This Is Your Life
Gyles Brandreth
TV Flash files “Gyles Brandreth” as hour 495 of 497 in the TV Flash guide — This Is Your Life (1952–1961) on NBC, season 43, episode 24, aired 2003-08-01, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S43E24: listed hour 495 of 497 in the This Is Your Life guide, hour 24 of 25 in season 43. It aired 2003-08-01 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Bob Harris” (S43E23). Next is “Aled Jones” (S43E25). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Michael surprised Gyles at London's Duchess Theatre at the curtain call of his current show, Zipp! 100 Musicals in 100 Minutes. The author, broadcaster and former Conservative Member of Parliament was greeted by, among others, actress and dancer Bonnie Langford, broadcaster Nicholas Parsons and singer Dave Willetts.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Gyles Brandreth sit in the This Is Your Life guide?
S43E24 is listed hour 495 of 497 — hour 24 of 25 in season 43, season 43 episode 24.
When did This Is Your Life S43E24 air?
Gyles Brandreth aired 2003-08-01 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…