This is Your Life - Alan Freeman - 14th Oct 1987

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  • This is Your Life - Alan "Fluff" Freeman 14th Oct 1987
    Archive recording missing the first minute or so where "Fluff" was "caught" at Capital Radio by Eamonn Andrews with the help of Noel Edmonds and Michael Aspel. Large number of guest DJs including Pete Murray, Keith Fordyce, Kid Jensen, Don Moss, Johnnie Walker, Peter Young, Ed Stewart, Roger Scott, Tony Prince, Dave Lee Travis, David Hamilton, Simon Bates, Nicky Cambell, Dave Cash, Tommy Vance, Jimmy Savile, Richard Allinson, Mike Read and Tony Blackburn as well as TV luminary Muriel Young and continuity announcer supremo Redvers Kyle

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  • @jonathanbywater2063
    @jonathanbywater2063 3 роки тому +18

    I thoroughly enjoyed watching this, it brought back so many memories. As a DJ Alan Freeman was in a league of his own. Thanks for posting.

  • @gerrysmith1782
    @gerrysmith1782 4 роки тому +11

    Alan Frreeman was the best disc jockey buy a million miles thank god i put all the home tapes onto cd my heart sings every time i hear the guy talk the guy talk and introduce songs hey love but so respectful so wonderful. God bless the Great Alan freeman

  • @trevorbyford
    @trevorbyford Рік тому +4

    I met him at the Talk of the South nightclub in Southend on Sea in 1972 - he was the nicest person I ever met. So polite and interested. Even today nobody has come close to his top twenty chart rundown. It just can't be bettered. God bless you Alan, a lovely bloke.

  • @josephinerimmer6888
    @josephinerimmer6888 Рік тому +3

    Sunday wasn’t Sunday without Alan Freeman and Pick of the Pops on my little transistor radio.

  • @itcfan
    @itcfan 6 років тому +12

    Thanks for posting. Fascinating to watch....Fluff was a unique and superb DJ.

  • @xenu-dark-tony
    @xenu-dark-tony 3 роки тому +11

    Loved him. An amazing bloke who was bewildered by his popularity, just like the very best famous people do.

    • @Inglese001
      @Inglese001 3 роки тому +2

      Yes, it says a lot that so many DJs wanted to participate.

  • @davidporter7102
    @davidporter7102 6 років тому +15

    I remember seeing this episode on Yorkshire Televison while staying with my grandparents. I couldn't remember who the subject was but recognised it from the date- 14/10/1987, the night before The Great Storm. I hadn't realised it was only a few weeks later when Eamonn Andrews sadly passed away.

    • @chascarpenter5006
      @chascarpenter5006 3 роки тому +4

      Thanks Dave, did'nt know that the passing of Eamonn.

  • @malcolmjawohowelll2892
    @malcolmjawohowelll2892 2 роки тому +6

    No one had the charm that Eamonn Andrews brought to this show and made it a smash hit in uk having originally been a US show format .....loved by millions later hosts didn't achieve the same charisma

    • @robertsmith3672
      @robertsmith3672 Рік тому +1

      He had no charisma

    • @malcolmjawohowelll2892
      @malcolmjawohowelll2892 Рік тому +1

      @@robertsmith3672 ok well we all have personalities and impressions of people

    • @patdoyle3686
      @patdoyle3686 Рік тому +2

      ​​​@@robertsmith3672your so wrong Eamon Andrews was an outstanding presenter great speaker lovely manner
      And loved by the general public for his tv shows he had charm charisma and a joy to watch he was wonderful🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

    • @robertsmith3672
      @robertsmith3672 Рік тому

      @@patdoyle3686 Sorry he was a dumbo

  • @martinlee5604
    @martinlee5604 Рік тому +3

    Wonderful man. I was heartbroken when 'Pick Of The Pops' finished in September 1972.

  • @robharding5345
    @robharding5345 Рік тому +2

    Top Man ! Fluff Freeman had the perfect voice for pick of the pops, great show !!

  • @remedy5655
    @remedy5655 2 роки тому +4

    i like to see more of Alan Freeman top of the pops best dj in the world

  • @archstanton8421
    @archstanton8421 8 років тому +7

    Thanks for uploading this. I've added it to my playlist of 1980s This Is Your Lifes!

