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17 unusual facts about Eamonn Andrews


1950s in Irish television

September 1959 – An Advisory Committee, Chaired by broadcaster Eamonn Andrews is established to prepare for the introduction of a television service.

Arnold Ridley

He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1976 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at London’s Marylebone Station.

Bob Paisley

He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1977 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews on board a coach in central London.

Canon Noel Duckworth

He was the subject of This Is Your Life on 12 January 1959 when, taken to the BBC Television Theatre by his friend the rowing commentator John Snagge, he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews.

Denby Dale

The eighth pie, in 1964, was to celebrate 4 royal births but was marred by the tragic deaths of 4 committee members, as a result of a car accident while returning from filming in London for a pilot television show (later to become the Eamonn Andrews Show).

G. H. Elliott

He made several appearances in television variety shows and was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1957 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the King's Theatre, Hammersmith, London.

Gordon Pirie

However, in a radio interview with Eamonn Andrews soon after the games, the great Australian runner Herb Elliott, referred to Pirie and Ibbotson who, having broken the world record for the mile in 1957, had never regained the same form and was not selected for Rome.

Henry Thomas Davies

On the 18th of February 1976 Eamonn Andrews surprised Shrimp Davies with his “Big Red Book”.

Joe Loss

He was the subject of This Is Your Life on two occasions: in May 1963 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews, and again in October 1980, when Andrews surprised him at London’s Portman Hotel during a star-studded party to celebrate Joe’s 50 years in show business.

Louie Ramsay

She was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1958 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh.

Mint Productions

A return to RTÉ led to Eamonn, a documentary on TV presenter Eamonn Andrews.

Nat Temple

On television he provided the band for Crackerjack with Eamonn Andrews, as well as Nuts in May with Frankie Howerd, The Time of Your Life with Noel Edmonds, The Russell Harty Show, Tune Times With Temple, A Jolly Good Time, Dance Music Through the Ages and Starstruck.

Robert Stanford Tuck

He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1956 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the BBC Television Theatre.

Russ Conway

He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1959, when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews during a recording session at the BBC's Studio 1 at 201 Piccadilly, London.

Stephen Behan

He was the subject of This Is Your Life in December 1962 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews in the audience of Dublin’s RTE Studios.

Tubby Clayton

He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1958 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the BBC Television Theatre.

Uffa Fox

He was the subject of This Is Your Life in January 1963 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the Colston Hall in Bristol.


Eamonn Andrews Studios

Eamonn Andrews Studios was founded by broadcaster Eamonn Andrews, famous for being the presenter with the big red book of This Is Your Life, a British television programme.

Jack Petersen

He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1957 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the Memorial Hall in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan.

Kathy Staff

She was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1984 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews in Harrods.