Peter USTINOV CBE (1921-2004)

Peter Ustinov This Is Your Life

programme details...

  • Edition No: 469
  • Subject No: 465
  • Broadcast date: Wed 30 Nov 1977
  • Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
  • Recorded: Wed 23 Nov 1977 8.20pm
  • Venue: Euston Road Studios
  • Series: 18
  • Edition: 2
  • Code name: Russian

on the guest list...

  • Jane Birkin
  • Simon MacCorkindale
  • Lois Chiles
  • Jon Finch
  • Jack Warden
  • Olivia Hussey
  • Angela Lansbury
  • Mia Farrow
  • Maggie Smith
  • Bette Davis
  • Helene - wife
  • Igor - son
  • Tammy - daughter
  • Pavla - daughter
  • Andrea - daughter
  • James Gomme
  • Leonard Sachs
  • Michael Anderson
  • Peter Jones
  • Petula Clark
  • John Gielgud
  • orphan child from Dhaka - via telephone
  • Leon Davico
  • Tomchek - uncle
  • Filmed tributes:
  • Henry Fonda
  • Yehudi Menuhin

production team...

  • Researchers: John Viner, Marilyn Gaunt
  • Writers: Tom Brennand, Roy Bottomley
  • Directors: Royston Mayoh, Terry Yarwood
  • Producer: Jack Crawshaw
  • names above in bold indicate subjects of This Is Your Life
related pages...

Peter Ustinov

second tribute


Life Second Time Around

surprised again!


The Glamorous Life

Hollywood in the spotlight


The Big Red Book

the programme's icon


The Night We Shocked Petula

TV Times photo feature on Petula Clark's second This Is Your Life surprise


Ratings slump sounds death knell for This Is Your Life

Press speculation on the future of This Is Your Life


Petula Clark

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Roy Bottomley This Is Your Life book

Scriptwriter Roy Bottomley recalls this edition of This Is Your Life in his book, This Is Your Life: The Story of Television's Famous Big Red Book...


Hollywood really was in London the night we surprised Peter Ustinov in November 1977. He was playing Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot in the movie Death On The Nile, and the whole cast came along to our studio.


And what a cast: Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Maggie Smith, Jane Birkin, Angela Lansbury, Lois Chiles, Jon Finch, Olivia Hussey and Simon MacCorkindale.


Henry Fonda spoke to Peter from Hollywood, and Sir John Gielgud arrived to put the icing on a very rich cake. But the final scene went to Bette Davis. Displeased with the hub-bub at the play-back she turned from her front-row seat and silenced the room with an imperious glare of those famous eyes, followed by 'Ssshhhussh!'



Peter Ustinov This Is Your Life


Peter Ustinov This Is Your Life


Peter Ustinov This Is Your Life

Series 18 subjects

Richard Beckinsale | Peter Ustinov | Virginia Wade | Robert Arnott | Lin Berwick | Bob Paisley | The Bachelors | David Broome
Arthur English | Barry Sheene | Margot Turner | Pat Coombs | Michael Croft | Max Boyce | Nicholas Parsons | Richard Goolden
Ian Hendry | Marti Caine | Ian Wallace | Dennis Waterman | Anton Dolin | Terry Wogan | William Franklyn | Richard Murdoch
Harry Patterson | Jule Styne | Mike Yarwood