Series 9: 1963-64
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Series 9 subjects...
Stratford JOHNS Actor 3 October 1963
Alice STERN Concentration camp survivor 10 October 1963
Robert BOOTHBY Conservative politician 17 October 1963
Bessie LOVE American actress 24 October 1963
Joan STANTON Blind pianist 31 October 1963
Harry WORTH Comedian 7 November 1963
John DODD Charity founder 14 November 1963
Ralph READER Actor and producer 21 November 1963
Albert GUERISSE Belgian resistance fighter 28 November 1963
Albert GUERISSE   5 December 1963
Margaret LOCKWOOD Actress 12 December 1963
Franklin DAY Teenager blinded in an accident 19 December 1963
Frederick Spencer CHAPMAN British Army officer 2 January 1964
Frederick Spencer CHAPMAN   9 January 1964
Thora HIRD Actress 16 January 1964
Evelyn BARK Director of International Affairs for the Red Cross 23 January 1964
Madge WATSON and Superintendent of Deep Sea Fishermen Mission 30 January 1964
Elsie WOOD Superintendent of Deep Sea Fishermen Mission 30 January 1964
Petula CLARK Actress and singer 6 February 1964
Derek MCCULLOCH BBC radio presenter 13 February 1964
Bert MATTHEWS Pearly King and charity worker 20 February 1964
Ted MOULT Farmer and broadcaster 27 February 1964
Dot PALMER Foster mother 5 March 1964
Teddy WINN RSPCA inspector 12 March 1964
Barbara MULLEN Actress 19 March 1964
Paul BURROUGH Clergyman and former prisoner-of-war 26 March 1964
Sydney SCROGGIE Disabled hillwalker, writer and poet 2 April 1964
Ninette DE VALOIS Founder of the Royal Ballet 9 April 1964
Dominique PIRE Belgian friar – recipient of Nobel Peace Prize 16 April 1964
Olivia DE HAVILLAND Actress 23 April 1964
Mary HAWKINS Nurse 30 April 1964

Broadcast details

BBC tv (editions 1-28) | BBC1 (editions 29-30)
30 editions | 3 x 30 minutes | 27 x 25 minutes
Thursday | 8.35pm x 6 | 9.10pm x 5 | 10.10pm x 1 | 8.50pm x 17 | 9.25pm x 1

Production team

Devised by: Ralph Edwards
Executive Producer: T Leslie Jackson | Producer: Vere Lorrimer | Directors: Michael Goodwin, Mark Patterson, David Matthews
Writers: Nickola Sterne, John Dalzell, Peter Moore, Gale Pedrick, Liam Nolan, Suzanne Twiston-Davies
Researchers: Nickola Sterne, John Dalzell, Suzanne Twiston-Davies, Alan Haire, Gale Pedrick
Script Editors: Bob Stuart, Peter Moore | Music: James Turner