This Is Your Life: Patrick Mower

Patrick MOWER (1938-)

THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Patrick Mower, actor, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at St Barnabas and St Philip's Primary School in London's Earls Court, having been led to believe he was there to be interviewed by Mick Robertson for the ITV children's programme Magpie, about how he helps out at the school, teaching football to the children.

Patrick developed an early interest in acting while attending St John's Boys Club in his home city of Oxford. After several years of working as an engineering draughtsman, he decided to become an actor and trained at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He debuted professionally at London's Players' Theatre in 1963 and later joined the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company.

Various television appearances during the 1960s led to his big break when he was cast in the ITV drama series Callan in 1970. In the early 1970s, he co-starred with George Sewell in the popular ITV police drama series Special Branch and appeared in several British films, including Black Beauty.

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programme details...

Edition No: 425
Subject No: 422
Broadcast date: Wed 21 Jan 1976
Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
Recorded: Wed 14 Jan 1976
Venue: Euston Road Studios
Series: 16
Edition: 11
Code name: Lawn

on the guest list...

Audrey - wife
Claudia - daughter
Simon - son
Miss Kimber - in audience
Mick Robertson - in audience
Peggy - mother
Archie - stepfather
Don - brother
Edward Woodward
Roy Copeman
Dick Dunford
Tony Atkins
Pete James
Terry Taplin
Michael Latimer
Pat Ashton
Derek - brother
Gabrielle Drake
George Sewell
Father David Hemming

production team...

Researchers: Maurice Leonard, Debbie Gaunt
Writers: Tom Brennand, Roy Bottomley
Director: Mike Dormer
Producer: Jack Crawshaw

names above in bold indicate subjects of This Is Your Life

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The Night of 1000 Lives

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Gabrielle Drake

George Sewell

Edward Woodward

Screenshots of Patrick Mower This Is Your Life

TV Times article: Patrick Mower This Is Your Life

TV Times 21 February 1976

Book of a lifetime

After watching This Is Your Life on Patrick Mower, I wondered if there was any way I could obtain a copy of the book with which he was presented?

Heather Lloyd, London, SW6

Sorry - you couldn't get one wherever you tried. The books are bound in real leather and are worth up to £100. They're specially made as a personal memento, and have become a status symbol in the star's homes I visit.

Series 16 subjects