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THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Petula Clark, singer and actress, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the BBC Television Theatre.

Petula began her professional career as a child performer on BBC Radio during the Second World War, before appearing in several post-war British films, including Here Come the Huggetts and London Town.

She scored a number of major hit recordings during the 1950s with such songs as The Little Shoemaker and With All My Heart, and later, focussing on a new career in France, continued through the early 1960s to achieve hit records on both sides of the Channel.

Petula Clark was a subject of This Is Your Life on three occasions - surprised a second time by Eamonn Andrews in April 1975 at the ABC Television Studios in Borehamwood, and a third time by Michael Aspel in March 1996 at the Adelphi Theatre in London – the only subject to receive the tribute three times.

programme details...

• Edition No: 244
• Subject No: 244
• Broadcast date: Thu 6 Feb 1964
• Broadcast time: 9.25-9.50pm
• Recorded: Mon 20 Jan 1964 8.00pm
• Venue: BBC Television Theatre
• Series: 9
• Edition: 18

on the guest list...

• Jimmy Hanley
• Jack Leon
• Earnest Tassin
• Moira Lister
• Percy Edwards
• Trevor Brown
• Colin Addinall
• Joe Henderson
• Anthony Newley - via telephone
• Bruno Coquetrix
• Claude Wolffe – husband
• Jack Warner
• Barbara Clark – sister
• Catherine Wolffe - daughter
• Barbara Wolffe - daughter
• Bernie Tassin
• Geraldine Hart

related appearances...

• Sacha Distel - Dec 1971
• John Gregson - Apr 1973
• Peter Ustinov - Nov 1977
• Michael Parkinson - Nov 1978
• Stephane Grappelli - Feb 1979
• Charles Aznavour - Dec 1979
• Robin Bailey - Jan 1982
• Kenny Dalglish - Feb 1983
• Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent - Feb 1991
• Dave Willetts - Mar 1991
• Anthony Newley - Dec 1992
• Bill Kenwright - Feb 1994
• David Cassidy - Mar 1994
• Peter Ustinov - Dec 1994
• Chili Bouchier - Feb 1996
• Don Black - Nov 1996

production team...

• Directors: Michael Goodwin, Mark Patterson
• Producer: Vere Lorrimer
• Executive Producer: T Leslie Jackson

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

related pages...

Petula Clark

second tribute

Petula Clark

third tribute

Life Second Time Around

surprised again!

A Song For Life

it's the singer not the song

The Night We Shocked Petula

TV Times photo feature on Petula Clark's second This Is Your Life surprise

Surprise flies supersonic

TV Times photo feature

Ratings slump sounds death knell for This Is Your Life

Press speculation on the future of This Is Your Life

Moira Lister

Petula Clark with Eamonn Andrews on This Is Your Life