This Is Your Life (1955)
- Genre
- documentary television program
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 43 seasons, 1094 episodes
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A host surprises a guest, then guides them through their life story using a big red book. The show features both famous and ordinary people, and the guest must not know about the surprise ahead of time.
sentimentalsurprisingwholesomenostalgicgentleheartfeltcelebratory
What happens
This Is Your Life is a British biographical television series, based on the 1952 American series. In the show, the host surprises a special guest, before taking them through their life in a studio, with the assistance of the 'big red book'. Both celebrities and non-celebrities were featured on the show. The show was originally broadcast live, and over its run it alternated between being broadcast on the BBC and on ITV. It was hosted by Eamonn Andrews from 1955 until 1964, and then from 1969 until his death in 1987. Michael Aspel then took up the role of host until the show ended in 2003. It briefly returned in 2007 as a one-off special presented by Trevor McDonald. The surprise element was an important part of the show; if the guest heard about the project beforehand, it would be cancelled. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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