Antiques Roadshow legend Nicky Illis dies aged 53 as Fiona Bruce pays tribute | 1S5P1M0 | 2024-04-08 21:08:01
Television producer and director Nicky Illis, who worked on BBC exhibits including Antiques Roadshow and Fake or Fortune, has died of cancer aged 53.
Illis started her profession on The Late Show within the 1990s, and by her early twenties she was directing historical past exhibits including One Foot In The Past and The House Detectives.
Into the noughties, Illis made a number of arts-based films for BBC1's Omnibus together with one concerning the Harry Potter phenomenon which coincided with the first movie's release in 2001, and one other episode concerning the enduring attraction of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby.
In 2009, Illis moved to Bristol where she directed Antiques Roadshow, which laterled to the inspiration behind Pretend or Fortune – and investigative arts present.
The primary episode aired in 2011, and Illis went on to supply and direct many more on artists together with Turner, Constable, Henry Moore and Ben Nicholson.
Her episode on Turner noticed several of his work reinstated in the Nationwide Museum of Wales.
Earlier this yr Illis directed a new episode with presenters Philip Mould and Fiona Bruce, who bonded over their many years working together.
BBC colleague Fiona Bruce paid tribute to the director's 'irreplaceable talent' in an obituary written by BBC Studios, revealed in Broadcast Now.
She stated: 'Nicky is just irreplaceable. Not just for her large expertise but in addition for her sheer exuberance, enthusiasm and sense of enjoyable. Everybody on the group beloved her and none greater than me.'
Pretend or Fortune collection editor Robert Murphy stated: 'We have been partners in art crime, united by our shared love of art, storytelling and the twists and turns of this addictive present.
'She was somebody I respected immensely, not just as a director and peer but as an all-round good individual, so variety and considerate, with a well-known sense of humour.
'I can picture her coming into the workplace, coffee in one robehand, a bag slung over her arm bulging with artwork books, ready to unravel one other mystery.
'It's quieter now and we've lost a valuable font of data, a trailblazer and a terrific good friend. She can be very a lot missed.'
Illis is survived by her husband Seb and their youngsters Luke and Eliza.
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