‘I love This Is Your Life. It’s so exciting and almost every time it’s heartening for me.’ Eamonn Andrews

Series summary

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Celebrating television’s This Is Your Life

THE BBC YEARS 1955-1964 (EAMONN ANDREWS)

THE THAMES YEARS 1969-1988 (EAMONN ANDREWS)

19 NOVEMBER 1969 – 27 MAY 1970

18 NOVEMBER 1970 – 12 MAY 1971

17 NOVEMBER 1971 - 10 MAY 1972

15 NOVEMBER 1972 - 9 MAY 1973

21 NOVEMBER 1973 - 15 MAY 1974

10 OCTOBER 1974 - 7 MAY 1975

12 NOVEMBER 1975 - 5 MAY 1976

27 OCTOBER 1976 - 27 APRIL 1977

23 NOVEMBER 1977 - 31 MAY 1978

25 OCTOBER 1978 - 3 MAY 1979

28 NOVEMBER 1979 - 21 MAY 1980

15 OCTOBER 1980 - 15 APRIL 1981

13 OCTOBER 1981 - 31 MARCH 1982

20 OCTOBER 1982 - 13 APRIL 1983

26 OCTOBER 1983 - 18 APRIL 1984

7 NOVEMBER 1984 - 8 MAY 1985

16 OCTOBER 1985 - 30 APRIL 1986

15 OCTOBER 1986 - 8 APRIL 1987

14 OCTOBER 1987 - 20 JANUARY 1988

THE THAMES YEARS 1988-1994 (MICHAEL ASPEL)

THE BBC YEARS 1994-2003 (MICHAEL ASPEL)

29 JULY 1955 – 6 MAY 1956

1 OCTOBER 1956 – 27 MAY 1957

30 SEPTEMBER 1957 - 5 MAY 1958

29 SEPTEMBER 1958 - 11 MAY 1959

31 AUGUST 1959 - 28 MARCH 1960

19 SEPTEMBER 1960 - 8 MAY 1961

2 OCTOBER 1961 - 7 MAY 1962 

2 OCTOBER 1962 - 14 MAY 1963

3 OCTOBER 1963 - 30 APRIL 1964

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19 OCTOBER 1988 – 1 MARCH 1989

25 OCTOBER 1989 – 7 MAY 1990

17 OCTOBER 1990 - 17 APRIL 1991

16 OCTOBER 1991 - 15 APRIL 1992

30 SEPTEMBER 1992 - 21 APRIL 1993

12 JANUARY 1994 - 20 JULY 1994

2 NOVEMBER 1994 – 17 MAY 1995

6 SEPTEMBER 1995 – 6 MARCH 1996

20 SEPTEMBER 1996 - 24 MARCH 1997

1 SEPTEMBER 1997 - 23 FEBRUARY 1998

7 SEPTEMBER 1998 - 1 MARCH 1999

1 NOVEMBER 1999 - 29 MAY 2000

9 NOVEMBER 2000 - 7 JUNE 2001

17 OCTOBER 2001 - 23 MAY 2002

2 JANUARY 2003 - 8 AUGUST 2003

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“But for you he’s here tonight...”

“You thought they were at home, but...”

“Let’s look back at the highlights...”

  1. 1130 Editions


  1. 1104 Subjects


  1. 825 Male subjects


  1. 279 Female subjects


  1. 42 Second timers


  1. 1 Third timer


  1. 15 Couples


  1. 3 Trios


  1. 4 Two-part editions


  1. 4 Presenters:


Ralph Edwards

1 edition


Eamonn Andrews

735 editions


David Nixon

1 edition


Michael Aspel

393 editions

Ralph Edwards surprised Eamonn Andrews for the show’s first UK edition.

Eamonn is surprised a second time by magician David Nixon in 1974.

Future host Michael Aspel is surprised in 1980.

This Is Your Life - Series summary