James Gilbert (producer)

James Gilbert
Born
Cecil James Gilbert

(1923-05-15)15 May 1923
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died7 July 2016(2016-07-07) (aged 93)
Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England
Occupations
  • Television executive
  • producer
  • director
TelevisionThe Two Ronnies
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Last of the Summer Wine
French Fields
Spouse
Fiona Clyne
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(m. 1951)​
Children3

Cecil James Gilbert (15 May 1923 – 7 July 2016) was a Scottish television producer, director and executive for the BBC, who was its head of comedy from 1973 to 1977 and head of light entertainment from 1977 to 1982.[1]

  1. ^ "The British Entertainment History Project | James (Jimmy) Gilbert |". historyproject.org.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2022.