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Celebrating television's This Is Your Life
Vic ARMSTRONG (1946-)
THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Vic Armstrong, film director and stunt coordinator, was surprised by Michael Aspel at Pinewood Studios, having flown in from Los Angeles for what he believed was a meeting about the next James Bond film.
Vic left school at 14 with an ambition to be a jockey after spending his formative years working with his father, a racehorse trainer. Having grown too big to achieve his dream, Vic continued working with his father until an opportunity to handle the horses for the 1965 film Arabesque led to a career in the film industry.
As a stunt coordinator and second unit director, Vic performed thousands of stunts in numerous movies, including the James Bond film series, Superman, Return of the Jedi, the Indiana Jones series and Gangs of New York. He received a lifetime achievement award from BAFTA in 2002, and according to The Guinness Book of World Records, he is the world's most prolific stuntman.
"Oh my God! Oh my word! Wow!"
programme details...
- Edition No: 1125
- Subject No: 1099
- Broadcast date: Thu 26 Jun 2003
- Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
- Recorded: Fri 28 Mar 2003 7.30pm
- Venue: Teddington Studios
- Series: 43
- Edition: 20
- Code name: Fall
on the guest list...
- Ann - mother
- Diana - sister
- Rocky Taylor
- Wendy - wife
- Nina - daughter
- Georgie - daughter
- Bruce - son
- Scott - son
- Martin Scorsese - via telephone
- James - nephew
- Jesse - nephew
- Michael Haines
- Richard Todd
- Dave Haines
- George Leech - father-in-law
- Mark Mottram
- Bill Weston
- Billy Horrigan
- Pat Roach
- Dave Vickers
- Paul Vickers
- George Cottle
- Ray De-Haan
- Michael Wilson
- Barbara Broccoli
- Louise - daughter-in-law
- Robert - grandson Filmed tributes:
- Pierce Brosnan
- Andrew - brother
- Debbie - sister-in-law
- Christopher Lee
- George Lucas
- Harrison Ford
production team...
- Researcher: Ian Skelton
- Writer: Ian Brown
- Director: John Gorman
- Associate Producer: Helen Gordon-Smith
- Series Producer: Jack Crawshaw
- Producer: Sue Green
- names above in bold indicate subjects of This Is Your Life
Screenshots of Vic Armstrong This Is Your Life
Series 43 subjects
David Dickinson | Mo Mowlam | Gillian Taylforth | Mike Rutherford | John McArdle | Elmer Bernstein | Charles CollingwoodJonathan Davies | Elizabeth Pescops | George Best | Lisa Maxwell | Roger Cook | Bob Monkhouse | Nicholas Winton
Anthony Andrews | Alex Norton | John Bardon | Simon Cowell | Alec Stewart | Vic Armstrong | Chris Bonington
John Middleton | Bob Harris | Gyles Brandreth | Aled Jones