Deaths
Date | Name | Age | Cinematic Credibility |
---|---|---|---|
3 January | Natasha Collins | 31 | Presenter |
3 January | Jack Aranson | 83 | Actor |
5 January | Rowan Ayers | 85 | Television Producer (Late Night Line-Up, Old Grey Whistle Test, Points of View) |
17 January | Carole Lynne | 89 | Actress, widow of Baron Delfont |
20 January | Kevin Stoney | 86 | Actor |
26 January | John Ardagh | 79 | journalist and author |
27 January | Diane Chenery-Wickens | 48 | Television make-up artist |
30 January | Jeremy Beadle | 59 | Presenter (Game for a Laugh, Beadle's About, Chain Letters, You've Been Framed) |
2 February | Barry Morse | 89 | Actor (The Fugitive, Space: 1999) |
2 February | Edward Wilson | 60 | Actor (When the Boat Comes In) director of the National Youth Theatre |
19 February | David Watkin | 82 | Cinematographer |
19 February | Emily Perry | 100 | Actress |
8 March | Carol Barnes | 63 | Former ITN newscaster |
16 March | John Hewer | 86 | Actor |
19 March | Paul Scofield | 86 | Actor |
20 March | Brian Wilde | 80 | Actor (Last of the Summer Wine, Porridge) |
25 March | Tony Church | 77 | Actor |
2 April | Sir Geoffrey Cox | 97 | Founder of ITN News at Ten |
10 April | Francis Coleman | 84 | Canadian-born British conductor, television producer and director |
11 April | Willoughby Goddard | 81 | Actor |
13 April | Mark Speight | 42 | Presenter (SMart, Scratchy & Co) |
15 April | Hazel Court | 82 | Actress (The Masque of the Red Death, The Raven) |
24 April | Tristram Cary | 82 | Film and television composer |
25 April | Humphrey Lyttelton | 86 | Jazz musician, broadcaster (Host of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue) |
1 May | Bernard Archard | 91 | Actor |
13 May | Jill Adams | 77 | Actress |
14 May | Frith Banbury | 96 | Stage director and actor |
16 May | David Mitton | 69 | British TV animator/producer and director (Thomas & Friends) |
17 May | Wilfrid Mellers | 94 | Composer and author |
17 May | John Fitzsimmons | 68 | Roman Catholic priest and broadcaster |
20 May | Iona Banks | 87 | Actress |
20 May | Margot Boyd | 94 | Actress (Marjorie Antrobus on The Archers) |
23 May | Alan Brien | 83 | Journalist and Critic |
24 May | Rob Knox | 18 | Actor |
30 May | Chris Morgan | 55 | Journalist |
30 May | Mike Scott | 75 | Television Producer, Presenter (The Time, The Place) |
4 June | Jonathan Routh | 80 | Co-star (Candid Camera) |
5 June | Angus Calder | 66 | Historian and Writer |
10 June | David Brierly | 73 | Actor (Voice of K-9 on Doctor Who) |
26 June | Tony Melody | 85 | Actor |
2 July | Elizabeth Spriggs | 78 | Stage, Television and Film Actress (Sense and Sensibility, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) |
3 July | Clive Hornby | 63 | Actor (Emmerdale) |
4 July | Charles Wheeler | 85 | Journalist, longest serving BBC foreign correspondent |
7 July | Hugh Mendl | 88 | Record producer |
14 July | Hugh Lloyd | 85 | Actor (Hancock's Half Hour) |
14 July | Bryan Cowgill | 81 | Executive |
27 July | Bob Crampsey | 78 | Sportscaster |
30 July | Peter Coke | 95 | Actor and Playwright (Paul Temple) |
30 July | Jon Miller | 87 | Television presenter |
6 August | Jennifer Hilary | 65 | Actress |
7 August | Simon Gray | 71 | Playwright |
10 August | Terence Rigby | 71 | Actor |
10 August | John Esmonde | 71 | British scriptwriter (The Good Life) |
11 August | Bill Cotton | 80 | BBC Television executive |
19 August | Bob Humphrys | 56 | Sports presenter (BBC Wales), Brother of John Humphrys |
29 August | Geoffrey Perkins | 55 | Producer |
31 August | Ken Campbell | 66 | Actor |
8 September | Celia Gregory | 58 | Actress |
19 September | David Jones | 74 | Theatre and Film director |
20 September | William Fox | 97 | Actor |
1 October | Ian Collier | 87 | Actor and Singer |
4 October | Peter Vansittart | 88 | Writer |
7 October | Peter Copley | 93 | Actor |
8 October | Bob Friend | 70 | Sky News presenter |
11 October | Russ Hamilton | 76 | Singer |
11 October | Don Candlin | 59 | Film Editor |
11 October | Mark Shivas | 70 | Film and television producer |
18 October | Peter Gordeno | 69 | Actor, Singer and Dancer |
20 October | John Ringham | 80 | Actor |
22 October | David Lloyd Meredith | 74 | Actor |
25 October | John Axon | 48 | Actor |
31 October | John Daly | 71 | Film producer |
11 November | Jack Scott | 85 | BBC Weatherman |
16 November | Reg Varney | 92 | Actor (On the Buses, The Rag Trade) |
25 November | Dudley Savage | 88 | Radio Presenter |
28 November | John Hewitt | 58 | Actor |
8 December | Bob Spiers | 63 | Television director |
8 December | Oliver Postgate | 83 | Animator |
13 December | Kathy Staff | 80 | Actress (Last of the Summer Wine, Crossroads) |
18 December | Jack Douglas | 81 | Actor |
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