George Michael Gill (10 December 1923 – 20 October 2005) was an English

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and

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responsible for creating documentaries for the

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Biography

Gill was born in

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, Hampshire but was brought up in

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. He contracted

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as a child which disrupted his education severely; he spent four years in a spinal chair. He served in the RAF in Intelligence during the war. One of his most memorable debriefings was interrogating a German who had survived a fall over the Netherlands without his parachute having opened. His memoir of the war years, ''Growing into War,'' was published in 2005. After the war he studied philosophy and psychology at the

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. After a period as a sub-editor and arts reviewer on ''

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'', he joined the BBC in 1954. He worked first on radio but soon moved to television. He is chiefly remembered for '' Civilisation: A Personal View by Kenneth Clark'' (1969) (director and co-producer) and '' Alistair Cooke's America'' (1973) (director and producer). Although the idea for ''Civilisation'' and its presenter, Kenneth Clark, were given to Gill, 'America', and the choice of presenter were entirely Gill's idea. In total Gill made more than 150 films for television and cinema, and won more than 40 major international awards. In 1951 he married the actress

Yvonne Gilan Yvonne Janette Gilan (12 October 1931 – 14 June 2018) was a Scottish actress who is best known for her portrayal of Mme. Peignoir in ''Fawlty Towers'' (episode " The Wedding Party") and minor roles in both ''EastEnders'' and ''French Fields'' ...

(1931–2018), best remembered for her portrayal of Mrs Peignoir in '' Fawlty Towers''. The couple went on to have two sons. The marriage was dissolved, and he remarried in 1978 to Georgina Denison, with whom he had a daughter, Chloe. He died in London from

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. One son from the first marriage was the writer, journalist and newspaper columnist

A. A. Gill Adrian Anthony Gill (28 June 1954 – 10 December 2016) was a British journalist, critic, and author. Best known for his food and travel writing, he was also a television critic, was restaurant reviewer of ''The Sunday Times'', wrote for '' Van ...

(1954–2016).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gill, Michael English television producers English television directors 1923 births 2005 deaths Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Deaths from dementia in England Deaths from Alzheimer's disease