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THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Matthew Kelly, actor and television presenter, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews during a festive photo shoot in London's Trafalgar Square.

Matthew trained in drama at the Manchester Polytechnic, and after graduation appeared regularly at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre, and later toured in review with Easy Company.

An appearance in the play Funny Peculiar in London's West End in 1976 led to a part in the ITV sitcom, Holding the Fort, which in turn led to him becoming part of the original team on the ITV light entertainment show, Game for a Laugh.

"I don't believe it!"

programme details...

• Edition No: 634
• Subject No: 627
• Broadcast date: Wed 21 Dec 1983
• Broadcast time: 8.00-8.30pm
• Recorded: Tue 13 Dec 1983
• Venue: Royalty Theatre
• Series: 24
• Edition: 9
• Code name: Plug

on the guest list...

• Henry Kelly
• Jeremy Beadle
• Sarah Kennedy
• Sarah - wife
• Matthew - son
• Ruth - daughter
• Olive - mother
• Ron - father
• Ian - brother
• Robin - brother
• Judy Loe
• Brenda Hyam
• Alan Bond
• Peter Lorenzelli
• Fran Marsh
• Peter Davison
• Patricia Hodge
• Mickey Munn
• Neil Dixon
• Jim Crawford
• Roy Deakin
• Shaun Day
• Su Pollard
• Matthew Cundall
• Paul Chadwick
• Long John Baldry
Filmed tributes:
• Ann Sidney
• Lorraine Chase
• Kathy Staff
• Bill Owen
• Julie Walters
• Eric Sykes
• children from the Winsford Hedben Green Special School
• Alan Brindley

related appearances...

• Peter Davison - Mar 1982
• Claire Rayner - Jan 1989
• Eluned Williams - Mar 1990
• Alan Bleasdale - Feb 1992
• Jeremy Beadle - Jan 1994
• Leslie Crowther - Nov 1994
• Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan - Jan 1997
• Anne Kirkbride - Dec 1998
• Linda Lusardi - Dec 2000
• Fern Britton - Feb 2002

production team...

• Researchers: Claudia Horvath, Miriam O'Callaghan
• Writers: Tom Brennand, Roy Bottomley
• Directors: Terry Yarwood, Michael D Kent
• Associate Producer: Brian Klein
• Producer: Malcolm Morris

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

An Actor's Life For Me

spotlight on the stars

Presenting Life

celebrating the hosts

The Big Red Book

the programme's icon

Timeline

the show's fifty year history

Eamonn's surprising disguises

TV Times feature on some bizarre outfits

Jeremy Beadle

Peter Davison

Patricia Hodge

Bill Owen

Kathy Staff

Eric Sykes

Interviews

Matthew Kelly recalls his experience of This Is Your Life in an exclusive interview recorded in November 2013

Screenshots of Matthew Kelly This Is Your Life