  • @bletheringfool
    @bletheringfool 2 роки тому +5

    This is great Fluff was a true gent and a legend. Interesting Eamonn Andrews is looking really unwell here. And his successor Michael Aspel is in the clip too. I miss him as a presenter and one of my earlier impressions going about saying 'This is your loife'

  • @ravenhill_firelord_1968
    @ravenhill_firelord_1968 2 роки тому +2

    i actually remember watching this back then, fluff was always one of my favorite disc jockeys.

  • @markc4305
    @markc4305 9 місяців тому +1

    Ah, if only we had radio presenters and broadcasters of his calibre nowadays....

  • @alanhindmarch657
    @alanhindmarch657 3 роки тому +5

    Loved listening to Alan Freeman.

  • @halloeverybodypeeps
    @halloeverybodypeeps 9 місяців тому +3

    Jimmy Saville talking about taking milk around wards of Leeds Infirmary 😳😕

    • @annyirish6106
      @annyirish6106 9 місяців тому +1

      The pos Freeman they are celebrating was part of the pedo ring with Saville.

  • @SimonNoina
    @SimonNoina 6 місяців тому +1

    Eamonn Andrews passed away 3 weeks after this broadcast

  • @grantgrove6800
    @grantgrove6800 Рік тому +2

    Shame this misses the 'Trap' at the beginning. That was sometimes the best part of the show. But great anyway and thanks for posting.

  • @markfletcher760
    @markfletcher760 4 роки тому +14

    A fitting "This is your life" to another wonderful DJ, the late great Alan "Fluff" Freeman himself who as far as i am concerned was, still is and always will be a legend in my eyes, though obviously not to all the Alan "Fluff" Freeman haters out there who are labelling "Fluff" as some sort of a not so nice man (i won't mention the five or ten letter words that some are describing "Fluff" here on UA-cam and other social networks) all of a sudden these past few years or so to this present day. Stuff all the Alan Freeman detesters out there, for if he was this not so nice man, provide your evidence of "Fluff's" wrongdoing (none whatsoever). Exactly no proof whatsoever, as the late great "Fluff" is now dead and cannot defend himself from his grave from these so-called allegations (thankfully low level accusations at present) about the five or ten letter word which i will not address on here that is being used to describe "Fluff", so as to not offend my fellow Alan "Fluff" Freeman lovers (not in a morbid context) and his many still admirers out there, both past, present and future. And if he is this not so nice man, why is "Fluff" still being mentioned and broadcast on the BBC, and not totally erased forever ages ago by the organisation (the BBC) itself. R.I.P. Alan "Fluff" Freeman, total legend, and to me was, still is and always will be a (another) rock to me past, present and future, always !

    • @chascarpenter5006
      @chascarpenter5006 3 роки тому +2

      Fluff has always been amazing DJ to me, takes me back to the early years of Radio 1 in the early 70's, in the 90's many of his shows i taped & his last show on Radio 1 i taped, with the music he played & snippets from other track really set his show apart, I sit hear listening to him on the eve of 2020-2021, what better way to hear the new year in with some proper music. Thank you Fluff. ps, wonderful to see all the DJ's from many moons ago, yes. i remember them all.

    • @treasurehunteruk9718
      @treasurehunteruk9718 Рік тому +1

      Was it his sexuality? Like Dale Winton. Freeman said he was bi, when queried, like Dusty Springfield, but it was a different time, it was still frowned upon.

    • @grantgrove6800
      @grantgrove6800 Рік тому +1

      Alan will always be 'the Governor' to me.

  • @grantgrove6800
    @grantgrove6800 Рік тому +1

    Interesting to see Michael Aspel as a guest on the show, who of course later presented the show.

  • @benmacrae7084
    @benmacrae7084 8 років тому +12

    This must have been one of the last This Is Your Life shows Eamonn Andrews hosted.

    • @bungabening3530
      @bungabening3530 2 роки тому +1

      Wasn't he replaced by Michael Aspel who appears at the start of this?

