Series 42: Friday 18 January 2002

Interview recorded: April 2024

The businesswoman, author and broadcaster on exercise and health, famous for The Hip and Thigh Diet

Series 26: Wednesday 29 January 1986

Interview recorded: January 2024

The actress, singer and dancer described as 'the youngest veteran in the business'

Series 41: Thursday 7 June 2001

Interview recorded: November 2023

The songwriter, lyricist and musician best known for his humorous songs

Series 4: Monday 15 December 1958

Interview recorded: November 2023

Anna Perceval - trustee of The Bradians Trust - recalls the social reformer

Series 11: Wednesday 21 April 1971

Interview recorded: November 2023

Ty Jeffries recalls his father, the actor and film director best known for The Railway Children

Series 20: Wednesday 9 January 1980

Interview recorded: September 2023

Actor best known for starring in two 1960s television series - Adam Adamant Lives! and Hadleigh

Series 42: Friday 25 January 2002

Interview recorded: August 2023

The golfer who became the first person representing Wales to ever win a major golfing championship

Series 36: Wednesday 25 October 1995

Interview recorded: June 2023

The actor best known to television viewers as Dr Mike Barratt in BBC television's Casualty

Series 3: Monday 9 December 1957

Interview recorded: March 2023

Tara Silvester recalls her grandfather and her appearance on the BBC programme The Repair Shop

Series 15: Wednesday 5 March 1975

Series 21: Wednesday 3 December 1980

Interview recorded: June 2022

Tyler Butterworth recalls his parent's appearances on This Is Your Life

Series 43: Friday 1 August 2003

Interview recorded: May 2022

The broadcaster, writer, entertainer and former Member of Parliament, well known for his colourful jumpers

Maurice LEONARD

Interview recorded: July 2016

Maurice Leonard was part of the This Is Your Life team for ten years - as researcher, writer and programme associate

Series 7: Monday 11 December 1961

Series 36: Wednesday 1 November 1995

Chris Drake recalls his father, the comedian, and his two This Is Your Life tributes

Series 32: Wednesday 25 December 1991

One of the first magicians to appear on British television and the then President of The Magic Circle

Interview by Martin Hart Films

Series 23: Wednesday 20 October 1982

Interview recorded: September 2019

The explorer famous for completing the three year Transglobe expedition - travelling around the world on its polar axis, using surface transport only

Series 42: Wednesday 20 March 2002

Interview recorded: November 2019

Actress who became a household name playing landlady Angie Watts in the BBC televison soap opera EastEnders

Series 43: Thursday 17 July 2003

Interview recorded: February 2018

Known to television viewers of the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, John became the very last actor to be honoured by This Is Your Life

Series 16: Wednesday 31 March 1976

Interview recorded: August 2017

Margaret, Susan and Ann recall their father - the gardening expert - who became a familiar face on British television

Series 25: Wednesday 28 November 1984

Interview recorded: May 2017

Actress who became best known to television viewers for her role as Gladys Pugh in the popular BBC situation comedy Hi-de-Hi!

Series 42: Wednesday 24 October 2001

Interview recorded: June 2017

Actor who found fame on the BBC television soap opera, EastEnders - playing the popular character of Barry Evans

Series 24: Wednesday 18 January 1984

Interview recorded: October 2016

Actress who began her career on Australian television before making an impact on British television in both drama and comedy roles

Series 16: Wednesday 26 November 1975

Interview recorded: March 2017

Pauline Hailwood recalls her husband - one of the few men to compete at Grand Prix level on motorcycles and in auto racing

Series 16: Wednesday 11 February 1976

Interview recorded: March 2016

Writer and historian Stephen Bourne remembers the singer and actress, best known for her role in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street

Series 8: Tuesday 7 May 1963

Series 21: Wednesday 15 October 1980

Interview recorded: November 2016

Jennifer Jankel recalls her father, the musician and bandleader, and his two This Is Your Life tributes

Series 17: Wednesday 10 November 1976

Interview recorded: November 2016

British Army officer, explorer and author, whose successful expeditions led to the formation of the Scientific Exploration Society

Series 27: Wednesday 24 December 1986

Interview recorded: May 2016

Comedian and impressionist who rose to fame as a contestant on the television talent show New Faces

