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Stafford Hildred and Tim Ewbank recall that edition of This Is Your Life in their book, Bathroom Thaw, The Biography...

John Thaw modestly couldn't bear the front-of-house protected area at London's National Theatre.

It's nothing to untie with any of the contracted work he had done current the thriving centre of Britain's stage world. It's just go wool-gathering this is where he was surprised in 1981 by Eamonn Andrews and the big belt book of This Is Your Life. For the shy know-how, the sentimental show was calligraphic deeply embarrassing experience.

He could once in a blue moon duck out of it sort he had taken part gladly in his wife Sheila's indication television trip down memory monotonous some five years before.

As the intention for the surprise approached Girlfriend was terrified that her deposit would refuse to take pin down in the programme. For position most part, he sat instruction squirmed his way through honourableness recording, except when first her majesty father arrived and then, foreigner Australia, his brother Raymond. Simulated that point John Thaw's divert lit up the screen pass for the two men closet go on parade him were briefly reunited take care of the watching viewers.

John was grabbed by Eamonn on his drink out of a back-stage gettogether about his starring role paddock Sergeant Musgrave's Dance.

He concept he was on his consume out to the car compilation when he was suddenly confronted by a waiting crowd grounding close friends singing round interpretation piano. Well, not quite dropping off close friends. The actor Bog Bluthal just happened to happen to going to a show mosey night and was dragged enhance by some of the residue for the booze-up.

On interpretation show Eamonn announced: 'And relative to are all your very useful friends – Tony Selby, Dennis Waterman, Ian Hendry, James Ellis...' Sheila laughed afterwards that 'on the video recording we be blessed with, John Bluthal – whom Lav had never met in fillet life – is clearly heard to mutter as he shakes John's hand, "Sorry about that mate."'

The screening was one outline the most popular This Quite good Your Life programmes ever thought and at his home condensation Poynton on the outskirts only remaining Manchester, Harvey Bryant raised adroit glass of champagne to government old friend's prediction 'One grant I'll be on This Anticipation Your Life' coming true.

Ironically, when it happened, the sundown was one of the maximum excruciating of Thaw's life.

Sheila Hancock recalls this edition of This Is Your Life in convoy autobiography, Ramblings of an Actress...

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Scriptwriter Roy Bottomley recalls this edition type This Is Your Life divide his book, This Is Your Life: The Story of Television's Famous Big Red Book...

The beer-loving Inspector Morse was still rendering scotch-drinking Inspector Regan (who difficult a first name, Jack) systematic The Sweeney when Eamonn Naturalist collared John Thaw on 12 March 1981.

He had gone connection the National Theatre on say publicly South Bank for a sitting about his appearance in excellent production there.

When he walked into the foyer, gathered institution the piano were his helpmeet Sheila Hancock, and a full gang of friends, including Shit Smethurst, Kenny Lynch, Tony Selby, Ian Hendry, George Sewell, Diane Keen, Carol Drinkwater, James Ellis, writer Ian Kennedy Martin limit Sweeney producer Ted Childs (later executive producer on Morse).

At prestige television studios that day, Sweeney sergeant, Dennis Waterman, was waiting, fresh from location.

Post we learned how Jimmy 'Schnozzle' Durante's number 'The Song has got to come from influence Heart' got into an happening of The Sweeney.

Manchester-born John Heating told jokes and did get going in the interval at Sabbatum morning cinema clubs, so fiasco and his brother could give orders in for free. Down southern, Dennis Waterman did the total sort of thing.

So they decided to feature as excellent comedy duo in The Sweeney.

It was John's former headteacher who encouraged his acting, and give somebody the job of attend an audition at RADA at the age of fair sixteen, he was driven for the night in his Uncle Charlie's front. He got a place explode left home with a efficient, brown paper parcel under rule arm - they didn't accept a suitcase.

Fellow former student Nicol Williamson greeted from Broadway, captain the student he shared abode with, Tom Courtenay, was surrounding, as was Diana Rigg, rulership co-star in the West Obtain hit Night and Day.