This Is Your Life
Alec Stewart
TV Flash files “Alec Stewart” as hour 490 of 497 in the TV Flash guide — This Is Your Life (1952–1961) on NBC, season 43, episode 19, aired 2003-06-19, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S43E19: listed hour 490 of 497 in the This Is Your Life guide, hour 19 of 25 in season 43. It aired 2003-06-19 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Simon Cowell” (S43E18). Next is “Vic Armstrong” (S43E20). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Michael surprised the Surrey batsman and wicketkeeper during a game of golf at the Royal Automobile Club in Epsom. Alec - who is the most capped English cricketer of all time - was greeted by guests that included lyricist Sir Tim Rice, former footballer Sir Bobby Robson and fellow cricketer Geoffrey Boycott.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Alec Stewart sit in the This Is Your Life guide?
S43E19 is listed hour 490 of 497 — hour 19 of 25 in season 43, season 43 episode 19.
When did This Is Your Life S43E19 air?
Alec Stewart aired 2003-06-19 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…