Duncan GUTHRIE (1911-1987)
Stories Behind This Is Your Life
A review of the show’s second series
The unsung heroes who work tirelessly to help those in need
THIS IS YOUR LIFE – Duncan Guthrie, charity organiser, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the King’s Theatre, Hammersmith.
One of Guthrie’s greatest achievements was providing financial support for medical research. This started in 1949 when his first child developed poliomyelitis. Guthrie alerted society to the problem of polio, and with his wife, Prue Holloway, set up the National Fund for Poliomyelitis Research.
The charity still operates today as Action Medical Research.
Compere Eamonn Andrews says ‘This Is Your Life’ to Duncan Guthrie as he sits unsuspecting, back-stage with Jack Armstrong, Harry Lane, Joan Conquest and Anthony Viccars
programme details...
- Edition No: 26
- Subject No: 26
- Broadcast live: Mon 4 Feb 1957
- Broadcast time: 7.30-8pm
- Venue: King’s Theatre Hammersmith
- Series: 2
- Edition: 11
on the guest list...
- Stanley Gaywood
- Rosamund John
- Colonel H H Chandor
- Rene Couture
- Jack Moore
- Prunella Guthrie
- Peter Kneebone
- Prof G W A Dick
- Janet Guthrie Filmed tribute:
- Walter Creighton
external links...
production team...
- Researchers: Peter Moore, Nigel Ward
- Writer: Larry Forrester
- Producer: T Leslie Jackson