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  Eamonn Andrews - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eamonn Andrews (19 December 1922 5 November 1987) was a Irish born television presenter in the United Kingdom.
Andrews was born in Synge Street, Dublin, Ireland, the same street in which playwright George Bernard Shaw was born.
Eamonn Andrews is also the name of a linking composition by the 1970s British avant-rock band Soft Machine.
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 screenonline: Andrews, Eamonn (1922-1987) Biography
A determined Andrews left his day job as an insurance clerk and set his sights on the BBC.
Andrews once outwitted the blindfolded panel himself when he 'signed in' with a falsetto voice as the shows mystery celebrity guest, earning himself a diploma.
Week in week out it was a nerve wracking experience for Andrews and the production team keeping the identity of the subject a secret.
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 Andrews - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Andrews is the name of some places in the United States of America including
Andrews, the birthplace of golf and site of St.
Eamonn Andrews – Irish television presenter (1922 1987)
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 This Is Your Life - Nostalgia Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Eamonn Andrews was the host right from the start, and the show ran on the BBC until 1964.
Over the years, Eamonn and his perspiration underwent a number of disguises to maintain the element of surprise and trap the unwary.
Having to find a last-minute substitute (who Eamonn was led to believe would be boxer Freddie Mills) the tables were turned on the show itself and Eamonn was the subject - He burst into tears when his mother, Margaret, was brought on.
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 Thames Television - Programmes & History, Page 2 (TV ARK ON LINE MUSEUM)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He brought it to the BBC in 1955, surprising Eamonn Andrews who was seated in the studio audience.
Andrews hosted the BBC version (as in the picture shown right) until his switch to ITV in 1964.
It is a most inconrguous sight, Eamonn Andrews and his behind-the-scenes secrets given the same sensational treatment as a kiss-and-tell by Samantha Fox or Linda Lusardi.
www.tv-ark.org.uk /itvlondon/thamesprogs2-new.html   (1358 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Today's issues | This is Your Life
When the show started in 1952, host Eamonn Andrews went to great lengths to surprise his guests, dressing up as an airline steward to surprise Shirley Bassey.
The tables turned on Eamonn Andrews when he was unable to find a substitute for footballer Stanley Matthews and found himself the subject of the show.
Guardian journalist John O'Farrell used the title of the show for a book, which was not about Eamonn Andrews or Michael Aspel but a schoolteacher blagging his way into celebrity life.
www.guardian.co.uk /netnotes/article/0,6729,956995,00.html   (306 words)

  
 This is Your Life   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ralph Edwards, who had created the show for US audiences in 1952 was flown over from the USA to conduct the inaugural programme but, after the Daily Sketch had spoiled the launch by revealing that the subject was to be Stanley Matthews, a new victim had to be found.
Andrews expected boxer Freddie Mills to be the target.
Eamonn then went on to host the show until his untimely death in the 1980's.
www.whirligig-tv.co.uk /tv/adults/other/tiyl.htm   (167 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | TV and Radio | Aspel closes big red book
Based on a US format, the show is one of the longest-running on British television, having first started on the BBC in 1955 with Eamonn Andrews.
It was axed in 1964, but Andrews fronted a revival on ITV in 1969, made by Thames Television.
It was thought the programme would end after Eamonn Andrews died in 1987, but it continued with Aspel as host.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2958380.stm   (412 words)

  
 Eamonn Andrews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Eamonn Andrews (1922-1987) was a Irish born television presenter in the United Kingdom.
He began his career as an amateur boxer and went on to be a sports commentator on Radio Éireann.
This was parodied by Seamus Android in the BBC radio programme Round the Horne in the 1960s.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/eamonn_andrews   (242 words)

  
 Beatles Interview: Eamonn Andrews Show 4/11/65   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Following this performance, the Beatles were rushed to the ABC television studios in Teddington, for a live TV appearance with Eamonn Andrews.
EAMONN: "Katherine, in your column this morning, you were talking about a situation that will soon involve Ringo here-- about what to say-- the problem of giving an honest opinion of a new baby.
EAMONN: "I think that the Beatles are in the situation of the-- to use a metaphor I'm used to-- a boxer who has never been beaten.
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 Moviefone: Movie Celebrities - Eamonn Andrews: MAIN
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 BBC - Comedy Guide - The Eamonn Andrews Show
Presented under the Saturday Comedy Hour banner, this was a comedy-Variety show for the genial Andrews - the well-known sports broadcaster and panel-game chairman.
Andrews' broadcasting career was extensive, spanning four decades, and the title The Eamonn Andrews Show was used again and again in later years, notably when he hosted his own late-night ITV chat-show in the 1960s.
The information in the bbc.co.uk Guide to Comedy is complied from 'The Radio Times Guide to Television Comedy' by Mark Lewisohn, published by BBC Books.
www.bbc.co.uk /comedy/guide/articles/e/eamonnandrewssho_7772465.shtml   (174 words)

