This Is Your Life
James Butterworth
TV Flash files “James Butterworth” as hour 4 of 497 in the TV Flash guide — This Is Your Life (1952–1961) on NBC, season 1, episode 4, aired 1955-11-20, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E04: listed hour 4 of 497 in the This Is Your Life guide, hour 4 of 16 in season 1. It aired 1955-11-20 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Ted Ray” (S01E03). Next is “Charles Burgess Fry” (S01E05). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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THIS IS YOUR LIFE - The Reverend James Butterworth, a Methodist minister, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the BBC Television Theatre. His pioneering youth work and fund raising led to the creation of Clubland, a Christian institution for underpriviledged children in Walworth, London. Clubland was opened in 1939 by Queen Mary, a patron of the institution for many years, and has since received the support of many famous names.
Viewer FAQ
Where does James Butterworth sit in the This Is Your Life guide?
S01E04 is listed hour 4 of 497 — hour 4 of 16 in season 1, season 1 episode 4.
When did This Is Your Life S01E04 air?
James Butterworth aired 1955-11-20 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Edwards ambushing a guest into their own biography. The shock-and-tissues contract is the show; named celebrity nights are the heat.
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Why this series still plays
This Is Your Life had Ralph Edwards ambush a guest with their entire biography, tissues mandatory. Invented the life-tribute ambush still used at reunions and award-show montages. Watch it now as live television that felt dangerous and sweet — genuine shock, occasional discomfort, and biography as a surprise party with cameras.
The guest does not know the night is about them until the night is already on the air. This Is Your Life, NBC 1952–1961 in the classic American television run, had Ralph Edwards ambush a subject with their entire biography, tissues mandatory. Invented the life-tribute ambush still used at reunions and award-show montages: genuine shock, occasional discomfort, biography as a surprise party with cameras. Based on Edwards's radio format; the U.K. imitated it widely. Live television that felt dangerous and sweet in…
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- Ralph Edwards as Host
Ralph Edwards ambushed guests with their entire biography on This Is Your Life — tissues mandatory, live television that felt dangerous and sweet — and turned wrong answers into stunts on Truth or Consequences. Life-tribute as reunion…