12 November 1956

Sue - a reluctant subject - was surprised by Eamonn while recording a 'mock' interview at the King's Theatre, Hammersmith.
In 1953 Sue established the Sue Ryder Foundation - a charity which aimed to provide homes for concentration camp survivors and nursing care for the elderly and disabled.

19 September 1960

The charity founder and former Royal Air Force pilot - who was the youngest Group Captain in the service and, following his Victoria Cross for gallantry, the most decorated - was surprised by Eamonn in London's Vincent Square.
Among those greeting Leonard was his wife - and former This Is Your Life subject - Sue Ryder.

27 January 1958

Eamonn interrupted a performance of the pantomime Babes in the Wood at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh, to surprise the actress and dancer who had recently been paralysed by an unknown virus, but from which she had made a full recovery. Louie's guests include Jimmy Logan, Hattie Jacques and a recorded message from Wilfred Pickles.

5 April 1995

The actor - well known to television viewers as Inspector Wexford in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries - was surprised by Michael at the Port Solent Marina in Hampshire. Actress Louie Ramsay appeared in the detective series as George's onscreen wife Dora, and the two were married for real in 1993. Other guests include actresses Sylvia Syms and Jean Anderson.

5 December 1973

The actress - and youngest daughter of actor John Mills and sister of actress Juliet Mills - was surprised by Eamonn in the projection room of a private cinema in central London.
Among others, Hayley's guests are actor and film director Lionel Jeffries, who greets her in the studio, and actress Maureen O'Hara, who sends a filmed message.

28 October 1992

The actress - and the eldest daughter of actor John Mills and sister of actress Hayley Mills - was surprised by Michael during the curtain call of the Noel Coward play Fallen Angels on stage at the Richmond Theatre, where the tribute was then recorded.
Juliet's guests include husband and wife actors Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray.

2 March 1977

The animal trainer and circus entertainer was giving a talk on circus animals to children at a school in Teddington when Eamonn surprised her.
Mary specialises in a chimpanzee act, and her show includes appearances by Fred the chimp and Rosie the elephant, along with a tribute from the legendary Swiss circus director Fredy Knie.

31 December 1969

The first trio to be featured on This Is Your Life - the singing group consisting of sisters Joy, Teddy and Babs - were surprised for a New Year's Eve edition during the first series produced by Thames Television.
Guests include entertainer Dickie Henderson, musician John Dankworth and Joy's husband, footballer Billy Wright.

27 February 1974

The musician and composer who established his own jazz orchestra in the 1950s and married the singer and actress Cleo Laine in 1958 was surprised by Eamonn.

2 May 1973

Jackie - part of the successful Leeds United club side since 1953 - was surprised by Eamonn at Thames Television's Euston Road Studios.
Jackie had been a member of the 1966 World Cup winning team, playing in every game of the campaign, and England's manager Sir Alf Ramsay pays his tribute to 'one of the greatest' in a recorded message.

11 January 1999

Racing commentator Murray Walker helped Michael surprise the Formula One racing driver at London's Landmark Hotel. Damon won the F1 World Championship in 1996 - the only son of a previous World Champion to ever do so. In a tribute within a tribute, his show includes a clip of his appearance, as a child, on his father Graham's This Is Your Life.

23 January 1980

The comedy actress and singer was surprised by Eamonn - with some help from her actor husband Alfred Marks - while riding the ghost train at Chessington Zoo.
Among those paying tribute are actor and comedian Norman Wisdom and television's cookery experts Fanny and Johnny Craddock.

6 February 1974

It wasn't long after surprising the actress Pauline Collins that Eamonn caught up with her husband - and co-star in ITV's drama series Upstairs Downstairs – tracking him down and surprising him at a garage on the A40.
John's colleagues from his popular ITV situation comedy Please Sir! are on the guest list, as are the actors Tom Courtenay and Anna Neagle.

20 February 1991

Brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb - remembered as the foremost act of the late 1970s disco era - were surprised by Michael while being interviewed by disc jockey Steve Wright on his Radio 1 programme at BBC Broadcasting House.
The tribute includes recorded messages from Diana Ross, Barbra Streisand and Michael Jackson.

23 February 1977

Michael's wife and regular co-star Dulcie Gray assisted Eamonn in surprising the actor in the foyer of the Inn on the Park Hotel off London's Park Lane.
Among those paying tribute to Michael in person are former prisoner-of-war, Sam Derry and actress Barbara Mullen, while actress Juliet Mills and actor Richard Todd send their greetings on film.

19 April 1995

The well-respected acting couple - both previous subjects - were surprised by Michael at a reunion party for the BBC television series Howard's Way, on board the Sir Thomas More boat at Teddington Lock.
A star-studded guest list includes Sir John Gielgud, Sir John Mills and Lady Mills, while Michael Aspel reads out a letter from the Queen Mother.

3 December 1980

Famous at the time for her impression of the then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, the actress and comedienne was surprised by Eamonn at Thames Television's Euston Road Studios.
Some of the victims of Janet's mimicry skills are part of her guest list – presenter Esther Rantzen, dog-trainer Barbara Woodhouse and Broadway star Carol Channing.

