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THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Nadim Sawalha, actor, was surprised by Michael Aspel while rehearsing the play Dearest Daddy ... Darling Daughter at a relative's house in Upper Norwood, South London, having been led to believe he was being filmed for a showbiz television programme.

Nadim, who was born in Madaba, Jordan, began acting while at school before moving to the UK in 1953 to study drama at the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama. After training, he worked for the BBC Overseas Service, producing plays and making programmes before getting his first major film appearance in the 1973 romantic comedy A Touch of Class.

Nadim has appeared in over one hundred films, including two James Bond films, The Spy Who Loved Me in 1977 and The Living Daylights in 1987, and in dozens of television programmes, most notably in the ITV sitcom Sorry, I'm A Stranger Here Myself and as Dr Shaaban Hamada in the BBC medical drama series Dangerfield.

"I've always liked you, you know! He's a nice man - I used to say!"

programme details...

• Edition No: 988
• Subject No: 963
• Broadcast date: Mon 8 Dec 1997
• Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
• Recorded: Sun 23 Nov 1997
• Venue: unknown
• Series: 38
• Edition: 15
• Code name: Desert

on the guest list...

• Nadia - daughter
• Julia - daughter
• Dina - daughter
• Zac - grandson
• Bobbie - wife
• Charles Dance
• Nabil - brother
• Jackie - sister-in-law
• Lara - niece
• Omar - nephew
• Kareem - nephew
• Tieb Saly
• Abdul Assis Carareeti
• Nigel Langdon
• Richard G Mitchell
• Robin Bailey
• Michael Melia
• Jamalie - sister
Filmed tributes:
• Mohammad As-Foor
• Michele Hammany
• Ishan Namis
• Malcolm Tierney
• Richard Kiel
• Jennifer Kiel

related appearances...

• The Night of 1000 Lives - Jan 2000
• Charles Dance - Feb 2001

production team...

• Researcher: Avril Norton
• Writer: Ian Brown
• Directors: John Gorman, Steve Docherty, Peter Wisdom
• Associate Producer: Liz Rawlings
• Executive Producer: John Longley
• Series Producer: Jack Crawshaw
• Producer: Sue Green

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

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