Deaths
| Date | Name | Age | Broadcast credibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Edmund Purdom | 84 | Actor |
| 11 January | David Vine | 73 | Sports presenter |
| 13 January | Patrick McGoohan | 80 | Actor (The Prisoner, Danger Man, Columbo) |
| 16 January | Sir John Mortimer | 85 | Barrister, writer, novelist and dramatist (Rumpole of the Bailey) |
| 18 January | Tony Hart | 83 | Children's TV presenter |
| 24 January | Diane Holland | 78 | Actress (Hi-De-Hi!) |
| 26 February | Wendy Richard | 65 | Actress (EastEnders, Are You Being Served?) |
| 14 March | Terence Edmond | 69 | Actor (Z-Cars) |
| 18 March | Natasha Richardson | 45 | Actress |
| 22 March | Jade Goody | 27 | Reality TV star (Big Brother) |
| 24 March | Timothy Brinton | 79 | British broadcaster and Conservative Party politician |
| 8 April | Lennie Bennett | 70 | Comedian and game show host (Punchlines) |
| 18 April | Stephanie Parker | 22 | Actress (Belonging) |
| 20 May | Lucy Gordon | 28 | Actress |
| 28 May | Terence Alexander | 86 | Actor |
| 31 May | Danny La Rue | 81 | Entertainer |
| 20 June | Colin Bean | 82 | Actor (Dad's Army) |
| 1 July | Mollie Sugden | 86 | Comedy actress (Are You Being Served?, Grace & Favour, The Liver Birds, Coronation Street) |
| 12 July | Donald MacCormick | 70 | Broadcast journalist and presenter (Newsnight) |
| 13 July | Vince Powell | 80 | Sitcom writer (Love Thy Neighbour) |
| 24 July | Harry Towb | 83 | Actor |
| 16 August | Laurie Rowley | 68 | Comedy writer (The Two Ronnies, Not the Nine O'Clock News) |
| 29 August | Simon Dee | 74 | Television interviewer and radio disc jockey |
| 13 September | Felix Bowness | 87 | Actor (Hi-de-Hi!) |
| 14 September | Keith Floyd | 65 | Chef (Saturday Kitchen) |
| 15 September | Troy Kennedy Martin | 77 | Screenwriter (Z-Cars, Edge of Darkness) |
| 16 September | Brian Barron | 69 | BBC journalist and war correspondent |
| 22 September | Peter Denyer | 62 | Actor (Please Sir!) |
| 30 September | Robert S. Baker | 87 | Producer (The Saint) |
| 16 November | Edward Woodward | 79 | Actor (Callan, The Equaliser) |
| 2 December | Maggie Jones | 75 | Actress (Coronation Street) |
| 24 December | George Cowling | 89 | Britain television's first weather presenter |
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“You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes,
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stretching between people on the street
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