» OLD MESSAGE ARCHIVES «
The Pop Culture Information Society...
Messageboard Archive Index, In The 00s - The Pop Culture Information Society
Welcome to the archived messages from In The 00s. This archive stretches back to 1998 in some instances, and contains a nearly complete record of all the messages posted to inthe00s.com. You will also find an archive of the messages from inthe70s.com, inthe80s.com, inthe90s.com and amiright.com before they were combined to form the inthe00s.com messageboard.
If you are looking for the active messages, please click here. Otherwise, use the links below or on the right hand side of the page to navigate the archives.
This is a topic from the Celebrity Heaven forum on inthe00s.
Subject: Broadcaster Ned Sherrin dies aged 76
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/07 at 2:01 am
Broadcaster and writer Ned Sherrin has died from throat cancer, aged 76.
Sherrin rose to fame in the early 1960s as the man who devised That Was The Week That Was, the ground-breaking satirical BBC television show.
He went on to write, produce and direct for stage and screen and presented BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends for 20 years.
BBC director general Mark Thompson said Sherrin, who died at home in Chelsea, south-west London, would be remembered with "affection and gratitude".
"I am deeply saddened by the news of the death of Ned Sherrin," Mr Thompson said.
Full BBC News Online