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THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Tony Blackburn, disc jockey and television presenter, was surprised by Michael Aspel while broadcasting his Capital Gold radio show at the company's studios in London.

After beginning his career as a singer, releasing several singles in the late 1960s, Tony then worked as a DJ for the offshore radio stations Radio Caroline and Radio London, before joining the BBC in 1967, where he became the first DJ to be heard on BBC Radio 1 when it officially launched in September of that year.

Tony co-presented BBC television's Top of the Pops throughout the 1970s as well as the variety programme Seaside Special, while continuing to broadcast on BBC radio until he left the BBC in 1987 and joined Capital in 1988.

"This isn't happening, is it? Oh dear!"

programme details...

• Edition No: 825
• Subject No: 815
• Broadcast date: Wed 22 Jan 1992
• Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
• Recorded: Mon 6 Jan 1992
• Venue: Teddington Studios
• Series: 32
• Edition: 15
• Code name: Legend

on the guest list...

• Pauline - mother
• Jackie - sister
• Simon - son
• David Hamilton
• Debbie Thompson - fiancée
• Marty Wilde
• Joyce Wilde
• Kim Wilde
• Tommy Vance
• Pete Murray
• Anne Aston
• Keith Chegwin
• Maggie Philbin
• Jenny Hanley
• Patrick Anthony
• former members of the Walton and Frinton RNLI lifeboat crew
Filmed tribute:
• Jimmy Savile

related appearances...

• Terry Wogan - Apr 1978
• Bob Monkhouse - Feb 1982
• Stuart Henry - Nov 1983
• Alvin Stardust - Mar 1985
• Teddy Johnson and Pearl Carr - Nov 1986
• Alan Freeman - Oct 1987
• Jimmy Savile - Dec 1990
• The Bee Gees - Feb 1991
• John Peel - Jan 1996
• Graham Cole - Oct 1997
• Sylvia Young - Dec 1998
• The Night of 1000 Lives - Jan 2000
• Dale Winton - Jan 2000
• Suggs - Apr 2000
• Valerie Singleton - May 2001
• Shaun Williamson - Oct 2001
• Bill Oddie - Jan 2002
• Bob Harris - Jul 2003

production team...

• Researcher: Tom Wettengel
• Writer: Roy Bottomley
• Directors: Brian Klein, Brian Penders
• Associate Producer: John Graham
• Producer: Malcolm Morris

• names above in bold indicate subjects of This Is Your Life

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The Night of 1000 Lives

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How We Kept The Secret

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Pete Murray

Jimmy Savile

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