As part of a network-wide rebrand, ITV1 London was formed on 28 October 2002, as a unified on-air service provided to viewers for both
1104-468: Is the only region to be given an exclusive EPG slot. ITV London was based at The London Studios , on the south bank of the River Thames , the former home of London Weekend franchisee London Weekend Television . The centre was chosen due to both companies presence in the centre; Carlton having leased space within the facility, alongside GMTV , since 1993. The contracted news service London News Network
1173-475: 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. The British version of the show was launched in 1955 on the BBC and was first presented by Ralph Edwards to the first "victim", Eamonn Andrews , who was the presenter from the second show. The scriptwriter for the first 35 episodes was Gale Pedrick . In 1958, it
1242-528: The BBC Radio Theatre . The theme tune used from 1969 onwards was called "Gala Performance", and was composed by Laurie Johnson for KPM . In Series 8, Episode 1 of the television detective series Endeavour , Jack Swift, a celebrity footballer, is surprised by Eamonn Andrews and becomes the subject of This Is Your Life after attending a fashion show in Oxford . Andrews is played by Lewis Macleod . In
1311-651: The Vauxhall Carlton . In May 1994, the Independent Television Commission criticised a number of ITV stations as part of its review for the first 12 months of the new franchise in 1993. Carlton Television was condemned for providing a wide range of 'unimpressive and very disappointing' programmes for the ITV network, which were 'neither distinctive nor noticeable high quality'. This criticism came after Carlton and Granada secretly planned to axe News at Ten in
1380-534: The "Bits of Your Life" DLC for the video game Not For Broadcast , a show very similar to "This Is Your Life" is presented by a fictitious Irish presenter named Eamon (sic). This is understood to be a reference to Eamonn Andrews, who originally presented the show in real life. In the Yorkshire Television production "Oh No It's Selwynn Froggit!", Series 2, Episode 1, Selwynn is tricked by the other committee members into believing that Eamonn Andrews had entered
1449-613: The Carlton and LWT franchises, running on weekdays and weekends respectively. It replaced the unique branding used by both franchisees with a unified service, offering the same service and news all week round. Legally, both franchises remained separate, but they are run by the same operating board and from the same facilities. Both licences are now held by ITV Broadcasting Ltd, but the original two companies still legally exist as Carlton Television Ltd and London Weekend Television Ltd. Each of these companies is, along with most other regional companies owned by ITV plc, listed on Companies House as
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#17328581197911518-510: The Carlton logo, so the Carlton Westcountry and Carlton Central regions were simply known as ITV1 Carlton . Granada-owned franchises preferred simply to place text of the region name under the ITV1 logo. This went on until December 2003, when Carlton dropped the practice, resulting in changing the brands from Carlton Central to ITV1 for Central England , from Carlton Westcountry to ITV1 for
1587-407: The ITV franchise licence disallowed the company to commission all programming so Carlton still had to produce a minimal amount of programming in-house. The first Carlton-produced programme to be broadcast nationally was Surprise Party , effectively the same format as This Is Your Life , previously a mainstay of predecessor Thames Television. Hosted by Michael Parkinson , the first celebrity to be
1656-658: The Rank library on video and DVD via its own label in the UK, and via A & E Home Video , Acorn Media, MGM Home Entertainment , and Lions Gate Home Entertainment in the USA. A large number of these films were screened on Carlton's digital movie channel, Carlton Cinema ; however, it closed in March 2003. The merger with Granada led to the use of the Carlton name falling into disuse, and Carlton Video became part of Granada Ventures. In 1997, Carlton formed
1725-618: The South Bank in London. At the stroke of midnight, following ITN 's Into The New Year bulletin featuring the Westminster clock tower chimes, technicians at the Crystal Palace transmitter switched from Thames' Euston Road headquarters to the LNN playout centre from where Carlton went on-air with an opening ident featuring the then Town Crier of London, with the then-famous slogan of Carlton, "This
1794-590: The South and South East franchise, losing to Meridian Broadcasting . Some commentators consequently speculated that Thames had fallen victim to a "government vendetta", whilst others felt that the auction had been won fairly. Carlton did not buy Thames' studios, instead having its headquarters in St Martin's Lane in the West End and opting to rent transmission space at LWT's London studios . Also, unlike Thames which had been both
