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Celebrating television's This Is Your Life
Danny BAKER (1957-)
THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Danny Baker, journalist and comedy writer, was surprised by Michael Aspel while interviewing him on his chat show at the BBC Television Centre.
Danny, who was born in London, initially worked in a record store while writing for the music magazine Sniffin' Glue, which led to a job at the New Musical Express as a writer, reviewer, and interviewer. He moved into television in 1980 as a presenter and writer.
He worked on various programmes throughout the 1980s, including a series of documentaries on youth culture for London Weekend Television and as a reporter for the same channel's regional magazine programme, The Six O'Clock Show. Danny began his radio career with BBC GLR in 1989, then moved to the newly launched Radio 5 in 1990, and then to Radio 1 in 1993.
"Oh no! Nonsense! I've gone all lightheaded!"
programme details...
- Edition No: 899
- Subject No: 883
- Broadcast date: Wed 14 Dec 1994
- Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
- Recorded: Fri 4 Nov 1994
- Venue: Teddington Studios
- Series: 35
- Edition: 7
- Code name: Dozen
on the guest list...
- Wendy - wife
- Sonny - son
- Bonnie - daughter
- Betty - mother
- Fred - father
- Jonathan Ross
- Jane - sister-in-law
- Alexandra - niece
- Robert - nephew
- Danny - nephew
- Sharon -sister
- Roger - brother-in-law
- Chas n Dave
- Greg Dyke
- Tommy Hodges
- Iain Thomson
- Fred Housego
- Gary Wilmot
- Paul Ross
- Gaby Roslin
- Rick Wakeman
- Jeremy Beadle Filmed tributes:
- Gary Farrow
- Janet Street-Porter
- Zig and Zag
- Paul Gascoigne
related appearances...
- Gary Wilmot - Dec 1986
- Jeremy Beadle - Jan 1994
- Jonathan Ross - Mar 2001
production team...
- Researcher: Sue Green
- Writer: Simon Booker
- Director: Brian Klein
- Associate Producer: John Graham
- Executive Producer: Peter Estall
- Producer: Malcolm Morris
- names above in bold indicate subjects of This Is Your Life
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Screenshots of Danny Baker This Is Your Life
Series 35 subjects
Andrew Lloyd Webber | Leslie Crowther | Mike Reid | Martin Bell | Marti Caine | David Wallace | Danny Baker | Stephanie ColePeter Ustinov | Lesley Joseph | Arthur C Clarke | Barry Cryer | Gretchen Franklin | Edward Woodward | Ned Sherrin | Spike Milligan
Howard Keel | Raymond Gainer | June Whitfield | Debbie Reynolds | Bill Cotton | Jimmy Hill | George Baker | James Herbert
Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray | Ivor Broom | Kriss Akabusi | Helen Shapiro