This Is Your Life - Ross Kemp

I got another TIYL for you and once more Bookmaster Aspel is on Albert Square for this one. Here the subject in question is an award winning actor well known for playing one of the most infamous characters ever to grace Albert Square. He's also well known for starring in Ultimate Force and he's has earned International recognition as a journalist for documentary series on gangs, pirates, on the war in Afghanistan, the Amazon and the NHS as he's been on the front line as a certain pandemic took hold. Enjoy everyone as Michael Aspel presents This Is Your Life to Grant Mitchell alias Ross Kemp and there will be more coming up including a past meets future TIYL I'll explain when I get the footage.

[@mmsiphonevinyls1027]

Such a kind-hearted gent. Not an Eastenders viewer but I met Ross at St James Palace when I got my Gold DofE Award, and he was such a down-to-earth chap. Spoke to me just like I was a friend.

[@Dowager666]

OUR BARBRA WITH our GRANT priceless !!

[@beverlygannon4141]

She looked so good. Very slim love the dress 👍👍♥️🌹🙏

[@djwalkerfemaledj]

She looked lovely

[@geoorobo1549]

Ross Kemp's look of horror at the start is classic!!! LOL

[@brianmarshall4753]

Thank you for loading that Ross Kemp this is your life

[@sandrapower3250]

👍

[@shirlegirling6830]

Ross is a great actor and human being 👍🎭🙋‍♀️

[@Glitzdglamourous5604]

Ah look at Babs she was such a legend 💗❤️

[@jackbrown4120]

Terrible actress though with an annoying af voice.

[@mollyoneye]

Even now he's bloody gorgeous

[@patdoe5242]

I have always loved this is your life and this one was magical seeing Ross and Barbara together come back grant to eastenders cuz we have missed you

[@RTG1031]

His reaction is so sweet❤

[@fionaobrien3818]

I loved this programme

[@jackiesmith3684]

Ross kemp is a great human being and a great actor him and the late Barbra Windsor were so close she was like his second mum him and Steve McFadden were great in EastEnders together I would love to see Ross kemp back in EastEnders

[@user-vh6ts9uf6c]

The body language when the cast come out of fascinating!

[@carlaconnor8347]

Expand?

[@LIVERNIL723]

This was The Best Ever EastEnders Cast and Era 1994-1997

[@Glitzdglamourous5604]

Definitely I’m watching all the repeats on the drama channel, currently 1996 , I don’t even bother with the current eastenders anymore it’s so bad .

[@loupeace9061]

Oh totally agree been watching the old ones Kathy looking so much younger now dead an come back to Life how amazing is that lol Don’t watch now but love the ones on drama

[@princesi4778]

@@Glitzdglamourous5604 OMG I'm the same love watching the classic Eastenders, takes me back to when i was in secondary school and discuss what happend during break times. I dont bother watching current ones given up and just stick with the classic ones.

[@imranmalik1339]

1998-2001 was the best

[@alannahfidler3418]

It got a bit shit after 1996 got better a few years later

[@chipsthedog1]

I'm going through all these just for the initial shock

[@theculturedthug6609]

Hahaha same.

[@darkangelw8472]

Teenage memories. I'm remeniscing

[@rogerdearing8392]

Magic .. ✨❤️

[@Aladdin-nc7cv]

I've waited so long to see this episode of this is your life ross kemp, never watched it when it first aired

[@BoutYoungAnnaLee]

Dork.

[@MaskedMono-oi7bg]

You can see he's distant from rebekah even there and we all know now how that story ended.

[@Theeighthdoctor1996]

I swear she tried to spread a rumor that she caught Gordon Ramsey and Ross in bed together 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@lisacomber7771]

hes face just says it all he was not happy a very private person and dident want the fuss.

[@jamesjameson4566]

These very private people always seem to gravitate to television

[@LisaMarie-xp4ym]

But like Meghan Markel. She like privacy. Just had a funny way of going about it…

[@pjom4191]

4:50 classic steve mcfadden intro

[@beverlygannon4141]

Yeh l so! A true drunk♥️♥️

[@markalexwhite]

Kemp behind the bar thinking - they usually give this to old guys - I'm not that old!!!

[@Lushgirl81]

Babs, bless her. 💔

[@gemmaaboagye8951]

Fanastic actor

[@cregfrankz9359]

Brilliant, thank you

[@ellvee426]

What a trip.

