This Is Your Life
John Middleton
TV Flash files “John Middleton” as hour 493 of 497 in the TV Flash guide — This Is Your Life (1952–1961) on NBC, season 43, episode 22, aired 2003-07-17, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S43E22: listed hour 493 of 497 in the This Is Your Life guide, hour 22 of 25 in season 43. It aired 2003-07-17 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Sir Chris Bonington CBE” (S43E21). Next is “Bob Harris” (S43E23). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
John - who has played the village vicar since 1996 - was surprised by Michael, appropriately, on the set of Emmerdale's St Mary's Church. Among the guests who greet John back at the studios of Yorkshire Television are musician Neil Tennant and actress Sue Johnston.
Viewer FAQ
Where does John Middleton sit in the This Is Your Life guide?
S43E22 is listed hour 493 of 497 — hour 22 of 25 in season 43, season 43 episode 22.
When did This Is Your Life S43E22 air?
John Middleton aired 2003-07-17 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…