{"id":148,"date":"2008-11-16T16:11:30","date_gmt":"2008-11-16T16:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/this-is-your-life\/"},"modified":"2008-11-16T16:11:30","modified_gmt":"2008-11-16T16:11:30","slug":"this-is-your-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/index.php\/this-is-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-135\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife01.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" width=\"444\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife01.jpg 444w, https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife01-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tommy and Bobby were the first &#8216;double act&#8217; to appear on ITVs <em>This Is Your Life<\/em>. <br \/>The programme was shown on 11th November 1981.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\">\n<p>They thought they were filming the opening sequence for a TV show, when host Eammon Andrews appeared out of a cannon to surprise them.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-136\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife02.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" width=\"444\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife02.jpg 444w, https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife02-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/>&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-137\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife03.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" width=\"444\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife03.jpg 444w, https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife03-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>At&nbsp;the studio with Eammon Andrews<\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-138\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife04.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" width=\"444\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife04.jpg 444w, https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife04-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/>&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-139\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife05.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" width=\"444\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife05.jpg 444w, https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife05-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Members of their families were brought on.<\/p>\n<p>Tommy: wife Margaret, daughters Julie and Jeanette with husband Ian. Cousins and Aunt.<\/p>\n<p>Bobby: wife Yvonne, daughter Joanne, and sons Darren and Robert. Parents May and Bob, sister Mavis and her husband Trevor.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-140\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife06.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" width=\"444\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife06.jpg 444w, https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife06-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/>&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-141\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife07.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" width=\"444\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife07.jpg 444w, https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife07-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Celebrity guests were Diana Dors, Faith Brown and June Whitfield (who had all appeared as guests in Cannon and Balls TV show), Charlie Drake (with who they had appeared in Panto) and the Brotherhood of Man (who they had supported on tour).<\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-142\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife08.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" width=\"444\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife08.jpg 444w, https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife08-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/>&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-143\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife09.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" width=\"444\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife09.jpg 444w, https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife09-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>While other guests included Ken Kent of a local school and Dennis Henthorn, a childhood friend of Bobbys.<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-144\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife12.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" width=\"444\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife12.jpg 444w, https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife12-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/>&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-145\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife13.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" width=\"444\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife13.jpg 444w, https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife13-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-146\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife10.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" width=\"444\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife10.jpg 444w, https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife10-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/>&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-147\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife11.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" width=\"444\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife11.jpg 444w, https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/thisisyourlife11-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tommy and Bobby were the first &#8216;double act&#8217; to appear on ITVs This Is Your Life. 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