18 March 1981

The popular actor - best known to television viewers as the hard-bitten, tough talking Flying Squad detective Jack Regan in the popular ITV police series The Sweeney - was surprised by Eamonn in the foyer of the National Theatre in London.
Actors Tom Courtenay, Richard Briers and Diana Rigg are among those paying tribute.

7 February 2002

The former presenter of the BBC television cookery gameshow Ready Steady Cook was surprised by Michael during a presentation of donated equipment at the Wickham Hospital in Buckinghamshire.
Fern is the daughter of comedy actor Tony Britton and her tribute includes a clip of her appearance on his This Is Your Life, which was broadcast in 1977.

13 November 1985

Eamonn disguised himself as a farm hand, and rode a horse and cart to the Emmerdale Farm set, as the cast gathered for a photo shoot arranged to celebrate the 1000th edition of the soap opera. Among those paying tribute to Sheila - who has been with the series since its very first episode - are actors Dinah Sheridan and Frank Thornton and her brother Brian Rix.

10 January 1996

Rula's husband Dennis Waterman was on hand to help Michael surprise the actress at the curtain call of a pantomime at Redhill's Harlequin Theatre.
Paying tribute to the actress - who is of Polish descent and renounced her title as a Polish countess - are actors Christopher Timothy and Anita Dobson and explorer John Blashford-Snell.

16 January 1991

Bernard was originally due to be surprised years earlier, but the tribute had to be cancelled when a member of the family inadvertently spilt the beans!
Finally then, Michael was able to surprise the Canadian-born actor and broadcaster, with the help of Bernard's wife, Barbara Kelly, outside London's Aldwych Theatre.

15 November 2001

The former dancer with Pans People, and wife of actor Robert Powell, was surprised by Michael during a fundraising lunch held in her honour at St Katharine's Dock in London.
Babs, who recently took part in the BT Global Yacht Challenge - a round the world yacht race - is greeted by, among others, sailors Tracy Edwards and Chay Blyth.

1 November 1989

Sarah - well known for her roles in the West End musicals Cats and Phantom of the Opera - was surprised by Michael, and her former dance colleagues from Hot Gossip and Pans People, at RAF Wittering.
Among those paying tribute are film director Steven Spielberg, actor Michael Crawford and singer and musical theatre star, Michael Ball.

14 October 1992

The actor - best known as Joe Sugden in television's Emmerdale Farm - was surprised by Michael on the show's set - outside the Woolpack – on the occasion of the soap's 20th anniversary.
Among those greeting him back at the studios of Yorkshire Television are Coronation Street's Bill Waddington and actress Susan George.

7 January 1987

The champion water-skier arrived on horseback at Teddington Studios, where Eamonn then surprised her. Seven times British champion, Liz took the European Water-Ski Racing title before her 18th birthday and became World Water-Ski Racing Champion aged just 21. She broke the British European and World Speed Records and retired undefeated champion of the world!

2 December 1992

Michael interrupted another curtain call, this time at the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham to surprise the star of Scrooge! Anthony was under the impression his co-star, Stratford Johns, was to be the subject.
The show, recorded at the venue, includes messages from ex-wife Joan Collins, Burt Bacharach and Petula Clark.

24 March 1993

The production team travelled to Hollywood, so Michael could surprise the highly successful novelist at the glamorous Bel Age Hotel in Los Angeles, during a launch party for the video release of a television mini-series of her latest book, Lady Boss. Her sister, Joan Collins, sends a filmed message, while other guests include actors Glynis Barber and Michael Brandon.

25 November 1992

The theatre impresario, notable for his production of the long-running Agatha Christie murder mystery, The Mousetrap, was surprised by Michael on stage at London's St Martin's Theatre, on the occasion of the play's 40th anniversary.
Among the show's guests are actors Richard Attenborough and Moira Lister.

13 March 1985

The actor and pop star was surprised by Eamonn as he was signing autographs for fans outside Thames Television's Euston Road Studios.
The guests on the show range from contemporary pop stars to star names from the 1960s - when Alvin was known as Shane Fenton - and include Acker Bilk, Frank Ifield and Noddy Holder.

22 November 1989

Jean - perhaps most famous for her role as the Boswell family matriarch in the BBC sitcom Bread - was surprised by Michael, and her co-stars from the comedy, at London's Euston Station.
Among those paying tribute to Jean - who is married to and joined by composer Carl Davis - are Bread's creator Carla Lane and actress Lynda Bellingham.

6 December 1996

Michael surprises the actress at the curtain call of her one woman show Shakespeare For My Father, at London's Theatre Royal, Haymarket, where the programme is then recorded.
The actress Rita Tushingham pays tribute on stage, while actors Richard Briers and Charlton Heston send filmed messages.

15 May 2000

Desmond's family - including his wife Esther Rantzen - are on hand to assist Michael in surprising the former journalist turned filmmaker at the London Eye - a giant Ferris wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames.
David Frost and the Duchess of Kent contribute their tribute via recorded messages, while former politician Jack Ashley greets Desmond in the studio.

15 November 1999

Denise - who appeared in Coronation Street between 1997 and 2000, during which time her character became landlady of the Rovers Return - was surprised by Michael at Manchester's Piccadilly Station.
Among the guests are actors Rula Lenska and Rodney Bewes and former Street colleagues Phil Middlemiss and Lee Warburton.