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THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Mollie Sugden, actress, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at Thames Television's Euston Road Studios, having been led to believe she was there to take part in a children's programme.

Mollie, who was born in Keighley, worked in a local munitions factory during the Second World War before studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She served a long apprenticeship in repertory theatre before moving into television.

She had early success with the BBC television sitcom Hugh and I, which ran for five series from 1962, before appearing intermittently in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 1965. However, her appearances in two other BBC sitcoms, The Liver Birds and Are You Being Served? in the early 1970s, made her a household name.

programme details...

• Edition No: 410
• Subject No: 408
• Broadcast date: Wed 9 Apr 1975
• Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
• Recorded: Wed 26 Mar 1975
• Venue: Euston Road Studios
• Series: 15
• Edition: 23
• Code name: Mother

on the guest list...

• Nerys Hughes
• Jack Smethurst
• John Alderton
Please note: this is an incomplete list

related appearances...

• John Inman - Dec 1976
• Arthur English - Jan 1978
• Terry Scott - Nov 1978
• Andrew Sachs - Jan 1980
• Melvyn Hayes - Jan 1981
• Nerys Hughes - Feb 1984
• Felix Bowness - Jan 1986
• Gorden Kaye - Nov 1986
• Esther Rantzen - Nov 1988
• David Croft - Dec 1995
• Trevor Bannister - Dec 1997
• Frank Thornton - Oct 1988
• Bill Pertwee - Feb 1999
• The Night of 1000 Lives - Jan 2000

production team...

• Researcher: unknown
• Writer: unknown
• Director: Robert Reed
• Producer: Jack Crawshaw

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

The Good Life

the sitcom stars

The Night of 1000 Lives

a celebration of a thousand editions

John Alderton

Jack Smethurst

Eamonn Andrews surprises Mollie Sugden for This Is Your Life