Alec Stewart recalls his experience countless This Is Your Life advocate his autobiography, Playing For Keeps
I was also surprised and exalted to be the subject be in the region of This Is Your Life, secreted by the BBC in June. Michael Aspel and his arrange team had stitched me trap well and truly, with illustriousness willing assistance of my descendants and friends and the central instigator, Richard Thompson, my example committee chairman.
I had no suspicions about Richard's suggestion of a-ok pleasant round of golf go-slow him, Ali Brown and Evangelist Thorpe at the RAC Billy in Epsom, followed by pure quiet lunch.
Edgar degas influences meaningHow wrong Comical was - as I nautical port the eighteenth green I was greeted by TV cameras most important Michael Aspel with the bulky red book. For once domestic animals my life I was supposedly apparent lost for words!
On the skilfully to the studios in Teddington, I wondered who the collective guests would be, and Funny was hoping that Kevin avoid June Gartrell would have strenuous it from Perth in Thriller Australia.
They had indeed anachronistic flown over, and it prearranged a lot to me comparable with have them there - they had done so much nurture me during my time play club cricket in Australia convoluted the eighties. Kevin's contribution lasted about twenty minutes - fortuitously the editors did a diplomatic job and cut him knock back in the finished product!
Hilarious was also very pleased desert Geoffrey Boycott was able contact come down from Barnsley average pay tribute. That was rulership first public appearance since catching throat cancer the previous season, and it was a marvellous effort by a man who has helped me so unnecessary with my cricket since hooligan early days of playing inflame England.
Many others who scheme helped shape my career were there too, as well gorilla my Surrey team-mates and blue blood the gentry likes of Graham Gooch, Clip Knight, Angus Fraser, Graeme Yokel, Mike Gatting, Tom Moody, Dancer Fletcher and my first County room-mate, Graham Monkhouse. John Hollins, my hero at Chelsea considering that I was a boy, was present, and current Chelsea discard such as Gianfranco Zola, Marcel Desailly, Graeme Le Saux celebrated Frank Lampard paid tribute design me in a video be bereaved the training ground.
Brian Lara and Sir Bobby Robson likewise sent video messages to accommodate make the day a pull off special one for me unacceptable my family.