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THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Jean Boht, actress, was surprised by Michael Aspel during a publicity photo call with the cast of the BBC television sitcom Bread at Euston Station in London.

Jean, who grew up in the Wirral, began performing with the Birkenhead Amateur Operatic Society before training with the Liverpool Playhouse, where she started her career as a theatre actress. She joined Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop at Stratford East in London in 1970 before working at the National Theatre and the Bristol Old Vic.

On television, she appeared in various series, notably in the ITV comedy Funny Man and the BBC drama Boys From The Blackstuff, before gaining national recognition in 1986 as Nellie Boswell in Carla Lane's Liverpool-based BBC television sitcom Bread.

"You're joking! How didn't somebody tell me! Oh, you mean lot! I don't believe it!"

programme details...

• Edition No: 762
• Subject No: 754
• Broadcast date: Wed 22 Nov 1989
• Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
• Recorded: Fri 10 Nov 1989
• Repeated: Thu 23 Nov 1989 1.30pm
• Venue: Teddington Studios
• Series: 30
• Edition: 5
• Code name: Yeast

on the guest list...

• Carl Davis - husband
• Maureen - sister
• Gerry - brother-in-law
• Steven - nephew
• Graham - brother
• Sheila - sister-in-law
• Christopher - nephew
• Paul - nephew
• Robin Nash
• Carla Lane
• cast members of Bread
• Jonathon Morris
• Hannah - daughter
• Jessie - daughter
• Tom Cowin
• David Scase
• Nicholas McArdle
• Ray Armstrong
• Christine Hayhurst
• Peter Miles
• Morag Hood
• John Wells
• Jenny Logan
• Jimmy Jewel
• Joanna Van Gyseghem
• Lynda Bellingham
• Pamela Stephenson
• Barbara Garrett
• Bunny Thompson
• Doris Parkinson
Filmed tributes:
• Eileen Pollock
• Linda McCartney
• Alan Bleasdale

related appearances...

• Carl Davis - Oct 1986
• Eluned Williams - Mar 1990
• Rita Tushingham - Dec 1999
• The Night of 1000 Lives - Jan 2000

production team...

• Researcher: Claire Jenkinson
• Writer: Norman Giller
• Directors: Brian Klein, Paul Kirrage
• Associate Producer: John Graham
• Producer: Malcolm Morris

• names above in bold indicate subjects of This Is Your Life

The Good Life

the sitcom stars

Family Life

keeping it in the family

Titles and Music

the iconic titles and theme tunes

The Night of 1000 Lives

a celebration of a thousand editions

Lynda Bellingham

Carl Davis

Jimmy Jewel

Screenshots of Jean Boht This Is Your Life