Michael Aspel

Michael Aspel (b. 12 January 1933) is a British former broadcaster and host of a number of programmes including Crackerjack, Ask Aspel, Aspel & Company, Give Us a Clue, This is Your Life and Antiques Roadshow.

TV shows
from 01-01-1964 only


 * Town and Around - A daily presentation of news and views from London and the South-East (1964- )
 * Come Dancing (compere, 1964-1967)
 * The International Ballroom Championships of 1964 (commentator, 1964)
 * Miss World (compère, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974)
 * Miss England (compère, 1965, 1966, 1970)
 * News Review - with a commentary that can be seen as well as heard. (1966)
 * Welcome Christmas (host, 1966)
 * The News (late evening spot, 1967-1968)
 * Call My Bluff (contestant, 1968)
 * Sixth Sense - "a new competitive series in which sixth-formers are given the chance to air their views or investigate any topic that concerns them." (host, 1968)
 * The Monday Show (1968)
 * Moon Clue Game (contestant, 1968)
 * The G.P.O. Personality Girl of 1968 (1968)
 * Miss United Kingdom (1968, 1969, 1970, 1971)
 * Crackerjack (from 13 Sept. 1968 - 1971), Crackerjack 72, Crackerjack 73, Crackerjack (1974-
 * The Royal Variety Performance (commentator, 1968, 1970)
 * The Best in Television (commentator, 1969)
 * A Song for Europe (host, 1969 & 1976)
 * The Movies (host, from May-Sep. 1969)
 * The G.P.O. Personality Girl of 1969 (host, July 1969) - The Post Office Personality Girl of 1970 (host, Sept. 1970)
 * The Evacuees (appearance, 31 August 1969)
 * The Variety Club Awards (host, 1970)
 * Cinema series (from 01 May 1970-1971)
 * Ask Aspel (host, from 18 September 1970 - July 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 )
 * Ace of Clubs (host, 1970)
 * Christmas Crackers (presenter, 1970) "The first complete Mickey Mouse cartoon on British television in colour - Pluto's Christmas Tree"
 * Wide World of Entertainment (presenter, 1970)
 * The Variety Club Awards (host, 1971)
 * Aspel's Christmas Crackers (presenter, 1971)
 * The Goodies (special episode for Montreux 72, 1972, one episode Feb. 1975, one ep. Dec. 1976)
 * Dick Whittington (Christmas panto, special guest as The Vizier, Christmas Day 1972)
 * A Stocking Full of Stars (presenter, Christmas Day 1973 & 1974)
 * The Movie Quiz (chairman, 1974)
 * Aspel and Company (from Sept. 1974 - Tues. & Friday afternoons)
 * Aladdin (Christmas Eve 1974)
 * Quest - "A family phone-in quiz" (1975)
 * Remember, Remember - "a programme specially designed to show children how firework accidents are caused." (Oct. 1975)
 * Eurovision Song Contest Preview (host, two shows: 21 & 28 March 1976)
 * Eurovision Song Contest (commentator, 1976)
 * It's a Celebrity Knockout! (contestant, 1976)
 * Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (guest, 1976)
 * The Big Time (guest as Miss World 'expert', 1977)
 * The Morecambe and Wise Show (guest, Christmas Day 1977)
 * The Nation Celebrated (narrator, New Year's Day 1978)
 * Star Signs - "a new entertainment based on astrology and other methods of prediction, such as palmistry and the tarot" (host, 6 eps. 1979)
 * This Is Your Life ('victim', 14 May 1980 - ITV)
 * Seeing Stars (guest as 'Capricorn', 1980)
 * So You Think You're Safe at Home? (guest with wife Elizabeth Power, 1981
 * This Is Your Life (ITV, host, from 19 September 1988 - first 'victim' Phil Collins)
 * This Is Your Life (host, returning to BBC One from 1994 until 12 June 2003 - last victim Simon Cowell)
 * 15 January 2000, The Night of 1000 Lives
 * Antiques Roadshow - tbc