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Celebrating television's This Is Your Life
Roger KENDALL
THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Roger Kendall, firefighter, was surprised by Michael Aspel while training cast members of the ITV drama series London's Burning at Soho Fire Station in London.
After leaving school, Roger took up an apprenticeship with London Electricity Board but later became a firefighter, joining the London Fire Brigade in 1978 aged 20. In 1986 he was promoted to leading firefighter and transferred from Westminster to Paddington before being assigned to Red Watch at Soho Fire Station.
Roger attended some of London's most dangerous missions, including the 1987 Kings Cross fire, the car bomb explosion outside Harrods and the sinking of the Marchioness in 1989. In 1998 he was seconded to London Weekend Television as the Technical Advisor and Safety Officer to the ITV series London's Burning.
"You're joking! I'm speechless"
programme details...
- Edition No: 1052
- Subject No: 1027
- Broadcast date: Mon 22 May 2000
- Broadcast time: 8.30-9.00pm
- Recorded: Mon 27 Mar 2000
- Venue: BBC Television Centre
- Series: 40
- Edition: 27
- Code name: Bell
on the guest list...
- Joyce - mother
- Cyril - father
- Russell - brother
- David - brother
- Sophie - wife
- Harriet - daughter
- Jonathan Guy Lewis
- Michael Garner
- Ben Onwukwe
- Edward Peel
- Heather Peace
- Brad Gorton
- Al Hunter Ashton
- Jim Alexander
- Shirley Greenwood
- Human Dar
- former firefighting colleagues
- Mark Ede
- Ian Farge-Bennett
- Peter McDonald
- Malcolm McCarthy
- Bruce Hoad
- Ted Temple
- Martin Powell
- Laurence Gill
- Ronnie Parma
- Vilas Parma
- Mina Parma
- Rujan Parma
- Jane Hodges
- Katie - daughter
- Freya - daughter
- Steve - brother
- Christian - nephew Filmed tributes:
- Simon Hughes
- Glen Murphy
production team...
- Researchers: Sue Venables, Ruth Malone
- Writer: Ian Brown
- Director: John Gorman
- Associate Producer: Helen Gordon-Smith
- Executive Producer: John Longley
- Series Producer: Jack Crawshaw
- Producer: Sue Green
- names above in bold indicate subjects of This Is Your Life
heroes of the emergency services
Screenshots of Roger Kendall This Is Your Life
Series 40 subjects
Roger Black | Hewitt Clark | Martin Kemp | Denise Welch | Rudolph Walker | Martin Jarvis | Stuart Hall | Rita TushinghamLen Vale-Onslow | Dale Winton | Ian Wright | Marguerite Patten | Eddie Jordan | Dave Lee Travis | Harry Hill
David Vine | John Craven | Richard Dunwoody | Tom Baker | Laurie Holloway | Kay Mellor | Mark Wingett
Christopher Timothy | Suggs | Jason Leonard | Desmond Wilcox | Roger Kendall | Daniel O'Donnell