Necrolog 2011

by TBS Editors

A list of some of those we have loved and lost in 2011 - mainly British and Irish actors, writers, producers and theme composers who died in the past year, with apologies for the anglocentrism. Errors and omissions in the comments, please.

JANUARY →	Pete Postlethwaite Actor	Anne Francis Actor, Honey West	Jill Haworth Actor
Dick King-Smith Presenter, Rub-a-dub-tub →		Noel Andrews RTE boxing commentator ↓	David Nelson Actor, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Susannah York Actor	Tony Geiss Composer, Sesame Street		John Barry Composer ↓
Helene Palmer Actor, Coronation Street	FEBRUARY →	Margaret John Actor, Gavin & Stacey
Trevor Bailey Test Match Special	Alfred Burke Actor, Public Eye	Nicholas Courtney Actor, Doctor Who →
MARCH →	Louie Ramsay Actor, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries	Bob Greaves Granada TV presenter	Gerald Barry RTE journalist
Keith Fordyce Presenter, Ready Steady Go! →		Michael Gough Actor, Doctor Who	Johnny Pearson Composer ↓
APRIL →	Yolande Palfrey Actor, Blake's 7	Trevor Bannister Actor, Are You Being Served?
Elisabeth Sladen Actor, Doctor Who ↓	Islwyn Morris Actor, Pobol y Cwm	MAY →	Ted Lowe Snooker commentator
	Oliver Elmes Graphic designer, Doctor Who	Big George Composer →
Edward Hardwicke Actor, Sherlock Holmes →		Flick Colby Choreographer, Pan's People	Janet Brown Impersonator
JUNE →	Peter Murphy RTE presenter	Miriam Karlin Actor	Roy Skelton Actor
Christopher Neame Producer	Robin Nash Producer	David Dunseith BBC Radio Ulster presenter	JULY ↙
Anna Massey Actor	Keith Wilson Production designer, Space: 1999	Ahmed Omed Khpulwak BBC journalist	AUGUST ↙
Richard Pearson Actor, The Wind in the Willows	Michael Bukht (Barry) Founder, Classic FM	Huw Ceredig Actor Pobol y Cym	Gun Hägglund First female TV newsreader in the world
Robert Robinson Presenter, Stop the Week	John Howard Davies Producer	SEPTEMBER →	Jonathan Cecil Actor
David Croft Writer	OCTOBER →	George Baker Actor, I, Claudius	Peter Hammond Actor, The Adventures of William Tell
Sue Lloyd Actor, Crossroads ↓	NOVEMBER →	Richard Morant Actor, Poldark	Dulcie Gray Actor
	Hugh Burnett Producer	DECEMBER →	Bev Smith ATV newsreader
Phillip Cottrell BBC journalist	Ronald Wolfe Writer

This article has been revised since publication to add Robert Robinson, who died in August, and again to correct "Start the Week" to "Stop the Week".