This Is Your Life
Henry Cooper
TV Flash files “Henry Cooper” as hour 266 of 497 in the TV Flash guide — This Is Your Life (1952–1961) on NBC, season 10, episode 8, aired 1970-01-14, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S10E08: listed hour 266 of 497 in the This Is Your Life guide, hour 8 of 26 in season 10. It aired 1970-01-14 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “John Fairfax” (S10E07). Next is “Jackie Stewart” (S10E09). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Henry Cooper sit in the This Is Your Life guide?
S10E08 is listed hour 266 of 497 — hour 8 of 26 in season 10, season 10 episode 8.
When did This Is Your Life S10E08 air?
Henry Cooper aired 1970-01-14 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.
In the series
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…