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Celebrating television's This Is Your Life
Christopher TIMOTHY (1940-)
THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Christopher Timothy, actor, was surprised by Michael Aspel - with the help of actor Paul Shane - while filming the BBC television soap opera Doctors at the Pebble Mill studios in Birmingham.
Christopher, who was born in Bala, north Wales, studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama under the John Gielgud scholarship. Two days after leaving drama school, he was cast in the Royal Court play Chips With Everything, which transferred to Broadway. He was part of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre company in the 1960s and then played several seasons with the National Theatre Company.
He appeared in various television series throughout the 1970s, notably in the BBC crime drama Murder Most English in 1977. The following year he found fame as the veterinary surgeon James Herriot in the hugely successful BBC series All Creatures Great and Small, a role he played until 1990, appearing in all 90 episodes.
"This is Michael Aspel ladies and gentlemen!"
programme details...
- Edition No: 1048
- Subject No: 1023
- Broadcast date: Mon 10 Apr 2000
- Broadcast time: 8.30-9.00pm
- Recorded: Wed 29 Mar 2000 8.00pm
- Venue: Teddington Studios
- Series: 40
- Edition: 23
- Code name: Vet
on the guest list...
- Anthony Dimmock
- Lizzie Dimmock
- Simon - son
- Nicholas - son
- Robin - son
- Tabitha - daughter
- Katie - daughter
- David - son
- Grace - daughter
- Annie - wife
- Jacqueline Leonard
- Marian - mother
- John - brother
- Charlie Bayliss
- Tony Roberts
- Annette Roberts
- George Layton
- Richard O'Callaghan
- Peter Davison
- Carol Drinkwater
- Lynda Bellingham
- Ruth Hudson
- Rula Lenska
- Susan Penhaligon
- Lorna Wood
- Robert Hardy
- Dan - son-in-law
- Ellen - granddaughter
- Jack - grandson
- Tyri - grandson Filmed tributes:
- cast members of Doctors
- Paul Shane
- Roy Hudd
- Liza Goddard
related appearances...
- Peter Davison - Mar 1982
- Gorden Kaye - Nov 1986
- Roy Hudd - Jan 1989
- Lynda Bellingham - Jan 1993
- Rula Lenska - Jan 1996
- George Layton - Jan 1999
- Kevin Woodford - May 2001
production team...
- Researcher: Jo Grant
- Writer: Joe Steeples
- 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
spotlight on the stars
Christopher Timothy recalls his experience of This Is Your Life in an exclusive interview recorded in May 2014
Screenshots of Christopher Timothy 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