    • @FishOnTwoWheels
      @FishOnTwoWheels Рік тому +1

      @@bungabening3530 Yes!

  • @flanplan5903
    @flanplan5903 3 роки тому +5

    Alan is adorable! Especially when he facepalms himself in embarassment with his singing at 9:02, thinking “Oh crap...not this again!”

  • @marty-fh1rw
    @marty-fh1rw 2 місяці тому

    Brilliant. Thanks.

  • @teejayy2130
    @teejayy2130 Рік тому +1

    Fluff Freeman, Tommy the Vance & Simon our tune Bates. The best.

  • @remedy5655
    @remedy5655 2 роки тому +1

    i like to see more of alan freeman top of the pops the best dj ever live

  • @bobhellier
    @bobhellier 8 місяців тому

    miss you fluff on pick of the pops on radio2 and listened on sundays on radio 1 RIP. these days Miller Wilson is a great youtuber on australian wildlife

  • @matthewfarina8587
    @matthewfarina8587 4 роки тому +5

    Secret handshakes

  • @johng1420
    @johng1420 11 місяців тому

    Simply the best and sadly missed...

  • @glensalt7460
    @glensalt7460 4 роки тому +6

    i know radio 2 but I thought perhaps Jimmy Young and Terry Wogan.could have been there.

    • @markg6860
      @markg6860 4 роки тому +4

      The DJs featured were from Freeman's Radio One and Capital days ... the guys he would have best known. JY and TW were weekday jocks on R2, so he would likely have rarely seen them.

    • @glensalt7460
      @glensalt7460 4 роки тому +3

      @@markg6860 yes thank you for that all great DJS though Fluff and Tommy Vance.

    • @jeremypreece870
      @jeremypreece870 3 роки тому +1

      David Jacobs would have been appropriate as Fluff took over Pick of the Pops from him. Also, Fluff Freeman, Pete Murry and David Jacobs were the three main DJ presenters back in the early days when it was still the BBC Light Programme. Another omission was John Peel. If you look at the edition when Peel was the subject, there is a terrific warmth when Freeman appears as a guest and there was a huge mutual respect between John Peel and Alan Freeman.

    • @treasurehunteruk9718
      @treasurehunteruk9718 Рік тому

      @@jeremypreece870 I noticed John Peel was missing.

  • @MARKETMAN6789
    @MARKETMAN6789 2 роки тому +1

    Top twenty every Sunday ,and he was the tops

  • @andrewbashford9786
    @andrewbashford9786 5 місяців тому

    The late great Roger Scott making an appearance if fluff was number 1 then he was certainly number 2 📻⭐️

  • @jonguiry5999
    @jonguiry5999 8 років тому +10

    Andrews died on 5 November 1987, so this was three weeks and 1 day before, so I guess there were two more (21 Oct, 28 Oct and 4 Nov) that were broadcast by Thames before he died. Ironic that Michael Aspel was on this one on basis of him taking over after Andrews' death.

    • @shippy555
      @shippy555 8 років тому +2

      It was also broadcast on Cliff's 47th birthday. Not sure how long before, it would have been recorded, though.

    • @ivyrichardson6601
      @ivyrichardson6601 7 років тому +1

      Jon Guiry

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 6 років тому +2

      There were also two more episodes that Eamonn made and were postponed until January 1988.

  • @meerkatandpug
    @meerkatandpug 7 років тому +5

    "And here tonight, that person you always hated and have been avoiding for 35 years.."

  • @ysgol3
    @ysgol3 2 роки тому +2

    Poor daft old Eamonn died very soon afterwards, November 1987.

  • @alanfox8629
    @alanfox8629 8 років тому +4

    The episode that was aired on the announcement of eanomn Andrews death. Was jimmy cricket the last one was Jill rosslington of crossroads. He recorded. Roger Scott died the following year of cancer and I finally got to see Richard Allison from capital radio and radio two.

  • @flannerymonaghan-morris4825
    @flannerymonaghan-morris4825 Рік тому +1

    I love Alan’s adorably embarassed reaction to hearing himself sing…

  • @97channel
    @97channel 5 років тому +4

    Ah, another encounter between Michael Aspel and Jimmy Savile. Three times that I know of where they appeared together on This Is Your Life. Remember, Aspel publicly declared that he'd never met Savile.

