This Is Your Life: Peter Scudamore

Peter SCUDAMORE (1958-)

THIS IS YOUR LIFE – Peter Scudamore, National Hunt jockey, was surprised by Michael Aspel in the weighing-in room at Newbury Racecourse after his last race of the day.

Peter, the son of a Grand National-winning jockey turned trainer, was educated at Belmont Abbey School. At 18, he worked for trainer Willie Stephenson at his stables at Royston, Hertfordshire, before riding his first winner in August 1978.

He shared the Champion Jockey title in the 1981-82 National Hunt season and won the title outright for four consecutive seasons from 1985-86. In the 1988-89 season, he hit a run of successes that broke every record in the book with a total of 221 winners.

"That's very good of you – thank you very much indeed!"

programme details...

Edition No: 774
Subject No: 764
Broadcast date: Wed 14 Feb 1990
Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
Recorded: Wed 1 Nov 1989
Venue: Teddington Studios
Series: 30
Edition: 17
Code name: Letter

on the guest list...

Marilyn - wife
John Keeble
Godfrey Evans
Frazer Hines
Emlyn Hughes
Bryan Robson
Peter Shilton
Michael - father
John Francome
Steve Smith-Eccles
Hywel Davies
Richard Dunwoody
Simon Sherwood
Stan Mellor
Murray Byrd
Martin Ostrovski
Chris Babayode
David Nicholson
Dinah Nicholson
John Suthern
Allen Webb
Robin Dickin
Paul Carvill
Roy Mangan
Lord John Oaksey
Martin Pipe
Gary Mason
Pat Roach
Father Mark Jabalé
Fiona Moore
Thomas - son
Michael - son
Chris Cowdrey
Dennis Waterman
Mrs Muck - horse
Master Muck - horse
Willy Shoemaker
Walter Swinburn
Steve Cauthen

production team...

Researcher: Louise Clover
Writer: Norman Giller
Directors: Brian Klein, Paul Kirrage
Associate Producer: John Graham
Producer: Malcolm Morris

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Reading Evening Post 3 November 1989

Jockey upstaged by big red book

By DIARMUID MACDONAGH

CHAMPION jockey Peter Scudamore was upstaged at Newbury Races when Michael Aspel announced This Is Your Life. The record-breaking jockey had just dismounted after the last race of the day when Aspel appeared and produced the famous red book. The show is due to be screened in a couple of weeks time. Family and friends from the racing world managed to keep the secret for weeks as preparations went on behind the scenes. Scudamore is currently on target to break his own record for the number of winners in a season by a National Hunt jockey. He passed the 50 mark only a few weeks ago.

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