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THIS IS YOUR LIFE – Sue Jenkins, actress, was surprised by Michael Aspel while filming a scene on the set of the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside in Liverpool.

Sue, who was born in Liverpool and trained at the Shelagh Elliott Clarke School of Dance and Drama, became a professional actress at 18 and worked in repertory theatres across the UK for the first 11 years of her career.

She appeared regularly on television in various series before getting her big break in 1984 as barmaid Gloria Todd in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. Having left the soap in 1988 to start a family, she returned to television in 1991 to appear in the ITV drama series Coasting. Sue later joined the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside playing the part of Jackie Corkhill.

programme details...

• Edition No: 1064
• Subject No: 1039
• Broadcast date: Wed 7 Feb 2001
• Broadcast time: 8.00-8.30pm
• Recorded: Tue 31 Oct 2000
• Venue: BBC Manchester
• Series: 41
• Edition: 11
• Code name: Close

on the guest list...

• Marlene Sidaway
• Anne Rye
• Brigit Forsyth
• Emily - daughter
• Richard - son
• Rosie - daughter
• David Fleeshman - husband
• cast members of Brookside
• Claire Sweeney
• Dean Sullivan
• Bert - father
• Pam - sister
• Lorraine Wittal
• Maureen Blackey
• Marjorie Isherwood
• Alan Rothwell
• Sue Nicholls
• Mark Eden
• Sally Whittaker
• Gerry Marsden
• Michael Starke
• Bill Tarmey
• Elizabeth Dawn
Filmed tributes:
• Paul O'Grady
• Rolf Saxon
• Phil Redmond

related appearances...

• William Roache - Oct 1985
• Bill Waddington - Oct 1986
• Roy Barraclough - Oct 1987
• Brigit Forsyth - Apr 2002
• Claire Sweeney - May 2002

production team...

• Researcher: Jo Grant
• Writer: Ian Brown
• Director: John Gorman
• Associate Producer: Helen Gordon-Smith
• Executive Producer: John Longley
• Series Producer: Jack Crawshaw
• Producer: Sue Green

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

Street Life

from Elsie Tanner to Eddie Yates

Elizabeth Dawn

Brigit Forsyth

Gerry Marsden

Sue Nicholls

Claire Sweeney

William Tarmey

Screenshots of Sue Jenkins This Is Your Life