This is a list of deaths that took place in 2015 related to British television.
January DateNameAgeBroadcast credibility1 JanuaryFiona Cumming77Actress and director (Doctor Who)Barbara Atkinson88Actress3 JanuaryRoger Kitter65Actor ('Allo 'Allo!)6 JanuaryLance Percival81Comedian, actor and singer (That Was the Week That Was, Up Pompeii!)7 JanuaryNancy Thomas96Television producer (Monitor)10 JanuaryBrian Clemens83Scriptwriter and producer (The Avengers, The New Avengers, The Professionals)19 JanuaryAnne Kirkbride60Actress (Coronation Street) Deirdre BarlowBob Symes90Inventor and television presenter21 JanuaryPauline Yates85Actress (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin)23 JanuaryBarrie Ingham82Actor (The Great Mouse Detective, Doctor Who, A Challenge for Robin Hood)30 JanuaryGeraldine McEwanActress (Agatha Christie's Marple, Mapp & Lucia)
February DateNameAgeBroadcast credibility4 FebruaryRichard Bonehill67Actor and stuntman (Doctor Who, Return of the Jedi)14 FebruaryPamela Cundell95Actress (Dad's Army, EastEnders, A Fantastic Fear of Everything)Alan Howard77Actor (The Lord of the Rings)15 FebruaryEileen Essell92Actress (Duplex, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Producers)25 FebruaryBarry Newbery88Production designer (Doctor Who)
March DateNameAgeBroadcast credibility6 MarchOsi Rhys Osmond71Painter and television presenter.10 MarchStuart Wagstaff90Entertainer13 MarchVincent Wong87Actor (Doctor Who, James Bond, Ministry of Mayhem)17 MarchShaw Taylor90Television presenter and actor (Police 5)21 MarchJackie Trent74Singer-songwriter (co-authored Neighbours theme)23 MarchLil' Chris24Singer-songwriter, actor, and television personality (Rock School, CharliiTV)
April DateNameAgeBroadcast credibility2 AprilDennis Marks66Television producer and music director3 AprilRobert Rietti92Actor2 AprilTom Coyne84News broadcaster and television presenter (Top Gear)9 AprilRichie BenaudCricket commentatorPaul Almond83Director (Up Series)13 AprilRex Robinson89Actor (Doctor Who, Yes Minister, Only Fools and Horses)Ronnie Carroll80Singer and UK Eurovision contestant (1962 and 1963)20 AprilPeter Howell95Actor (Emergency – Ward 10, Doctor Who, Scum)28 AprilKeith Harris67Ventriloquist (Orville the Duck)30 AprilNigel Terry69Actor (Excalibur, War Requiem)
May DateNameAgeBroadcast credibility2 MayRuth Rendell85Author and novelist with Inspector Wexford and The Ruth Rendell Mysteries13 MayDerek Davis67Broadcaster with BBC Northern Ireland and RTÉ22 MayTerry Sue-Patt50Actor (Grange Hill)30 MayJake D'Arcy69Actor (Still Game)
June DateNameAgeBroadcast credibility1 JuneCharles Kennedy55Liberal Democrat leader and guest presenter of Have I Got News for You5 JuneRichard Johnson87Actor (Midsomer Murders, Waking the Dead, Silent Witness, Doc Martin)7 JuneChristopher Lee93Actor (Gormenghast, The Man with the Golden Gun)11 JuneRon Moody91Actor25 JunePatrick Macnee93Actor (The Avengers)26 JuneDavid McAlister64Actor (Hollyoaks)30 JuneEdward Burnham98Actor (Doctor Who, To Sir, with Love, The Abominable Dr. Phibes)
July DateNameAgeBroadcast credibility1 JulyVal Doonican88Singer and entertainer (Sunday Night at the Palladium, The Val Doonican Show)10 JulyRoger Rees71Actor and director (Cheers, Singles, The West Wing)29 JulyPeter O'Sullevan97Racing Commentator30 JulyStuart Baggs27Candidate on The Apprentice