  • @catweazlebaggins9716
    @catweazlebaggins9716 8 років тому +21

    Great show, but it kind of goes sour when Savile walks on.

    • @robertmcelwaine7024
      @robertmcelwaine7024 5 років тому +7

      Interestingly Savile wasn't even present at Freemans funeral.

  • @JohnBrooking-gj8cx
    @JohnBrooking-gj8cx 2 місяці тому

    22:23 Really interesting. Saville couldn't have been edited out!

  • @rotonda4068
    @rotonda4068 6 років тому +7

    Pretty cursory greeting from Simon Bates. Barely says 'hello '.

    • @chrispearson3333
      @chrispearson3333 6 років тому +5

      No surprise there, why was he on anyway? Thought Tom Browne might have been on as Alan mentored him when he took over the Top 20 in 1972.

    • @jeremypreece870
      @jeremypreece870 3 роки тому +2

      The body language when various people greeted the subject of show on each edition of TIYL always spoke volumes.

  • @adriancalin8688
    @adriancalin8688 Рік тому

    The bestdjsin208

  • @flashtheoriginal
    @flashtheoriginal Рік тому +1

    The KING
    Alright?
    Not Arf!!

  • @garethm3171
    @garethm3171 Місяць тому

    All male DJs I note.

  • @john111257
    @john111257 6 років тому +5

    Fluff on the needle, awright

  • @DavidEsp1
    @DavidEsp1 Рік тому

    At 08:53 his singing is pretty good, but what a "glitch in time" - I mean from 1940s-type crooning to Boss-jocking heavy rock...

  • @grahamandrewsharpe2553
    @grahamandrewsharpe2553 5 років тому +3

    The headline in the sun will be “Johnnie Walker on the rocks!”

  • @elisabethj.v.beardsell9853
    @elisabethj.v.beardsell9853 11 місяців тому

    I was privileged and honored meeting Fluff. He was, always be. A legend Bless him❤ pick of the pops will not be the same without him.Gambo just does not fit correctly. So I don’t listen

  • @FishOnTwoWheels
    @FishOnTwoWheels Рік тому

    My favourite DJ of all time...... Not Arf!

  • @phillipbonner9944
    @phillipbonner9944 8 років тому +4

    I enjoyed this but when you know came on i felt low

  • @charlesdurrans4279
    @charlesdurrans4279 2 місяці тому

    Eamonn Andrews died within a month of this broadcast

    • @charlesdurrans4279
      @charlesdurrans4279 2 місяці тому

      It’s why the cameras don’t focus on him much or close up on him

  • @WhisperingJohn
    @WhisperingJohn 7 років тому +3

    Most of them now dead. :(

  • @djsimonrossprice9400
    @djsimonrossprice9400 3 роки тому +1

    Wot.... no kenny everett..???

  • @ACNC1
    @ACNC1 5 років тому +6

    doing well to conceal the special handshakes

  • @peterfarkas211
    @peterfarkas211 5 років тому +6

    No wounder the last kid ran off seeing Jimmy Savile

  • @adriancalin8688
    @adriancalin8688 Рік тому

    Haimshehaele

  • @chrisrainbow2393
    @chrisrainbow2393 8 років тому +3

    alright until savile and travis walked on.

    • @john111257
      @john111257 6 років тому +6

      travis...not proven

    • @christopherrainbow1657
      @christopherrainbow1657 6 років тому +2

      i beg to differ, im sure i saw on the news of at least one conviction.

    • @clivemoore6510
      @clivemoore6510 2 роки тому +1

      No conviction at all

    • @chrisrainbow2393
      @chrisrainbow2393 2 роки тому

      @@clivemoore6510 He was found guilty of indecent assault and given a suspended jail sentence

    • @chriswalford9228
      @chriswalford9228 Рік тому

      Many years ago late 90's had friends in London who had a female friend who stopped at a petrol station and was goosed up by the hairy corn flake

  • @stevehotspur
    @stevehotspur Рік тому +1

    Not a woman amongst them