Series 42: Thursday 14 March 2002

Interview recorded: May 2016

Actress who gained early success playing the lead in a television dramatisation of Barbara Taylor Bradford's novel, A Woman of Substance

Series 26: Wednesday 22 January 1986

Interview recorded: July 2016

Welsh wheelchair athlete who won gold at the 1984 Paralympic Games

Series 12: Wednesday 15 March 1972

Interview recorded: November 2015

Cathy Kinsey (formerly Rudkin) and Alan Rudkin Jnr recall the British, Commonwealth and European bantamweight boxing champion

Series 22: Wednesday 24 March 1982

Interview recorded: October 2015

Actor who became the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who in 1981, and at the age of 29, was at the time the youngest actor to play the role

Series 38: Monday 29 December 1997

Interview recorded: October 2015

Teacher and director, who founded Chickenshed Theatre with her colleague, musician and composer Jo Collins, who also features in the interview

Series 32: Wednesday 8 January 1992

Interview recorded: October 2015

Actor - whose big break came with a role in the 1981 British film Chariots of Fire, earning him a BAFTA nomination

Series 13: Wednesday 20 December 1972

Interview recorded: October 2015

Phyllis's daughter, Auriol Lee, recalls her mother - the actress who was one of Britain's highest paid film stars in the mid 1940s

Series 18: Wednesday 1 March 1978

Interview recorded: October 2015

Television presenter and actor best known for presenting the ITV game show Sale of the Century and BBC radio's Just A Minute

Series 35: Wednesday 18 January 1995

Interview recorded: May 2015

Prolific comedy writer and comedian who has appeared on the BBC Radio 4 show I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue since it began in 1972

Series 40: Monday 10 April 2000

Interview recorded: May 2014

Actor best known for his roles in the BBC television series All Creatures Great and Small and Doctors

Series 34: Wednesday 1 June 1994

Interview recorded: December 2013

Entertainer, remembered for his appearances with his puppet Spit the Dog on the ITV children's television programme Tiswas

Series 14: Wednesday 20 March 1974

Interview recorded: November 2013

The versatile stage and screen actor who gained a love of theatre as a prisoner of war during the Second World War

Series 7: Monday 2 April 1962

Series 29: Wednesday 25 January 1989

Interview recorded: October 2013

Daniel Lawton recalls both of his mother's This Is Your Life tributes

Series 4: Monday 27 April 1959

Interview recorded: November 2013

The Formula One racing driver who in 1955 became the first Briton to win the British Grand Prix

Series 24: Wednesday 21 December 1983

Interview recorded: November 2013

The actor and television presenter who found fame on the ITV light entertainment show Game For A Laugh

Series 18: Wednesday 12 April 1978

Interview recorded: April 2013

Anna Meadmore, curator of The Royal Ballet School's White Lodge Museum recalls the dancer and choreographer

Series 9: Thursday 9 April 1964

Interview recorded: April 2013

Anna Meadmore discusses the founder of the Royal Ballet School

Series 26: Wednesday 6 November 1985

Interview recorded: November 2013

Writer and historian Stephen Bourne remembers the American singer and actress

Series 14: Wednesday 10 April 1974

Interview recorded: October 2013

The former ballerina and artistic director of the London Festival Ballet

Series 7: Monday 30 October 1961

Interview recorded: June 2013

Derek Dooley's widow Sylvia recalls her memories of the show which honoured the Sheffield footballer

Series 20: Wednesday 23 January 1980

Interview recorded: June 2013

Actor Gareth Marks recalls his mother - the actress and singer, and wife of Alfred Marks

Series 12: Wednesday 24 November 1971

Interview recorded: November 2012

Alfred's daughter Dani remembers her father - the actor and comedian

Series 39: Monday 21 December 1998

Interview recorded: June 2013

Founder and principal of the famous theatre school

Series 1: Sunday 12 February 1956

Interview recorded: April 2013

Jean Gough recalls her father – the footballer who was the original choice for the first This Is Your Life subject on British television

Series 18: Wednesday 28 December 1977

Interview recorded: April 2013

Christine McMahon discusses her experience of the tribute which honoured her father – former player and manager of Liverpool FC

