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Celebrating television's This Is Your Life
Patrick ROBINSON (1963-)
THIS IS YOUR LIFE – Patrick Robinson, actor, was surprised by Michael Aspel during the curtain call of the play Guess Who's Coming to Dinner at the Orchard Theatre, Dartford.
Patrick, who was born in Deptford, London, first began acting at school before studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. After graduating, he started his professional career in theatre and later joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, spending two seasons in Stratford-upon-Avon and two in London.
His big break into television came in 1990 when he was cast as Martin 'Ash' Ashford, a nurse in the BBC television medical drama series Casualty, a role which made him a household name. His other television appearances include the BBC sitcom A Many Splintered Thing and the ITV crime drama Daylight Robbery.
programme details...
- Edition No: 1074
- Subject No: 1049
- Broadcast date: Wed 18 Apr 2001
- Broadcast time: 8.00-8.30pm
- Recorded: Sat 31 Mar 2001
- Venue: Teddington Studios
- Series: 41
- Edition: 21
- Code name: Press
on the guest list...
- Gary McDonald
- George Sewell
- Lorna - sister
- Sandra - sister
- Angela - sister
- Sharon - sister
- Michele - sister
- Charmaine - sister
- Tony - brother
- Janis - wife
- Charlotte - daughter
- Jordan - son
- Nesta - aunt
- Ian Wright - cousin
- Len - father
- June - stepmother
- Danny Johnson
- Irene Bishop
- Ashmead Cruisers
- Harry Diggins
- Nicky Evans
- Frank Thompson
- Doll Thompson
- Philip Glenister
- Huw Higginson
- Andrew Castell
- Gary Webster
- Jenni George
- Sean O'Callaghan
- Dona Croll
- Paul 'Oscar' Anderson
- Karen Drury
- Trevor Phillips
- Victor McGuire
- Tony McHale
- Oscar James Filmed tributes:
- Ainsley Harriott
- Nigel Le Vaillant
- Jane Gurnett
related appearances...
- Clive Mantle - Oct 1995
- Julia Watson - Jan 1998
production team...
- Researcher: Jo Grant
- Writer: Ian Brown
- Director: John Gorman
- 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
Screenshots of Patrick Robinson This Is Your Life
Series 41 subjects
Matthew Pinsent | Todd Carty | Vinnie Jones | Donald Woods | Linda Lusardi | Dorothy Tutin | Paula Tilbrook | John HumphrysAndrew Davis | James Ellis | Sue Jenkins | Geoffrey Hughes | John van Weenen | Charles Dance | Mick Channon
Jonathan Ross | Simon Rouse | Midge Ure | John Barnes | Paul Jones | Patrick Robinson | Jim Shekhdar
Valerie Singleton | Darren Gough | Kevin Woodford | Richard Stilgoe