Omar SHARIF (1932-2015)

Omar Sharif This Is Your Life

programme details...

  • Edition No: 758
  • Subject No: 750
  • Broadcast date: Wed 25 Oct 1989
  • Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
  • Recorded: Mon 16 Oct 1989
  • Venue: Royalty Theatre
  • Series: 30
  • Edition: 1
  • Code name: Sand

on the guest list...

  • Nicholas Parsons
  • Neil Durden-Smith
  • Bill Tidy
  • Fred Rumsey
  • John Price
  • Judith Chalmers
  • Tarek - son
  • Martina - Tarek's fiancée
  • Nadia - stepdaughter
  • Hamed - Nadia's husband
  • Magda - sister
  • Alexander - brother-in-law
  • Marwen Labeeb
  • Peter O'Toole
  • Robert Morley
  • Claire - mother
  • Filmed tributes:
  • Julie Andrews
  • David Lean
  • Rod Steiger
  • Karen Black
  • Anne Archer
  • James Coburn
  • Peter Ustinov
  • Omar - grandson

production team...

  • Researcher: Sue Green
  • Writer: Roy Bottomley
  • Directors: Brian Klein, Paul Kirrage
  • Associate Producer: John Graham
  • Producer: Malcolm Morris
  • names above in bold indicate subjects of This Is Your Life
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Roy Bottomley This Is Your Life book

Scriptwriter Roy Bottomley recalls this edition of This Is Your Life in his book, This Is Your Life: The Story of Television's Famous Big Red Book...


We went to Paris to surprise one of the most romantic stars of the last thirty years – Omar Sharif. Michael Aspel was waiting as he stepped out of the apartment block where he lives.


Then it was a flight back to London to hear from Sir David Lean, Rod Steiger, James Coburn and, of course, Peter O'Toole from Lawrence of Arabia and Night of the Generals.


When we filmed in Omar's home city of Cairo – where we heard he was such a good soccer player he could have played for his country – our camera crew got beaten up. The director had offended some religious fanatics by 'dirtying up' a traditional robe for a piece of 'character' filming.




Where was 'Lara' the night we surprised 'Dr Zhivago'? Alas, reclusive Julie Christie was not even able to film a message the night of the Life of Omar Sharif, though Rod Steiger and director Sir David Lean managed to do so. But for the many viewers who enquired of Miss Christie, we did ask.

Series 30 subjects

Omar Sharif | Sarah Brightman | Yvonne Cormeau | Cyril Smith | Jean Boht | Zsa Zsa Gabor | Alec McCowen | Barbara Cartland
Douglas Fairbanks Jr | William Shatner | Barbara Taylor Bradford | Elizabeth Dawn | Billy Wright | Trevor McDonald
Stephanie Beacham | Simon Weston | Peter Scudamore | Peter Cushing | David Shepherd | Harry Secombe
Nigel Kennedy | Eluned Williams | Billy Marsh | Bob Holness | Bobby Davro | Michael Baldock | Ken Dodd