Series 7: 1961-62
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Series 7 subjects...
Max BYGRAVES Entertainer 2 October 1961
Mario BORRELLI Italian priest and charity worker 9 October 1961
Alastair PEARSON Highland Light Infantry Officer 16 October 1961
Brian RIX Actor and charity worker 23 October 1961
Derek DOOLEY Footballer 30 October 1961
Elizabeth TWISTINGTON HIGGINS Polio stricken dancer and artist 6 November 1961
Sandy MACPHERSON Theatre organist 13 November 1961
Ronald MENDAY Highland Light Infantry Officer 20 November 1961
Harry DAY Royal Marine and Royal Air Force pilot 27 November 1961
Peter FINCH Actor 4 December 1961
Charlie DRAKE Comedian, actor, writer and singer 11 December 1961
Timothy CAIN Survivor of destroyer HMS Electra 18 December 1961
Isabella WOODFORD Nurse and matron to Army Officers 25 December 1961
David PARK Scottish miner 1 January 1962
Sefton DELMER Journalist and foreign correspondent 8 January 1962
COCO the Clown Circus clown 15 January 1962
Jenny GLEED Cockney pub landlady 22 January 1962
Arthur E DAVIES Musical director 29 January 1962
Tom EVANS Royal Navy officer 5 February 1962
David Pelham JAMES Politician, author and adventurer 12 February 1962
Kenneth HORNE Radio comedian 19 February 1962
Marie RAMBERT Ballet dancer and teacher 26 February 1962
David BUTLER Student 5 March 1962
Glen MOODY Welsh light heavyweight boxer 12 March 1962
Kenneth COOKE Ship's carpenter on SS Lulworth Hill 19 March 1962
Tom BREAKS Fireman 26 March 1962
Dora BRYAN Actress 2 April 1962
Bob OATWAY Scrap merchant and charity worker 9 April 1962
Acker BILK Clarinetist and jazz musician 16 April 1962
Hester MEAKIN Scottish district nurse 23 April 1962
Joe FILLISTON 100-year-old cricketer 30 April 1962
Ellaline TERRISS Actress and singer 7 May 1962

Broadcast details

BBC tv
32 editions | 19 x 30 minutes | 13 x 35 minutes
Monday | 7.30pm x 16 | 7.55pm x 9 | 7.25pm x 1 | 8.00pm x 6

Production team

Devised by: Ralph Edwards
Producer: T Leslie Jackson | Associate Producer: David Croft | Directors: Yvonne Littlewood, Michael Goodwin
Writers: Nickola Sterne, Arthur Sellwood, Alfred Draper, John Ralph, Peter Moore
Researchers: Nickola Sterne, Arthur Sellwood, Alfred Draper, John Ralph
Script Editor: John Sandilands | Music: James Turner