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THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Dickie Davies, television sports presenter, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the Thomas A Becket gym on London's Old Kent Road, having been led to believe he was there to record a piece for ITV's World of Sport.

Dickie, who was born and raised on Merseyside, studied at Oldershaw Grammar School in Wallasey, where he was a keen all-round sports player. After completing his National Service in the Royal Air Force, he worked as a purser on the Cunard Line.

His first job in broadcasting, as an announcer for Southern Television, led to Dickie working on ITV's World of Sport from 1965, initially as an understudy to the main presenter Eamonn Andrews before taking over full-time in 1968 when Eamonn left the programme.

"Oh my god! Oh, Eamonn! Oh my god!"

programme details...

• Edition No: 407
• Subject No: 405
• Broadcast live: Wed 19 Mar 1975
• Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
• Venue: Euston Road Studios
• Series: 15
• Edition: 20
• Code name: Wallop

on the guest list...

• Liz - wife
• Doris - mother-in-law
• Tommy Trinder
• Dennis Caldwell
• Eric Peers
• Brian Moore - live link
• Fergus Pritchard
• Joan Turner
• Paul English
• Marjorie Davis
• Brendan Foster
• John Bromley
• Adrian Metcalfe
• Kent Walton
• Reg Gutteridge
• Shaw Taylor
• Rachael Heyhoe Flint
• Elwyn Jones
• Neil Durden-Smith
• David Saunders
• Hugh Johns
• Brough Scott
• Ben Wright
• Ted Lowe
• Dave Lanning
• Derek Dougan
• Malcolm Allison
• Daniel - son
• Peter - son
Filmed tributes:
• Mary Owen - aunt
• Julian Pettifer

related appearances...

• Alan Rudkin - Mar 1972
• Geoffrey Capes - Feb 1980
• Robin Cousins - Mar 1980
• Jonjo O'Neill - Mar 1981
• Bob Monkhouse - Feb 1982
• Vivian Richards - Nov 1984
• Dennis Taylor - Oct 1985
• Reg Gutteridge - May 1994
• Jimmy Hill - Mar 1995

production team...

• Researcher: Maurice Leonard
• Writer: Frank Hayes
• Director: Robert Reed
• Producer: Jack Crawshaw

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

Presenting Life

celebrating the hosts

A Life Remembered

tributes to the original presenter

Derek Dougan

Reg Gutteridge

Tommy Trinder

Screenshots of Dickie Davies This Is Your Life