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Celebrating television's This Is Your Life
John MIDDLETON (1953-)
THIS IS YOUR LIFE - John Middleton, actor, was surprised by Michael Aspel while filming on the set of the ITV soap opera Emmerdale in Leeds.
John, who was born in Bradford but raised in Newcastle, first began acting while studying art and drama at a local technical college. He later trained at the East 15 Acting School in Essex and got his first professional job with the Brother's Theatre Company in Newcastle, where he formed a band called The Hotpoint. In the early 1990s, he appeared in various small parts on several television programmes, including Cracker and Heartbeat.
In 1993, he made the first of two appearances in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, and would later play the soap's creator, Tony Warren, in the television film The Things You Do For Love. Then, in 1996, he was cast as Ashley Thomas, the village vicar, in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, a role which made him a household name.
"I don't believe this is happening! That's extraordinary. I'm completely overwhelmed!"
programme details...
- Edition No: 1127
- Subject No: 1101
- Broadcast date: Thu 17 Jul 2003
- Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
- Recorded: Thu 5 Dec 2002 8.30pm
- Venue: Yorkshire Television, Leeds
- Series: 43
- Edition: 22
- Code name: Collar
on the guest list...
- Leah Bracknell
- cast members of Emmerdale
- Stan Richards
- Marlene - mother
- Jane - sister
- Tim - brother
- Gerry - brother
- Christine - wife
- Jack - son
- George - son
- Liz Estensen
- Samantha Giles
- Peter Elliott
- Gerry McAlpine
- Ninka Scott
- Rix Pike
- Grant Walpole
- Andy Greenhalgh
- Kenneth Hadley
- Annie Orwin
- Jane Holman
- Keith Morris
- Tessa Green
- Peter Thompson
- Geoff Pringle
- Stuart Houseman
- Christopher Chittell
- Lorraine Chase
- Paula Tilbrook Filmed tributes:
- Dave - brother
- Neil Tennant
- Mike Mould
- Sue Johnston
related appearance...
- Paula Tilbrook - Jan 2001
production team...
- Researcher: Alex Renton
- Writer: Joe Steeples
- Director: John Gorman
- Associate Producer: Helen Gordon-Smith
- Series Producer: Jack Crawshaw
- Producer: Sue Green
- names above in bold indicate subjects of This Is Your Life
John Middleton recalls his experience of This Is Your Life in an exclusive interview recorded in February 2018
Screenshots of John Middleton This Is Your Life
Series 43 subjects
David Dickinson | Mo Mowlam | Gillian Taylforth | Mike Rutherford | John McArdle | Elmer Bernstein | Charles CollingwoodJonathan Davies | Elizabeth Pescops | George Best | Lisa Maxwell | Roger Cook | Bob Monkhouse | Nicholas Winton
Anthony Andrews | Alex Norton | John Bardon | Simon Cowell | Alec Stewart | Vic Armstrong | Chris Bonington
John Middleton | Bob Harris | Gyles Brandreth | Aled Jones