Victor Lewis-Smith has died

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Shame, loved some of his stuff and there's always that sample at the start of The Orb's Tower's of Dub.

Victor Lewis-Smith, writer and broadcaster, dies at 65

Writer, broadcaster and satirist died on Saturday after a short illness, Borkowski PR agency announced

www.theguardian.com

 

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Also liked that series he produced 21st Century Bach - The Complete Organ Works, where people played Bach on various church organs around the country.

 

[xenon]

OH shit. RIP. I wondered where he'd gone after TV Offal and that crank calling stuff. I still listen to some of those now and then.

 

[Pickman's model]

Gone to join the majority, rip

 

[stockwelljonny]

Remember him from years ago when he did bits on Loose Ends on R4, seemed like he did his own thing.

From the Guardian obit “ Lewis-Smith’s final television production, Hitler’s Jazz Band, is due be broadcast by Sky Arts on Wednesday. It tells the story of Karl Schweidler, the frontman of a swing band created by the Nazis despite their ban on jazz.”

 

[stethoscope]

Gone to meet Marcus Garvey in babylon an ting.

 

[pbsmooth]

Ah that's no good. Entertaining writer/broadcaster who offered something different in an age where it's becoming increasingly hard to do so.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Someone posted a clip of his on twitter but it's probably not appropriate to post on an RIP thread.

 

[maomao]

Someone posted a clip of his on twitter but it's probably not appropriate to post on an RIP thread.

Oh go on. I'm sure he wouldn't mind.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

 

[MrSki]

Oh go on. I'm sure he wouldn't mind.

It's what he would have wanted.

RIP.

 

[Maggot]

RIP
Loved his TV reviews. Remember his review of Through the Keyhole, saying LLoyd Grossman suffered from irritable vowel syndrome.

 

[The39thStep]

His Clarkson thing was good