1863-466: The Westcountry became ITV1 Westcountry , prior to regional programming in their respective areas. Since 28 October 2002, Carlton Television (in common with all the other ITV companies, except Scottish Television , Grampian Television , Ulster Television and Channel Television ) has been known on air simply as ITV1 (London Weekdays). Unlike London Weekend Television , Carlton Television did not note
1932-697: The Westcountry . The HTV regions were re-branded ITV1 Wales and ITV1 West of England in 2002. On 2 February 2004, Carlton Communications plc merged with Granada plc , creating ITV plc , which now owns all of the ITV franchises in England and Wales under the ITV1 brand (Wales still uses its own on-screen identity as ITV1 Wales , but now also uses English ITV1 continuity since 16 January 2006). The three English Carlton ITV regions were reverted to their previous names: ITV1 for Central England again became ITV1 Central , ITV1 West of England became ITV1 West and ITV1 for
2001-551: The animated introduction and music to the idents were replaced by the sequences and audio in use with Carlton's graphical package. However, the logo and end-board of the ident remained unchanged, using the generic hearts look of 1999. Carlton also did not acquire most of HTV's production facilities; these were retained by Granada. The ITC archive is financially lucrative, since it includes such popular series as Thunderbirds , The Prisoner , and The Saint , as well as such feature films as On Golden Pond . Carlton released much of
2070-522: The audience for coming. Footballer Danny Blanchflower turned down the "red book" in February 1961. Author Richard Gordon (of Doctor in the House fame) in 1974, and Bill Oddie (of The Goodies ) in 2001 initially turned it down, but then relented and appeared on the show. Actor Richard Beckinsale was featured on the show at the age of 30, just sixteen months before his death. Football manager Matt Busby
2139-469: The boat people of the canals; Chay Blyth ; Sir Nicholas Winton ; and Sir Fitzroy Maclean . The series never profiled serving politicians, although retired politicians were occasionally featured. Forty-two celebrities have been featured on the show twice – including Honor Blackman , Dora Bryan , Bob Monkhouse and Eamonn Andrews himself. David Butler was 17 when he became the youngest-ever subject of This Is Your Life (episode aired 5 March 1962). He
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2208-411: The capital would appear against a brightly coloured background with the Carlton logo in the top left corner, and would say the phrase, "This is Carlton, television for London", or other variations of the theme. In excess of sixty idents were produced and used from 1993. This was replaced by a single montage of individuals used from later on from 6 December 1993 until 1 September 1995. On 4 September 1995,
2277-489: The caption A Carlton Production , with For London added for regional programming, while LWT used a generic purple caption with their logo added into the background. The LWT logo was also laid out in a purple box clearly at the top, with the caption An LWT Production beneath and the Granada plc logo at the bottom. These endboards lasted until 2 February 2004, when ITV plc was formed and both regional captions were replaced by
2346-561: The centre of a major controversy about truthfulness in broadcast journalism in May 1998, when The Guardian carried a series of articles alleging the wholesale fabrication of a much-garlanded 1996 documentary , The Connection , which had purported to film the route by which heroin was smuggled into the United Kingdom from Colombia . An internal inquiry at Carlton found that the allegations made by The Guardian were in large part correct, and
2415-537: The chase for ratings, a move which was foiled by the ITC . Carlton, angered by this criticism, responded: 'In the first year, Carlton launched 43 brand new series and 20 new single programmes, sustained audience levels and played a full part in ITV network; successes far outweighed failures.' A few days later, Carlton won two awards from the Royal Television Society's 'programme and tech awards' in London; Margie Clarke
2484-520: The company's Nottingham studios and gained the in-house production arm. The studios were booked by independent production companies. Carlton was originally based in a small office building in St. Martin's Lane in Central London, with transmission being provided by London News Network , a company jointly owned with LWT and based at The London Studios that also provided a seven-day news service. Following
2553-561: The creation of ITV plc in 2004, Carlton's office in St Martin's Lane was vacated and the operations transferred to The London Studios, albeit as part of the ITV plc operations housed there. ITV London's news operation moved to ITN on 1 March 2004. The transmission operation moved to the HD Technicolor Playout Centre at Chiswick. Carlton's on-screen identity was launched on 1 January 1993 with an ident package featuring London personalities. These people, who lived and worked in
