Big Red Book
Celebrating television's This Is Your Life
P.C. Harry FRIEND BEM (1934-)
THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Harry Friend, police constable, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews walking the streets of Teddington, having been led to believe he was being filmed for a documentary.
Harry, who was born in Wilmer, Deal, spent a year as an apprentice electrician after leaving school before serving in the Middle East with the British Army's Royal Signals. After being demobbed, he married and began working at an aircraft factory in Abergele, north Wales, but after being made redundant, he applied to join the Glamorgan Police Force.
Harry began his police training in Bridgend in 1959. Two years later, in 1961, he became the only PC in the Welsh village of Llanbradach and established himself as 'the epitome of the village policeman'. In addition to his job with the police, he and his wife fostered many children over the years.
programme details...
- Edition No: 721
- Subject No: 718
- Broadcast date: Wed 4 Feb 1987
- Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
- Recorded: unknown
- Venue: Teddington Studios
- Series: 27
- Edition: 17
- Code name: Mate
on the guest list...
- Verdon Evans
- Fred Davies
- Nigel Davies
- Cy Watkins
- Kenneth Ishue
- Blanche - wife
- Kim - daughter
- Tony - son-in-law
- Melanie - daughter
- Mike - son-in-law
- Tony - son
- Glan Mills
- Margaret Mills
- Alison - foster daughter
- Steven - foster son
- Anthony - foster son
- Leslie - brother
- Pat - sister
- Jenny - sister
- Yvonne - sister
- Alison - sister
- Elwyn Davies
- David Morgan
- Fred Humphries
- Brian Morgan
- Shirley Vaughan
- Joanna Vaughan
- Jason Vaughan
- Elgar Williams
- Emily - granddaughter
- Jane Ford
- Philip Ford
- Byron Ford
- Gethin Davies
- Rhiannon Davies
- Rhys Davies
- Rachel Davies
- Rebecca Davies
- Carol Davies Filmed tributes:
- Kim Morris
- Cilla Law
- Margaret O'Hanlan
- Philip Seabray
- Keith Thomas
- John Wheeler
- Mary Wheeler
- Robert Linder
related appearance...
- The Night of 1000 Lives - Jan 2000
production team...
- Researchers: David N Mason, Colin Williams
- Writer: Roy Bottomley
- Directors: Terry Yarwood, Michael D Kent
- Associate Producer: Brian Klein
- Producer: Malcolm Morris
heroes of the emergency services
a celebration of a thousand editions
Screenshots of Harry Friend This Is Your Life
Series 27 subjects
Bill Waddington | Robert Foote | Carl Davis | Gorden Kaye | Teddy Johnson and Pearl Carr | Monty Fresco | Joe JohnsonSusan George | Bill Ward | Rachel Kempson | Gary Wilmot | Cliff Michelmore and Jean Metcalfe | Liz Hobbs | Jack Berg
Derek Scott | Patricia Hodge | Harry Friend | Norman Wisdom | Denis Compton | Christopher Cazenove | Dudley Moore
Terry Marsh | David Jacobs | William Rushton | Gabrielle Drake