August DateNameAgeBroadcast credibility1 AugustCilla Black72Singer and television presenter (Surprise Surprise, Blind Date, The Moment of Truth)5 AugustGeorge Cole90Actor and voice actor (Minder, Cleopatra, My Good Friend, Mary Reilly, Dad, Tube Mice)8 AugustSusan Sheridan68Actress and voice artist (The Black Cauldron, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Noddy's Toyland Adventures, Moomin)David Nobbs80Comedy writer and humanist (The Two Ronnies, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, A Bit of a Do, Gentlemen's Relish)9 AugustJack Gold85Film and television director (Escape from Sobibor, The Naked Civil Servant, The Rose and the Jackal, The Chain, Goodnight Mister Tom, Ball Trap on the Cote Sauvage, The Medusa Touch, Heavy Weather)12 AugustStephen Lewis88Actor (On the Buses, Oh, Doctor Beeching!, Last of the Summer Wine)15 AugustGeraint Stanley Jones79Television executive, controller of BBC Wales (1981–1989), chief executive of S4C (1989–1994)16 AugustKitty McGeever48Actress and comedian (Emmerdale, London's Burning)25 August Colin Fry53Television medium
September DateNameAgeBroadcast credibility3 SeptemberJudy Carne76Actress (Juke Box Jury, The Rag Trade, Marks in His Diary)19 SeptemberBrian Sewell84Writer, art critic and media personalityJackie Collins77Actress, writer and romance novelist22 SeptemberDerek WareActor and stuntman (Doctor Who)27 SeptemberJohn Guillermin89Film director, writer and producer (The Towering Inferno, King Kong, Death on the Nile, Sheena, King Kong Lives)
October DateNameAgeBroadcast credibility7 OctoberWilliam Mitchell87Writer and editor (Dalesman magazines)8 OctoberHugh Scully72Presenter (Antiques Roadshow)Jim Diamond64Singer-songwriter (recorded the Boon theme tune, "Hi Ho Silver")Richard Davies89Actor (Z-Cars, Please Sir!, Coronation Street) 9 OctoberGordon Honeycombe79Newscaster (ITN News, TV-am)Julia Jones82Television writer and former actress (Quiet as a Nun, Miss Marple, Wycliffe, Anne of Green Gables, Our Mutual Friend, Echoes, The Famous Five)13 OctoberSue Lloyd-Roberts64Television journalist (BBC News, Newsnight, ITN News)17/18 OctoberJacky Sutton50BBC journalist and producer, Iraq director for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting22 OctoberPeter Baldwin82Actor (Coronation Street)29 OctoberKenneth Gilbert84Actor (Doctor Who, House of Cards)30 OctoberAl Molinaro96Actor
November DateNameAgeBroadcast credibility1 NovemberStephen Hancock89Actor (Coronation Street)3 NovemberColin Welland81Actor and screenwriter (Z-Cars, Blue Remembered Hills)14 NovemberWarren Mitchell89Actor (Till Death Us Do Part, Death of a Salesman)15 NovemberSaeed Jaffrey86Actor (The Jewel in the Crown, Coronation Street)18 NovemberRedvers Kyle85Broadcaster, voice over artist, actor and composer20 NovemberPeter Dimmock94Sports journalist and BBC executive (Grandstand, BBC Sports Personality of the Year)Keith Michell88Actor and director (The Six Wives of Henry VIII)22 NovemberHazel Adair95Writer and producer (Crossroads)Robin Stewart69Actor (Bless This House, Cromwell, The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires)25 NovemberBeth Rogan84Actress (Mysterious Island)
December DateNameAgeBroadcast credibility2 DecemberAnthony Valentine76Actor (Colditz, Coronation Street, Escape to Athena)6 DecemberNicholas Smith81Actor (Are You Being Served?, Grace & Favour, Doctor Who, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit)7 DecemberShirley Stelfox74Actor (Emmerdale, Keeping Up Appearances, Coronation Street) Edna Birch15 DecemberKathy Secker70Broadcaster and television presenter (Tyne Tees Television)19 DecemberJimmy Hill87Footballer, football manager and football pundit (Match of the Day)
See also 2015 in British music 2015 in British radio 2015 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 2015
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