  
 Encyclopedia Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
...Colin Moulding[?] (bass, vocals), Barry-Andrews class=printable title=Barry Andrews Barry Andrews[?] (keyboards)...
He spent his early years in Cornwall, moved back to Wales...on to a PhD in St.-Andrews%2C-Scotland class=printable title=St. Andrews, Scotland St. Andrews,...
...created by writers Barry Took and Marty Feldman, with other writers contributing to later series,...such as Eamonn Andrews and Fanny Craddock.
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 Andrews - Reviewscout.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | TV and Radio | This Is Your Life's creator dies
Edwards appeared on the UK's first edition of the show after a newspaper revealed that footballer Stanley Matthews was to be the first guest.
With the surprise ruined, Edwards travelled to the UK, and he confronted BBC host Eamonn Andrews with the programme's "big red book", before leading him to the studio to discuss his life with friends and family members.
Michael Aspel replaced Andrews as host when Andrews died in 1987.
news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4446930.stm   (380 words)

  
 Andrews Author :: Books from Books.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Andrews, Patricia ~ Andrews, James ~ Williams, Glen
Andrews, Sarah ~ Andrews, Chris ~ O'Brien, Sally
Andrews, Eamonn ~ Andrews, Grainne ~ McGibbon, Robin
www.books.co.uk /author_andrews.html   (75 words)

  
 What's My Line?
None was better, or more avidly awaited, than 'What's My Line', chaired by a zestful Irish ex-boxer, and former sports commentator, Eamonn Andrews, with four celebrity panellists, among whom were a balding, bespectacled, florid-faced, irascible schoolmaster, turned policeman, turned broadcaster, Gilbert Harding; a beautiful lady doctor-turned-broadcaster, Lady Isobel Barnett; a TV illusionist-supreme,
The idea was for the panel to guess the occupations of ordinary members of the public, when they paraded before them, after standing alongside chairman Eamonn, and giving a clue to what their occupation was, in the shape of a short mime.
If, in answer to the panellists' questions, ten answers of 'No' were returned, then the contender was deemed to have 'Beaten The Panel', and that earned them congratulations from a beaming Andrews, who presented them with a parchment scroll, for their pains.
www.whirligig-tv.co.uk /tv/adults/quiz/whatsmyline.htm   (688 words)

  
 eBay.co.uk - eamonn, Magazines, CDs, First Editions items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Eamonn Andrews Signed Promo "This is your life"
EAMONN ANDREWS - THIS IS MY LIFE - H/B 1ST EDT
EAMONN ANDREWS (This Is Your Life) signed pic
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 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
Eamonn Andrews – Irish television presenter (1922 –; 1987)
James Pettit Andrews -- English historian (c.1737 - 1797)
This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
www.irelandinformationguide.com /Andrews   (246 words)

  
 Eamonn Andrews - UKGameshows   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He was born in Dublin's Synge Street, the same street in which playwright George Bernard Shaw was born.
, they played a trick on the panel by making Eamonn the mystery guest.
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"THE EAMONN ANDREWS SHOW" 11 April 1965 Studio One, Teddington Studio Centre (MYTHOLOGY, VOLUME TWO - missing part in [brackets]) ANN: [Live from London, it's "The Eamonn Andrews Show"!
And tonight,] Eamonn's guests are Katharine Whitehorn, Wolf Mankowitz, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison!
Like The Stones, y'know, we're always chatting to them about records.
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 Space: 1999 Catacombs: CLIPS: 1999 on TV
Roy Dotrice surprised on set of 1999 (during filming of Earthbound).
A specially written "fake" scene with Sandra, Paul and Simmonds was written in which Dotrice was surprised by host Eamonn Andrews.
The film has since been destroyed, but still photographs exist of Eamonn Andrews on the Main Mission set.
www.space1999.net /~catacombs/main/crguide/vclip1.html   (1570 words)

  
 Amazon.com -zShops: SOFT MACHINE ~ Noisette ~ [CD]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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