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Celebrating television's This Is Your Life
SUGGS (1961-)
THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Suggs, singer-songwriter and musician, was surprised by Michael Aspel - with the help of Noddy Holder and Toyah Willcox - while recording an edition of the television panel show A Question of Pop at BBC Television Centre.
Suggs was born Graham McPherson in Hastings but raised in Wales and North London. At the age of only 16, he became the lead singer of the North London Invaders, who, after renaming themselves Madness, went on to achieve fifteen Top 10 singles, including Baggy Trousers, It Must Be Love and the band's only UK number one, House of Fun, before splitting up in 1986.
Suggs moved on to managing new talent, including the band The Farm, before Madness reformed in the early 1990s. He also had a solo career, releasing two albums and several singles, and made regular television appearances, including Channel 4's karaoke game show Night Fever and the BBC panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks.
"You've gotta be having me on! Yeah - thanks very much!"
programme details...
- Edition No: 1049
- Subject No: 1024
- Broadcast date: Mon 17 Apr 2000
- Broadcast time: 8.30-9.00pm
- Recorded: Sat 1 Apr 2000 midnight
- Venue: Teddington Studios
- Series: 40
- Edition: 24
- Code name: Fever
on the guest list...
- Anne - wife
- Scarlett - daughter
- Viva - daughter
- Noddy Holder
- Edith - mother
- Hector Walker - cousin
- Jane Walker - cousin
- Sarah Walker - cousin
- Diana Jones - aunt
- Richard Dixson
- Chris Foreman
- Lee Thompson
- Dan Woodgate
- Mark Bedford
- John Eichler
- Clive Langer
- Peter Hooton
- Keith Mullin
- Tony Blackburn
- Francine Lewis
- Paul Hendy
- Shaun Williamson
- Pop Monkey
- Dennis Wise
- Eddie Newton
- Ian Hutchinson
- Tommy Baldwin
- David Webb
- Ron Harris Filmed tributes:
- Boy George
- Mel C
- Gianfranco Zola
- Phill Jupitus
- Jools Holland
related appearance...
- Richard Branson - Nov 1985
production team...
- Researcher: Kate Greer
- 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 Suggs This Is Your Life
Series 40 subjects
Roger Black | Hewitt Clark | Martin Kemp | Denise Welch | Rudolph Walker | Martin Jarvis | Stuart Hall | Rita TushinghamLen Vale-Onslow | Dale Winton | Ian Wright | Marguerite Patten | Eddie Jordan | Dave Lee Travis | Harry Hill
David Vine | John Craven | Richard Dunwoody | Tom Baker | Laurie Holloway | Kay Mellor | Mark Wingett
Christopher Timothy | Suggs | Jason Leonard | Desmond Wilcox | Roger Kendall | Daniel O'Donnell