Series 7: Monday 19 February 1962

Interview recorded: April 2013

Sue Montague remembers her stepfather - the comedian and businessman

Series 9: Thursday 7 November 1963

Interview recorded: April 2013

Jo Batchelor recalls her father – the comedy actor and comedian

Series 15: Wednesday 26 February 1975

Interview recorded: April 2013

Ted Ray's grandson Mark Olden remembers his experience of appearing on the comedian's second tribute

Series 35: Wednesday 1 February 1995

Interview recorded: March 2013

Edward Woodward's wife - actress Michele Dotrice - recalls her involvement with the actor's second tribute

Series 15: Wednesday 15 January 1975

Interview recorded: April 2013

The prolific playwright actor and director best known for his theatrical farces!

Series 36: Wednesday 14 February 1996

Interview recorded: October 2012

Journalist and writer Michael Thornton recalls the actress who began her career in silent films

Series 43: Thursday 30 January 2003

Interview recorded: May 2012

Actor best known for his roles in television's Brookside and Merseybeat

Series 33: Wednesday 7 October 1992

Interview recorded: June 2012

Renowned international cricket umpire

Series 11: Wednesday 5 May 1971

Interview recorded: November 2012

Actress Joanna McCallum remembers her involvement with the show that honoured her mother

Series 14: Wednesday 20 February 1974

Interview recorded: November 2012

Jonathan Kydd recalls his father - the character actor - whose edition was never broadcast in full!

Series 6: Monday 10 October 1960

Interview recorded: April 2013

Dirk Campbell remembers his grandmother - the distinguished stage and screen actress

Series 34: Wednesday 20 July 1994

Interview recorded: October 2012

Journalist and writer Michael Thornton recalls the versatile actress, singer and dancer

Series 31: Wednesday 19 December 1990

Interview recorded: November 2012

Miss Laye's personal assistant, Mary-Jane Burcher, remembers the actress's second This Is Your Life tribute

Series 31: Wednesday 31 October 1990

Interview recorded: April 2012

The best known circus personality in the UK, regarded as 'The World's Greatest Ringmaster'

Series 10: Wednesday 25 February 1970

Interview recorded: June 2012

Charlie's son Charlie Jr recalls his father's career as Britain's most famous clown and his appearance on This Is Your Life

Series 22: Wednesday 6 January 1982

Interview recorded: March 2012

Actress, singer and cabaret entertainer

Series 1: Sunday 18 December 1955

Interview recorded: April 2012

Fry's grandson Jonathan - a guest on the 1955 programme - discusses the sporting legend

Series 19: Wednesday 15 November 1978

Series 31: Wednesday 16 January 1991

Interview recorded: March 2012

Kelly Braden remembers her parents - the actors, comedians and broadcasters

Series 4: Monday 1 December 1958

Interview recorded: March 2012

Ginny Kanka recalls her mother - a former prisoner of war who devoted her life to the needs of deaf children

Series 33: Wednesday 27 January 1993

Interview recorded: March 2012

Actress, broadcaster and author - best known for her roles in the BBC television series All Creatures Great and Small and the ITV comedy Second Thoughts

Series 3: Monday 2 December 1957

Series 27: Wednesday 11 February 1987

Interview recorded: March 2012

Nick Wisdom recalls his father and his involvement with Norman's second This Is Your Life tribute

Series 36: Wednesday 31 January 1996

Interview recorded: December 2011

Writer, music educator and founder of The Beethoven Fund for deaf children

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 25: Wednesday 6 February 1985

Interview recorded: November 2011

Television producer Johnnie Hamp tells of his involvement with the unusual surprise for the Irish comedian

Series 3: Monday 10 February 1958

Interview recorded: March 2012

Daniel Angel's daughter Susan remembers her father, the film producer best known for the wartime drama Reach for the Sky

Series 33: Wednesday 10 February 1993

Interview recorded: November 2011

Television producer - responsible for over 2000 television productions - including music, variety and comedy shows - such as The Comedians

Series 20: Wednesday 26 March 1980

Interview recorded: October 2011

Figure skater surprised at the early age of 22 after winning gold at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games

Series 2: Monday 18 February 1957

Interview recorded: March 2011

Actress Rosalind Knight recalls her father - the acclaimed actor who was virtually blind for most of his career

