Big Red Book
Celebrating television's This Is Your Life
George LAYTON (1943-)
THIS IS YOUR LIFE - George Layton, actor and writer, was surprised by Michael Aspel during a photo shoot at Holborn Studios in London with the cast members of the BBC television series Sunburn.
George, who was born in Bradford, first began acting at the town's Civic Playhouse before studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he won the Emile Littler Award. Having appeared in the play Chips with Everything in 1963 at the Royal Court Theatre and on Broadway, he became a familiar face on television in programmes such as Z-Cars and The Likely Lads.
In 1969, he appeared in the ITV sitcom Doctor in the House and went on to star in its sequel, in addition to co-writing several episodes. George also appeared in the BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum and the ITV drama series Minder and later created and wrote the sitcoms Don't Wait Up and Executive Stress. He also wrote two collections of children's stories, which became part of the GCSE curriculum.
"Get out of it! You're not serious! Michael! I don't believe it!"
programme details...
- Edition No: 1019
- Subject No: 994
- Broadcast date: Mon 18 Jan 1999
- Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
- Recorded: Fri 8 Jan 1999
- Venue: unknown
- Series: 39
- Edition: 20
- Code name: Buzzard
on the guest list...
- Viv - sister
- Peter - brother
- Jim - brother-in-law
- Lynda Bellingham
- Carmel Kinnear
- Tessa Wyatt
- Edward Jewesbury
- Anita Roddick
- Moya - wife
- Danny - son
- Hannah - daughter
- Claudie - daughter
- Tristan - son
- Michelle Collins
- Rebecca Callard
- Peter Polycarpou
- Colette Brown
- James Buller
- Natalie Robb
- Sharon Small
- Nigel Havers
- Roger Selby
- Christopher Timothy
- Richard O'Sullivan
- Bill Oddie
- Mike Kinsey
- Kenneth MacDonald
- Michael Knowles
- Don Estelle
- Helen Shapiro
- Jenny Seagrove
- Bill Kenwright
- Eve
- June
- Ken Gibson Filmed tributes:
- Geoffrey Davies
- Melvyn Hayes
related appearances...
- Richard Gordon - Feb 1974
- Richard O'Sullivan - Dec 1974
- Dennis Waterman - Apr 1978
- Robert Powell - Feb 1979
- Cathleen Nesbitt - May 1980
- Esther Rantzen - Nov 1988
- Jeremy Beadle - Jan 1994
- Helen Shapiro - May 1995
- David Croft - Dec 1995
- The Night of 1000 Lives - Jan 2000
- Christopher Timothy - Apr 2000
- Bill Oddie - Jan 2002
- Bob Monkhouse - Apr 2003
production team...
- Researcher: Ben Farrell
- Writer: Joe Steeples
- Directors: Chris Fox, Steve Docherty
- 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
the sitcom stars
a celebration of a thousand editions
Screenshots of George Layton This Is Your Life
Series 39 subjects
Charles Stewart | Carol Smillie | Roy Walker | Sharron Davies | Christopher Chittell | Barbara Dickson | Frank ThorntonPhillip Schofield | Alastair Stewart | Bob Wilson | Frankie Dettori | Elizabeth Spriggs | Rick Wakeman | Sue Johnston
Lord Deedes | Sylvia Young | Anne Kirkbride | Christopher Biggins | Damon Hill | George Layton | Floella Benjamin
Bill Pertwee | Mark Cook | Gary Mabbutt | Suzi Quatro | Ian Bannen