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Celebrating television's This Is Your Life
Anne ROBINSON (1944-)
THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Anne Robinson, television presenter and journalist, was surprised by Michael Aspel while presenting the BBC's consumer programme, Watchdog - live on air - at the BBC Television Centre.
Anne, who was born in Crosby, Liverpool, moved to London in 1964 to become a shorthand typist with Redifussion TV before working as a reporter for a news agency. In 1967, she became the first female trainee on the Daily Mail and later worked on The Sun and The Sunday Times.
In 1978, she worked for the Liverpool Echo before returning to Fleet Street a year later as a columnist and assistant editor with the Daily Mirror. Having made regular television appearances since 1982, she presented the BBC's viewers' programme Points of View from 1986 and took over the presentation and writing of the BBC's Watchdog in 1993.
"Shit! Michael! I'm completely shocked! How wonderful!"
programme details...
- Edition No: 996
- Subject No: 971
- Broadcast date: Mon 2 Feb 1998
- Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
- Recorded: Thu 29 Jan 1998
- Venue: BBC Television Centre
- Series: 38
- Edition: 23
- Code name: Watch
on the guest list...
- John Penrose - husband
- Emma Wilson - daughter
- Alice Beer
- Edward Enfield
- Peter - brother
- Liz Hunter
- Gloria Burney
- Diana Donovan
- Pam Lowe
- Frank Keating
- John Rogers
- Peter Atkinson
- Rex Makin
- Charles Wilson
- Henry Kelly
- Steve Anderson
- Richard Stott
- Mike Molloy
- Harry Cayton
- Rupert Perry
- Brian Shepherd
- Janine Shepherd
- Robin Day Filmed tributes:
- Jeremy Clarkson
- Anthony Newley
- Jilly Cooper
- Delia Smith
related appearances...
- Jeremy Clarkson - Oct 1996
- Michael Winner - Oct 2001
production team...
- Researcher: Clare Thompson
- Writer: Ian Brown
- Directors: Paul Kirrage, Peter Wisdom
- Associate Producer: Liz Rawlings
- Executive Producer: John Longley
- Series Producer: Jack Crawshaw
- Producer: Sue Green
- names above in bold indicate subjects of This Is Your Life
Screenshots of Anne Robinson This Is Your Life
Series 38 subjects
Jeremy Guscott | Magnus Magnusson | Maureen Rees | Russ Abbot | Sally Gunnell | Graham Cole | James HatfieldCarol Vorderman | Trevor Baylis | Bryan Mosley | Murray Walker | Cheryl Baker | Errol Brown | Peter Snow
Nadim Sawalha | Clive Hornby | Trevor Bannister | Mary Ward | Brian Murphy | Robert Winston
Duncan Goodhew | Julia Watson | Anne Robinson | Bill Giles | Tim Healy | Raymond Baxter