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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 after interviewing him on his BBC television chat show.
Danny, who was born in London, 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, presenting and writing for various programmes throughout the decade, including 20th Century Box - a series of documentaries on youth culture for London Weekend Television and a stint as a reporter for the same channel's regional magazine programme, The Six O'Clock Show.
"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