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THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Marti Caine, comedienne and entertainer, was surprised by Michael Aspel at Woburn Golf Club while receiving a golf lesson from comedian Tom O'Connor for a new BBC television series, Next.

Marti, who was born in Sheffield and first performed as a cabaret singer on the Yorkshire working men's club circuit, achieved national fame after winning the ITV talent show New Faces in 1975. She went on to star in her own television shows for the BBC in 1979 and later for ITV in the early 1980s.

She starred in the BBC television sitcom Hilary in 1984, which was written specifically for her, and in 1986 she performed a one-woman show at London's Donmar Warehouse, co-writing fourteen songs about her life experiences. She returned to the revived New Faces, hosting three series between 1986 and 1988.

Marti Caine was a subject of This Is Your Life on two occasions – previously surprised by Eamonn Andrews in March 1978 in Sheffield City Centre.

programme details...

• Edition No: 897
• Subject No: second timer
• Broadcast date: Wed 30 Nov 1994
• Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
• Recorded: Thu 13 Oct 1994
• Venue: unknown
• Series: 35
• Edition: 5
• Code name: Abel

on the guest list...

• Valerie Singleton
• John Noakes
• Kenneth Ives - husband
• Lee - son
• Max - son
• Jim Davidson
• Pam Rigby
• Janet Bedford
• Dave Morton
• Barry Crook
• Betty Ellis
• Denise Humphries
• Paul Daniels
• Debbie McGee
• Philip Madoc
• Joe Pasquale
• Jeffrey Holland
• Nina Myskow
• Carol Willock
• Bill Lowe
Filmed tributes:
• Charlie - grandson
• Victoria Wood
• Tom O'Connor
• Brian Conley
• Joe Longthorne

related appearances...

• Mickie Most - Dec 1981
• Paul Daniels - Nov 1988
• David Tomlinson - Mar 1991
• Stan Richards - Apr 1991
• Joe Longthorne - Apr 1994

production team...

• Researcher: Sally Millson
• Writer: Roy Bottomley
• 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

Marti Caine

first tribute

That's Entertainment

there's no business like it

Life Second Time Around

surprised again!

Paul Daniels

Jim Davidson

Joe Longthorne

Tom O'Connor

Valerie Singleton

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