2622-451: The franchises in England and Wales , made the decision to remove all regional idents, continuity and branding, and replace them with the single brand, ITV1. English regional idents were to only precede regional programming, and regional announcements were pre-recorded from London (Wales gets on-screen recognition prior to all programming, see ITV1 Wales ). Unlike Granada-owned regions, Carlton used dual-branding on its regional idents with
2691-402: The last day (25 October) of its regional identity on-air. However, the Carlton brand continued to be seen on production captions until 2004. Since Carlton and London Weekend Television now use identical presentation and logos, the division between the London weekday and weekend franchises is now invisible, although the old LWT - now ITV1 (London Weekends) - does have London Weekend Weather , which
2760-560: The last of the five Carlton channels to do so. Carlton Select was the main entertainment channel from Carlton, and broadcast both in the UK and Africa. It time-shared with the Carlton Food Network, and ceased transmission in March 2000. Carlton World was a general entertainment and factual channel broadcast in the evenings, with sister channel Carlton Kids broadcast in the daytime. This ceased transmission in February 2000. Carlton Kids
2829-629: The licensee of "ITV Broadcasting Limited". Carlton has been branded on air as " ITV1 " since 28 October 2002 ("ITV" between 14 January 2013 and 14 November 2022). Carlton Television Ltd, the original holder of the licence (renamed Carlton Broadcasting Limited on 1 February 1997), has since been dissolved. Carlton UK Television Limited however is now known as ITV Consumer Limited and legally operates ITV plc's websites. As Carlton's name has no relation to its region, its on-screen identity has been completely removed (along with those of HTV , LWT and GMTV ). Other regions have kept their original company name as
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2898-434: The name, letters being replaced by objects, or the letters becoming part of something larger, such as a crossword of places in London. Thirty sequences were produced, including some designed especially to introduce certain programmes, and versions for Central were also introduced two years later on 27 April 1998. These idents were used until 3 September 1999. On 6 September 1999, Carlton's boldest rebrand yet occurred, and it
2967-423: The new ITV franchises. Thames bid £32.5M, while Carlton Television placed a bid of £43.2M and CPV-TV placed a bid of £45.3M. CPV-TV was the highest bidder, but was eliminated for failing the quality threshold; since both Thames and Carlton were deemed to have passed the quality threshold, the franchise was awarded to Carlton for having submitted the higher cash bid of the remaining two companies. Carlton also bid for
3036-827: The opening films from said look, although with the HTV logo and ITV Hearts ending slide being retained. Carlton used a number of continuity announcers throughout the years. Some notable Carlton commissions are listed below: For other details about local news and non-news programmes for London, see London News Network . Between 1996 and 2003, Carlton owned a number of extra channels, carried initially on analogue cable, and also later on their flagship platform, ONdigital too, although none of them ever made it onto Sky Digital . However, three closed in 2000; and all five were closed by 2003. Most were closed due to funding issues and lack of loyal viewership. They all time-shared on three EPG positions. Carlton Food Network and Carlton Select shared
3105-448: The other regions at this time received a regional ident with the region name below the ITV1 logo. Any reference to the service being in London is made in the voiceover alone, or through the programme titles, such as London Tonight . Some identity remained on the regional programming end boards however, as each company still produced programmes for the region: Carlton used a red and orange version of their star idents used prior to 2002 with
3174-485: The programme, leading to its cancellation. Barker took the opportunity to impress upon his wife that he never wanted to be featured on the show, so future attempts to plan an edition around him were thwarted. Maureen Lipman revealed in her first autobiographical book that she had made an arrangement with her agent and her husband that she would never participate in the programme should they ever be approached, with her husband Jack Rosenthal also agreeing he would never be
