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THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Ben Fuller, stage door keeper, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at London’s Windmill Theatre.

The Windmill was a variety and revue theatre in Great Windmill Street, London. It was famous for its nude tableaux vivants. Many prominent British comedians and comedy acts of the 1950s and '60s started their careers working at this theatre.

programme details...

• Edition No: 202
• Subject No: 203
• Broadcast date: Tue 13 Nov 1962
• Broadcast time: 7.55-8.25pm
• Recorded: Mon 1 Oct 1962
• Venue: BBC Television Theatre
• Series: 8
• Edition: 7

on the guest list...

• Muriel Joynes
• John Evans
• Bob Dobbing
• Sid Jones
• Eric Barker
• Pearl Hackney
• Lesley Chivers (nee Osmond)
• Sheila Van Damm
Filmed tributes:
• Joan Kenny
• Kenneth More

production team...

• Directors: Vere Lorrimer, Mark Patterson
• Producer: T Leslie Jackson

• names above in bold indicate subjects of This Is Your Life

• with thanks to David Rose and Maurice Poole for their contributions to this page

Backstage Life

raising the curtain

Kenneth More

Ben Fuller surprised for This Is Your Life by Eamonn Andrews