This Is Your Life
William Coles
TV Flash files “William Coles” as hour 372 of 497 in the TV Flash guide — This Is Your Life (1952–1961) on NBC, season 14, episode 10, aired 1974-01-23, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S14E10: listed hour 372 of 497 in the This Is Your Life guide, hour 10 of 27 in season 14. It aired 1974-01-23 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Derek Dougan” (S14E09). Next is “Jimmy Jewel” (S14E11). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does William Coles sit in the This Is Your Life guide?
S14E10 is listed hour 372 of 497 — hour 10 of 27 in season 14, season 14 episode 10.
When did This Is Your Life S14E10 air?
William Coles aired 1974-01-23 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…