Recent additions...
Three exclusive new interviews:
Sam Kydd – actor Jonathan Kydd recalls his father’s tribute from 1974 – the only edition not to be shown in full
Dame Sybil Thorndike – Dirk Campbell remembers his grandmother – honoured in 1960
Googie Withers – actress Joanna McCallum recalls her mother’s tribute from 1971
Also, radio’s Wilfred Pickles, actress Ruby Miller, a look at Matt Busby’s second tribute and an updated page for boxer Sammy McCarthy
And two new features…
Headlining the worlds of newspapers and television news – Stop Press and News at Ten
THIS IS YOUR LIFE...
... a simple premise for a TV show. A surprise encounter and an unexpected reunion. The host reveals the life story of the unsuspecting ‘subject’ with the help of a Big Red Book and a gathering of family and friends.
That formula became one of the most popular TV programmes on British television ever, running almost 50 years, producing over 1000 editions, and, in the process, becoming a British institution.
At the peak of its popularity, in the 1970s and 80s, millions of TV viewers 
regularly tuned in every Wednesday at 7pm with excited anticipation of whose name would be embossed on that week’s Big Red Book...
This website is a celebration of the show and the lives it honoured. Open the Big Red Book to reveal a record of every UK edition from 1955-2003 and learn about the series, the subjects and the sets as we turn back the pages of one of the best loved television treasures of all time.
So, as the man said ...
“if you look at that screen over there...”