[@jaykaye7025]

I remember this well

[@rayoflight6505]

This was Eastenders best era

[@hazelb7218]

I really think Eastenders should bring Grant Mitchell back....the dynamic duo....double trouble lol...but i think he keeps saying no....which is such a shame!!

[@djwalkerfemaledj]

How funny I’m watching Eastenders 1996 on Drama

[@ericfreeman273]

🤣✌️ same

[@darkangelw8472]

He's such a sweetheart

[@johnbleakley4125]

He'd have made a fabulous Bodie in a remake of The Hit tv series The Professionals!!! 🙂👌👌🙏🙏

[@truthteller339]

Wasn't his partner the former editor of the News of the World who was at the centre of that phone hacking scandal ? Although I believe she was acquitted.

[@DeborahWhite-uw8wm]

I've got a life size card board cut out of ross kemp,a mug,calender,

[@rafflesxyz4800]

Is his bird the one who duffed him up a few years later?

[@davidalexander2607]

Yes

[@georgelippitt7362]

Wow great man

[@lindahickey7971]

Felt quite uncomfortable watching this. Partner never interacted with anyone which in turn made him uncomfortable.

[@chrisrowe7503]

She only knows how to interact through people's phones.

[@sharonangela1066]

@@chrisrowe7503 ddd

[@leonardssenkindu8445]

@@chrisrowe7503 Lol 😂😈

[@19753347]

I remember thinking exactly the same thing,straange woman...

[@donna8]

Just found this on wiki. "On 11 June 2002, Kemp married Rebekah Wade, the then editor of The Sun. In November 2005, Wade was arrested following an alleged assault on her husband.[24] Kemp refused medical attention for a swollen lip and no action was taken.[25] In March 2009 Kemp and Wade divorced,"

[@vaimende]

I actually remember this lol. I remember the part where he said shut it lol

[@missmandy70]

Cant believe I never knew this existed

[@westminsterwatcher5152]

Gosh - REBEKAH BROOKS!!!!

[@shanefolan]

The host got the year wrong, he started in 1990 , not 89.

[@vaimende]

Was about to say lol

[@leonardssenkindu8445]

I know

[@djwalkerfemaledj]

That’s what I was thinking he started in Eastenders 1990 31 years ago

[@NoirFan84]

No, he's right. Grant may have been seen on screen in early 1990 but Ross Kemp probably began filming as Grant in late 89, he would've certainly been given the role in 89 so when Micheal Aspel said you got your big break in 89, that's corect.

[@martinagalvin1326]

Have you got any more episodes of This is your life please.

[@tiamaria5861]

Love this he is the best ever eastenders characters. Him and tiff fave couple

[@roxanneellis9125]

I'm glad he split up with Rebecca after the way she treated him

[@martinagalvin1326]

Have you got any more episodes of This is your life please?

[@classicsportclassictiyl8547]

yes coming soon

[@martinagalvin1326]

@@classicsportclassictiyl8547 thank you.

[@Fcutdlady]

@@classicsportclassictiyl8547 sounds great thank you.

[@kathcordingley215]

Paul Shane or Sue Pollard please whenever ya get time,

[@phildavies1411]

Sir Andrew Davis?

[@Hutchman98]

1:28 was Ross's reaction there genuine

[@Bruneval66]

Sad to see he was let down by his soon to be wife with criminal tendencies ….

[@Aladdin-nc7cv]

Aired on Monday 3rd February 1997

[@leonardssenkindu8445]

I forgot he married the Scandal woman of the news of the world, lol 😂😈

[@katrinafish2241]

She also beat him up I remember that in the news

[@srmills6139]

Yeah she did but it certainly wasn't funny. She should have been done for assault.

[@LIVERNIL723]

5:28 2 Real Beauties :-)

[@katy4779]

He very obviously doesn't want to be there. His wife has her back turned fully away from his family and friends and keeps whispering and stroking his hand like he's a child, she's not engaging with the show at all. Awkward.

[@theculturedthug6609]

You know who she is don't you? Slimeball news of the world editor involved in loads of scandals.

[@katy4779]

@@theculturedthug6609 Yes indeed, dreadful person.

