This Is Your Life
David Dickenson
TV Flash files “David Dickenson” as the first listed hour of season 43 — This Is Your Life (1952–1961) on NBC, season 43, episode 1, aired 2003-01-02, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S43E01: listed hour 472 of 497 in the This Is Your Life guide, first listed hour of season 43. It aired 2003-01-02 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Daniel O'Donnell” (S40E28). Next is “Mo Mowlam” (S43E02). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Television's prominent antiques expert was surprised by Michael in Folkestone during a recording of his BBC Television show, Bargain Hunt. Guests paying tribute include Countdown's Carol Vorderman and Richard Whiteley, and fellow antiques expert Tim Wonnacott.
Viewer FAQ
Where does David Dickenson sit in the This Is Your Life guide?
S43E01 is listed hour 472 of 497 — first listed hour of season 43, season 43 episode 1.
When did This Is Your Life S43E01 air?
David Dickenson aired 2003-01-02 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…