3243-419: The region continued to be provided by LNN until 1 March 2004, when ITN took over production of London Tonight , resulting in the move of the programme from The London Studios to ITN's headquarters at Gray's Inn Road . Other regional programmes continued to be produced for the region by the two legal franchises, Carlton and LWT, and the companies were accredited at the end of the production until 2004, when it
3312-478: The relevant area, for example, all programmes made in London became branded as Granada London . From 16 January 2006, all programmes produced by any ITV plc owned region were branded as ITV Productions and in 2009 this became ITV Studios . Carlton was a publisher broadcaster who never made any of its own programming itself. Carlton productions that required studio space were booked at Lenton Lane when Carlton bought Central Independent Television in 1994, obtaining
3381-404: The rights to the archives of ITC Entertainment and its former sister company ATV . Rank Film Distributors , including its library of 740 films, was purchased by Carlton in 1997 for £65 million. HTV was the only region owned by Carlton not to be subject to a full on-screen rebrand as 'Carlton'. Both 'HTV West' and 'HTV Wales' stayed with their then-current idents; however, upon Carlton's purchase,
3450-410: The same house. Ronnie Barker was planned to be one of the show's subjects and his wife Joy Tubb was helping the producers with the set up and pre-production, but Barker revealed in his autobiography that he had become extremely upset by his wife's obvious secrecy and even began to suspect she might have been having an extra-marital affair. Barker confronted his wife and she had to explain to him about
3519-406: 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
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#17328581197913588-640: The special, the movie Best Defense , which starred Dudley Moore and Eddie Murphy , aired, which began after Carlton's second ident, with the Cadets of the Royal Navy, saying the slogan, was shown. Idents from 1993 to 1994 had the slogan: "This is Carlton. Television for London." , "This is Carlton" or "You're watching Carlton." Unlike Thames, which had been both a broadcaster and a production company, Carlton chose to commission most of its programming from independent production companies although its contract to hold
3657-804: The studio, thinking she was going to be interviewed by Godfrey Winn . When Andrews stepped forward with the red book, Withers asked him why he was working as a floor manager and no longer as a presenter. This was in part due to her living in Australia where the show was not known. In 1996, the Sunday Mirror reported that a planned show for Cockney comedy actor Arthur Mullard was pulled after researchers contacted his eldest son. The same report featured claims that Mullard had terrorised his family and had sexually abused his daughter for many years. The programmes originally included non-celebrities who had done extraordinary things in their lives. In later years, following
3726-541: The subject of the show was entrepreneur Richard Branson . At the end of the hour-long show, Michael Parkinson told viewers to keep their eyes out for another Surprise Party . However, no further programmes were ever made. Alarm bells had been ringing before Carlton even transmitted as part of the ITV network, as one notable commission with wide publicity was The Good Sex Guide , inviting scorn and derision from conservative newspapers, before it had actually been broadcast. Aptly, its first commercial break featured an advert for
3795-490: The subject. Both were willing and happy to appear as a guest on other editions featuring their friends. Lipman light-heartedly revealed that her refusal to be featured was the thing that upset her mother the most about her career. Christopher Lee was the subject of the show in April 1974. He was surprised by Eamonn Andrews during a fencing match that was being filmed for the children's TV series Magpie . Peter Davison
3864-455: The then-regulator of the industry, the ITC , punished Carlton with a record fine of £2 million for multiple breaches of the UK's broadcasting codes . The scandal led to an impassioned debate about the accuracy of documentary production. Changes in legislation concerning media ownership enabled Carlton to buy out many of the other ITV stations, including Central Independent Television , Westcountry , and part of HTV (via Granada ), as well as
3933-569: The two original regions on-screen is that local weather forecasts broadcast from Friday night to Sunday is branded as London Weekend Weather , and is sponsored by a different company to the weekday forecasts. On 14 January 2013, the station's on-air identity was changed to ITV , along with all other ITV plc-owned franchises. On 15 November 2022, the on-air identity was reverted back to ITV1. ITV London itself doesn't make any programmes, as all productions were completed by external companies, Carlton, LWT or London News Network. The News and Sport for
