Anthony Hayward

United Kingdom

Contributor at The Independent

Contributor at The Guardian

Contributor at The Telegraph

Contributor at The i Paper

Journalist at Freelance

Journalist, author, pianist, film & TV extra/supporting artist and Southampton FC fan

Articles

Peter Goodchild obituary

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Anthony Hayward

Early in his career at the BBC, Peter Goodchild, who has died aged 85 after suffering from dementia, was asked by Aubrey Singer, head of science and features, whether he wanted to be an educationist or an entertainer. Despite saying he longed for the latter, he successfully combined both qualities as a producer of programmes such as Horizon, then biographical dramas, before becoming the corporation’s head of television plays.
George Wendt obituary

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Anthony Hayward

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George Wendt obituary

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Anthony Hayward

George Wendt, who has died aged 76, made his name in the American sitcom Cheers as the popular, beer-guzzling Norm Peterson. He appeared in all 275 episodes of the series, which ran from 1982 to 1993, starred Ted Danson as the Cheers bar owner, Sam Malone, and gained a worldwide following. His character’s arrival was a running gag.
Colin Berry obituary

4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Anthony Hayward

Colin Berry, who has died aged 79 after suffering from dementia, was a disc jockey and newsreader whose calm, chatty style was heard on BBC Radio 2 for almost 40 years. He presented late-night and early-morning shows, and then filled the 2am to 5am gap between them as a regular host of You and the Night and the Music when the station started broadcasting 24 hours a day in 1979.
Damien Thomas obituary

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Anthony Hayward

Damien Thomas, who has died aged 83 after suffering from progressive supranuclear palsy, was an actor best remembered for taking the leading role of a wicked count turned into a vampire in Twins of Evil, a 1971 film combining gothic horror, black magic rituals and two Playboy playmates in the title parts.
Philip Lowrie obituary

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Anthony Hayward

As Dennis Tanner in the original cast of Coronation Street, the actor Philip Lowrie, who has died aged 88, portrayed a character newly released from borstal and seeking to make something of his life – while living in the shadow of his past. “In those streets, there is always a bad ’un, a wrong ’un – and he was the wrong ’un,” said the TV soap’s creator, Tony Warren, of Dennis.
Andy Peebles obituary

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Anthony Hayward

Andy Peebles, who has died suddenly aged 76, was for 14 years a disc jockey on BBC Radio 1, where he presented shows across the schedule, switching between mornings, afternoons and evenings. In 1981, three years after joining Radio 1, he settled into a Friday evening spot with a programme combining music and a preview of the weekend’s sporting action. “I never dreamed that I’d get to talk to all those incredible people,” he said in a 2017 Radio Today podcast to mark the station’s 50th anniversary.
Kathryn Apanowicz obituary

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Anthony Hayward

Kathryn Apanowicz, who has died aged 64, was a child performer who grew up to find her best roles as an actor in three TV soaps. From playing a bullying nurse at a London hospital in Angels, she created further drama in EastEnders as one of “Dirty” Den Watts’s lovers, then moved back to her native Yorkshire to take the part of a newspaper reporter in Emmerdale. Her talent was discovered by Jess Yates, producer of the ITV children’s show Junior Showtime.
Bill Dare obituary

Mar 7, 2025 | theguardian.com | Anthony Hayward

Bill Dare, who has died aged 64 as a passenger in a road accident, was an influential force in TV and radio satire for almost 40 years. He was the puppet master – literally – producing eight series of Spitting Image for ITV in the 1990s, then figuratively in creating Dead Ringers for BBC radio. “We know how far we can go – as long as we are only upsetting some of the people some of the time,” Dare said during his time on Spitting Image (1990-94).
Henry Kelly obituary

Feb 27, 2025 | theguardian.com | Anthony Hayward

Henry Kelly, who has died aged 78, was a hard-nosed Irish journalist who reported on the Troubles in Northern Ireland before finding television fame as a presenter of ITV’s Saturday evening light-entertainment programme Game for a Laugh, which fashioned itself as a “people show”. Viewers and the studio audience were declared to be the stars – game for a laugh and at the centre of the action, which included challenges and pranks.