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THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Sue Nicholls, actress, was surprised by Michael Aspel while filming a scene for the ITV soap opera Coronation Street at Granada Studios in Manchester.

Sue, who was born in Walsall, the daughter of a life peer and former member of parliament, studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After a spell in repertory theatre, she joined the ITV soap opera Crossroads in 1964, playing the role of Marilyn Gates for four years. During the 1970s, she sang between strip acts in a Vienna nightclub and appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of London Assurance on Broadway.

On television, she appeared in the sitcoms The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin and Up The Elephant and Round the Castle, as well as the children's programmes Rentaghost and Pipkins. She made her first appearance as Audrey Potter in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street in April 1979, appearing occasionally until the character became permanent in 1985.

"You've got to be joking! I don't believe this! I'm going to cry!"

programme details...

• Edition No: 957
• Subject No: 932
• Broadcast date: Fri 29 Nov 1996
• Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
• Recorded: Mon 11 Nov 1996
• Venue: BBC Manchester
• Series: 37
• Edition: 10
• Code name: Shop

on the guest list...

• Mark Eden - husband
• Thelma Barlow
• Elizabeth Dawn
• Betty Driver
• Anne Kirkbride
• William Roache
• Bill Waddington
• cast members of Coronation Street
• Helen Worth
• Harmar - father
• Judith - sister
• Peggy - mother
• Patrick Fyffe
• Hildegarde Neil
• Charles Vance
• Tony Morton
• Tony Hatch
• David Renner
• Anita Harris
• Donald Sinden
• Elizabeth Spriggs
• David Nobbs
• Pauline Yates
• John Inman
Filmed tributes:
• Bryan Mosley
• Jim Davidson

related appearances...

• Peter Adamson - Dec 1981
• Jim Davidson - Feb 1984
• Bill Waddington - Oct 1986
• Jane Rossington - Jan 1988
• Thelma Barlow - Nov 1991
• Jill Summers - Feb 1994
• Bryan Mosley - Nov 1997
• Anne Kirkbride - Dec 1998
• The Night of 1000 Lives - Jan 2000
• Sue Jenkins - Feb 2001
• Fern Britton - Feb 2002
• Bob Monkhouse - Apr 2003

production team...

• Researcher: Elizabeth Ross
• Writer: Ian Brown
• Directors: Terry Kinnane, Peter Wisdom
• Associate Producer: Sue Green
• Executive Producer: John Longley
• Producer: John Graham

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

related pages...

Street Life

from Elsie Tanner to Eddie Yates

Motel Life

Crossroads' finest

The Night of 1000 Lives

a celebration of a thousand editions

Thelma Barlow

Jim Davidson

Elizabeth Dawn

Betty Driver

Anita Harris

Anne Kirkbride

Bryan Mosley

William Roache

Donald Sinden

Elizabeth Spriggs

Bill Waddington

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