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THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Joe Filliston, cricketer, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at a cricket club dinner and dance at Motspur Park, in South West London.

Joe was 100 years old when Eamonn surprised him - not unsurprisingly, he holds the record as the oldest This Is Your Life subject ever!

In his long career Joe played for England and many counties, including Staffordshire.

programme details...

• Edition No: 194
• Subject No: 195
• Broadcast live: Mon 30 Apr 1962
• Broadcast time: 8-8.30pm
• Venue: BBC Television Theatre
• Series: 7
• Edition: 31

on the guest list...

• Rt Hon John Boyd-Carpenter MP
• David Berle
• Ada Reeve
• Alexander Latto
• H C Goldsmith
• Christopher Little
• Frank Osborne
• Leonard Phillips
• Bill Berry
• Joe Filliston Jr – son
• Donald Filliston – grandson
• Joanna Filliston – great grand-daughter
• Freddy Brown
• Sir Leonard Hutton
• Colin Cowdrey
• Frank Woolley
• Freddie Trueman
From Patcham Priory Cricket Team:
• Les Scott
• Stanley Matthews
• Joe Baldry

production team...

• Researchers: Arthur Sellwood, John Ralph
• Writer: Arthur Sellwood
• Director: Yvonne Littlewood
• Producer: T Leslie Jackson

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

Life Before Wicket

bowling up the cricketers

Timeline

the show's fifty year history

Stanley Matthews

Ada Reeve

Joe Filliston and Ada Reeve on This Is Your Life