Series 35: Wednesday 1 March 1995

Interview recorded: August 2010

Phil Downs, chairman of MUDSA, discusses his predecessor's legacy at Manchester United, and pays tribute to two other former subjects - Matt Busby and Bobby Charlton

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 7: Monday 15 January 1962

Interview recorded: February 2011

Carol Ancliff tells how a chance meeting under difficult circumstances led to her being a guest on Coco the Clown's This Is Your Life

Series 15: Wednesday 1 January 1975

Interview recorded: March 2011

Actress remembered for her roles in many British films including the Gainsborough melodramas of the 1940s

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 42: Wednesday 24 April 2002

Interview recorded: July 2010

Actress best known for her role as Thelma in the BBC comedy series Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 32: Wednesday 8 April 1992

Interview recorded: May 2010

Actress remembered for her many film and television roles including the BBC production of The Forsyte Saga

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 28: Wednesday 4 November 1987

Interview recorded: March 2010

Northern Irish comedian whose tribute was broadcast on the eve of the death of Eamonn Andrews

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 7: Monday 16 April 1962

Interview recorded: January 2010

Jazz musician and clarinetist who scored a huge hit with the single Stranger on the Shore

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 28: Wednesday 20 January 1988

Interview recorded: April 2010

Actress who portrayed Jill Richardson in ITV's Crossroads for over 20 years. Jane's show was the last one Eamonn Andrews recorded before his untimely death

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 16: Wednesday 5 May 1976

Interview recorded: March 2010

Mountaineer - who despite being a double amputee - has climbed several mountains, including the Eiger and the Matterhorn

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 39: Monday 1 February 1999

Interview recorded: March 2010

Actor and author best known for his role as Warden Hodges in the BBC comedy Dad's Army

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 41: Wednesday 2 May 2001

Interview recorded: April 2010

Popular television and radio broadcaster and former presenter of the BBC children's programme Blue Peter

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 21: Wednesday 7 January 1981

Interview recorded: March 2010

Bill Owen's son Tom Owen recalls his father, who is fondly remembered for his role of Compo in the BBC comedy Last of the Summer Wine

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 22: Tuesday 13 October 1981

Interview recorded: March 2010

Grand National winning jockey - surprised on his wedding day

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 16: Wednesday 3 March 1976

Interview recorded: March 2010

Popular singer and songwriter who hosted several hit television shows through the seventies

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 3: Monday 14 October 1957

Series 19: Monday 1 January 1979

Interview recorded: October 2009

The immensely popular singer - known as the Forces' Sweetheart - received the Big Red Book on two occasions

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 42: Thursday 8 November 2001

Interview recorded: April 2007

Musician and businessman famous for his work on The Lost Gardens of Heligan and The Eden Project

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 37: Monday 24 February 1997

Interview recorded: June 2008

Actor best remembered for his roles in the film A Man For All Seasons and the BBC television series Howard's Way

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 39: Monday 19 October 1998

Interview recorded: October 2009

Actor best known for his roles in the BBC comedy series Are You Being Served and Last of the Summer Wine

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 19: Wednesday 28 March 1979

Interview recorded: October 2009

Actress fondly remembered for her roles in the classic British films Genevieve and The Railway Children

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 32: Wednesday 29 January 1992

Interview recorded: July 2010

Wendy Toye's nephew Peter Toye recalls the show that paid tribute to the versatile dancer, choreographer, actress and director

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 16: Wednesday 4 February 1976

Interview recorded: April 2007

Paralympian, life peer and noted champion for causes related to disability

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 6: Monday 3 October 1960

Interview recorded: September 2010

Grace Sheppard, David's widow, recalls her memories of the show which honoured the cricketer and clergyman

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 7: Monday 5 March 1962

Interview recorded: July 2009

David Butler was badly wounded at the age of 11 after finding an unexploded bomb. His story was told when he was 17 - making him the show's youngest ever subject

Interview by Michael Ford

Series 13: Wednesday 22 November 1972

Interview recorded: October 2009

As a prisoner-of-war, Bill Griffiths was the victim of a crippling explosion that left him blind and without hands

Interview by Michael Ford