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Post by AlanH on Dec 12, 2022 15:17:48 GMT
Writer, broadcaster and satirist Victor Lewis-Smith has sadly passed away in Bruges, Belgium, after a short illness. www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/tv-star-and-writer-victor-lewis-smith-dies-aged-65-after-short-illness/ar-AA15bubsMembers here will probably best remember him for his prank calls (the CD, "Tested on Humans for Irritancy", is fabulously funny), and for various Channel 4 and BBC2 comedies / irreverant documentaries, "Buygones", "Inside Victor Lewis-Smith" and "TV Offal" (replete with its Gay Daleks). He also produced a superb Peter Cook documentary, unearthing the comedian's own recordings. Also, for many years he had a regular column in the London Evening Standard and had worked on Private Eye since 1993. RIP. I remain a big fan of his work. |
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Post by ontheslate on Dec 12, 2022 16:31:30 GMT
I remember him for his tv work, well written and very funny.RIP
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Post by felixdeburgh on Dec 12, 2022 19:48:40 GMT
Always enjoyed his writing and broadcasting.
RIP.
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Post by AlanH on Dec 13, 2022 10:21:02 GMT
Thread title updated as Lewis-Smith's year of birth has now been established as 1957, not 1959, which chimes with early reports which said that he died at 65.
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Post by fordcapri on Dec 13, 2022 13:38:35 GMT
'Gay Daleks'... who'd have thought?  Yes, I remember him from various TV shows from the Nineties, I think. Very sharp and funny guy. |
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Post by coyote on Dec 13, 2022 20:53:21 GMT
Was sad to read this, enjoyed his columns for the ES when I lived in That London. Clever guy. RIP
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Post by jjmolloy on Dec 15, 2022 15:39:40 GMT
Was sad to read this, enjoyed his columns for the ES when I lived in That London. Clever guy. RIP Clever as clever can be, and funny as well. So he was never going to be on the box as often as he should. RIP |
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Post by AlanH on Dec 15, 2022 16:10:12 GMT
Considering how ascerbic his humour was, it surprised me when he got on the box at all. Although the Inside Victor Lewis-Smith series was BBC2, he always felt more suited to Channel 4 which was always more edgy.
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Post by jjmolloy on Dec 15, 2022 17:21:17 GMT
Considering how ascerbic his humour was, it surprised me when he got on the box at all. Although the Inside Victor Lewis-Smith series was BBC2, he always felt more suited to Channel 4 which was always more edgy. He also did shows on Kenneth Williams, Peter Cook and Tony Hancock on Sky Arts, his commentaries were extremely droll and witty, and turn up often late night. |
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Post by ltd on Dec 15, 2022 18:07:57 GMT
Considering how ascerbic his humour was, it surprised me when he got on the box at all. Although the Inside Victor Lewis-Smith series was BBC2, he always felt more suited to Channel 4 which was always more edgy. I remember the Gay Dalek meeting Professor Stephen Hawking and being unimpressed by his arrogant celebrity attitude. It made me laugh although mocking the disabled is pretty low - then again the late Professor was thanked in the programme credits so maybe he was in on the joke. |
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Post by AlanH on Dec 15, 2022 19:02:48 GMT
Quite likely - the Prof had a healthy sense of humour.
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Post by gustav on Dec 22, 2022 23:50:36 GMT
There has been no one quite like Victor Lewis-Smith on television either before or since. He could be brutal but often very, very funny.
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