[@mw-jj1jw]

have you got Lord Mountbatten episode

[@wendiwoo7]

Yes mate 🌈 COYI

[@clairebunt5887]

Aw shat ittttt

[@theculturedthug6609]

Not dates of original broadcast I hate that.

[@johnking5174]

I can help you, this aired on Monday 3rd February 1997 on BBC One at 7.00pm.

[@kierangilly1]

Not 1989 1990

[@lauraelizabeth7934]

20:38 lol 🤣

[@jackbrown4120]

He was right though "I'm only 32", how do you reunite with people you've hardly been away from.

[@ismayb754]

This was when the show was starting to scrape the barrel a bit. Or maybe trying to appeal to a younger audience by having more recognisable "big names" on. Either way, it was towards the demise of the show.

[@Tidybitz]

@@ismayb754 ... True, some of their subjects were so young they'd barely had a life.

[@classicsportclassictiyl8547]

​@@ismayb754at this time this was series 37 of the show it was firmly reestablished as a beeb programme and the subjects that copped the book were more beeb contracted than normal. For example here with Ross kemp, clarkson, motty and Gary Rhodes to name but a few were all contracted to the beeb at the time

[@neilburns8869]

This was Ross Kemp's first wife, who I really don't feel was the right type for him. He's much more confident nowadays.

[@sandywright1779]

❤

[@rosiew1952]

image of his dad. loved it when Grant was in eastenders, where was Sharon ?

[@SuperJimbell]

But kemp was just a young lad..and TIYL!!!WTF

[@hannahali8679]

Have u got clips of the british soap awards 2000

[@classicsportclassictiyl8547]

no this won't be the channel for that I'm afraid

[@hannahali8679]

Classic Sport Classic TIYL oh okay

[@artisancans3954]

Ha! I devised the golf cart from a lawn mower with the swinging boxes on the Fruit and Fibre commercial. If you would like to know more meesage me i have some Pics.....

[@MarcLudford]

I'd love to see it

[@liammcmillan9690]

Sure he said emmerdale at the start

[@classicsportclassictiyl8547]

he did because that was his first proper gig before eastenders

[@LangansBulldog]

When his face lit up it seemed so unlike Grant…

[@truthteller339]

I just think he looks really unhappy when Aspel appears, some people are very private and don't want all this fuss. He looks uncomfortable throughout the show. Cringe.

[@pauliepaul3697]

So true 👍🏻

[@Aladdin-nc7cv]

1:26 1:43 3:19 4:04 4:39 4:46

[@davidcartmell2141]

Ross Kemp and Rebecca Wade, that ended badly. Fancy battering your boyfriend !

[@lottiebelottie]

He doesnt look happy!!

[@markdaly1903]

this was around the time when his partner accused him of being a wife beater, called the police and ran the story in the scum and the nOTW

[@djwalkerfemaledj]

@@markdaly1903 That happened in 2005 his ex wife hit him and the police were called but he didn’t wanna press charges

[@NoirFan84]

@@markdaly1903 This was years before.

[@thevan3293]

He looked really happy in the "Bran Flakes advert."

[@georgesaunders3532]

Anyone else think this episode was a bit premature for Ross kemp with what he's done since

[@baybergurl7479]

Mrs Hewetts hubby

[@paulfitness5157]

Rebecca the _UNT

[@BradRae188]

17:15 Rebecca Brooks: “Did you shag her then” Ross: No love don’t be silly 17:20 RB smiling: You lying bastard...

[@jamesjameson4566]

He definitely did 🤭

[@Luluxxxx]

Gawd, this programme was always so cringe.

[@dandare2586]

Well he doesn't want to be there- that's obvious

[@SUK2293]

And his lovely corrupt NOTW wife

[@nathanwilson3737]

I must say Steve McFadden hasn't changed much in 26 years

[@MarcLudford]

Didnt mention ultimate force

[@Fleeto2006]

This was 97...duh

[@kathymarik1932]

He is leaning away from his girl friend all the time. Has he had a fallout with her.

[@gazelliott2414]

Wenger hosting 😂 😂

[@Fleeto2006]

Eh?

[@JanetMcquillan-q9g]

Too young

[@plumduff3303]

Not a nice bloke

[@fuelingforthelight]

What makes you say that? I've met him and he really was quite nice, and very accommodating of fans that had traveled a long way to see him.

[@chrismerton9918]

That was sweet with Peggy at the end