2008 in British Television - Deaths

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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