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Celebrating television's This Is Your Life
Darren GOUGH (1970-)
THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Darren Gough, cricketer, was surprised by Michael Aspel while launching a competition for junior cricketers at Lord's Cricket Ground in London.
Darren, who was born in Barnsley, joined the Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1987 on a Youth Training Scheme. Two years later, aged 19, he made his first-class debut for the county at Lord's. Later the same year, he was selected for England and would go on to spearhead England's bowling attack through much of the 1990s.
In 1999 he became the first England bowler to take an Ashes hat trick for a hundred years and was subsequently named Wisden Cricketer of the year. By the end of 2000, he had taken over 180 wickets for his country, and when England beat the West Indies for the first time in more than 30 years, he was named Man of the Series.
"Have you got the wrong man?"
programme details...
- Edition No: 1077
- Subject No: 1052
- Broadcast date: Wed 9 May 2001
- Broadcast time: 8.35-9.05pm
- Recorded: Mon 23 Apr 2001
- Venue: BBC Television Centre
- Series: 41
- Edition: 24
- Code name: General
on the guest list...
- members of the Yorkshire CCC team
- Connie - grandmother
- Christine - mother
- Trevor - father
- Adrian - brother
- Andrea - sister
- Anna - wife
- Liam - son
- Alec Stewart
- Craig White
- Devon Malcolm
- Steve Rhodes
- Dean Headley
- Jack Russell
- Angus Fraser
- Matt Hoggard
- Ashley Giles
- Michael Vaughan
- Dominic Cork
- Chris Lycett
- Ian Uttley
- Steve Oldham
- Paul Greyson
- Jeremy Batty
- Steven Bethall
- Stephen Tompkinson
- Darren Lehmann
- Julie Pearson
- Brennan - son
- Dickie Bird Filmed tributes:
- Nasser Hussain
- Geoffrey Boycott
- Michael Parkinson
- Richie Richardson
- Ian Botham
related appearance...
- Charles Stewart - Sep 1998
production team...
- Researchers: Jo Grant, Alex Renton
- Writer: Joe Steeples
- Director: Chris Fox
- Associate Producer: Helen Gordon-Smith
- Executive Producer: John Longley
- Series Producer: Jack Crawshaw
- Producer: Sue Green
- names above in bold indicate subjects of This Is Your Life
Screenshots of Darren Gough This Is Your Life
Series 41 subjects
Matthew Pinsent | Todd Carty | Vinnie Jones | Donald Woods | Linda Lusardi | Dorothy Tutin | Paula Tilbrook | John HumphrysAndrew Davis | James Ellis | Sue Jenkins | Geoffrey Hughes | John van Weenen | Charles Dance | Mick Channon
Jonathan Ross | Simon Rouse | Midge Ure | John Barnes | Paul Jones | Patrick Robinson | Jim Shekhdar
Valerie Singleton | Darren Gough | Kevin Woodford | Richard Stilgoe