4002-463: Was a children's channel and showed most of all of Carlton's children's imports, and programming from Carlton's regions. Time-shared with Carlton World , it ceased transmission in January 2000. Carlton Food Network was the Carlton channel devoted to cookery , and time-shared with Carlton Select. It was later rebranded "Taste CFN", and ceased transmission in December 2001. ITV London ITV London
4071-462: Was also based, produced and broadcast from the centre. The London Studios closed in 2018. The services' on-screen identity has been generic throughout its existence, and has used no on-screen branding to identify it as ITV London, with the exception of one junction after the launch of the 2003 network rebrand. Since launch, the region has seen the plain generic idents seen by the rest of the country, without any regional variance identifying it as London;
4140-454: Was also to be its last. While Granada and UNM regions were about to adopt the "Hearts" generic look, Carlton refused the look and instead adopted a package that related back to the Hearts, but put their own distinct take on it. Lambie-Nairn was once again commissioned, and a dozen idents were produced and were used depending on the programme to go before it. The idents featured opening films featuring
4209-525: Was caught while taking her bow in her one-woman show on stage at the Haymarket Theatre , the only time the Redgrave family was seen together on stage at the same time. Bob Hope and Dudley Moore have been the only subjects of two-part editions of the programme, in 1970 and 1987 respectively. Both were broadcast over two weeks. Clive Mantle 's profile included a post-credits sequence, in which he thanked
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#17328581197914278-517: Was guilty of breaching taste and decency requirements with little educational classifications, which resulted in the company receiving two written warnings from the ITC. Once again, in 1997, Carlton was criticised for failing to ensure its programming complied with the programmes code, while the number of formal interventions from the ITC had increased from four in 1995 to eight; but its regional programming continued to be of high quality. Carlton found itself at
4347-486: Was named 'Best Female Presenter' for Carlton's The Good Sex Guide ; while Old Bear Stories won the Children's Entertainment award. During a 1994 review, ITC commented that Carlton had made improvements, in its factual and drama output, while its children's programmes were 'impressive', but more remained to be achieved. In 1995, its regional programming was regarded as high quality but with few innovations; The Good Sex Guide
4416-403: Was replaced by an ITV London caption for both companies following the ITV plc merger. This Is Your Life (British TV series) 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
4485-406: Was surprised by Eamonn Andrews in the headmaster's study of Hemel Hempstead Grammar School . Butler lost both his legs and a hand when, aged 11, he found an unexploded bomb on Ivinghoe Beacon . Ant and Dec presented a one-off episode on The Chris Moyles Show in 2012 celebrating his second-to-last day on BBC Radio 1 with special guests Billie Piper , Roy Walker and Gary Barlow live from
4554-416: Was the featured celebrity in March 1982. He later revealed in interviews and his autobiography that the planned finale of his edition was to be the appearance of actress Beryl Reid , but Davison's then-wife Sandra Dickinson objected and persuaded the producers not to end the show in this way as Davison and Reid barely knew each other, having worked together only once for two days' recording. Reid's inclusion
4623-472: Was the first person to be featured twice, first on the BBC in 1957 (after his Manchester United team had just won the Football League title) and then on ITV in 1971 following his retirement. Hattie Jacques appeared in 1963, with her husband John Le Mesurier who had helped set up the surprise; however, she was at the time living with her lover John Schofield while Le Mesurier lived in a separate room in
4692-434: Was the most popular regular show on the BBC with audiences between 8.75 and 10.5 million. It ended in 1964 when Andrews moved to ABC Weekend TV , but it was revived by Thames Television for broadcast on ITV in 1969. The only other occasion during Andrews' presentational run where he was not the presenter was in 1974 when he was the subject a second time, and the show was presented by David Nixon . Michael Aspel (himself,
4761-433: Was to maximise publicity for the two episodes of Doctor Who that the BBC were airing at the same time as Davison's This Is Your Life . Dickinson won her argument, and although Reid appeared, the edition ended instead with the reunion of Davison and his Guyanese aunt. In May 1971, Googie Withers was the featured guest, but the surprise planned by host Eamonn Andrews did not go according to plan, when Withers arrived in
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