JamesG
08-10-2023, 02:43 PM
Simon Carlyle Dies: Co-Creator of BBC Sitcom "Two Doors Down" was 48
by Max Goldbart
August 10, 2023
Simon Carlyle, the co-creator of hit BBC sitcom "Two Doors Down", has died. He was 48.
Carlyle’s manager Amanda Davis confirmed the news in a statement to PA Media. “I am immensely sorry to confirm that Simon Carlyle has died at the age of 48,” Davis said.
“Simon was a wonderful person and a major comedic talent. He was much respected across the industry both for the quality of his writing and for being a kind, funny, supportive and nurturing collaborator. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies go to his family, friends and colleagues.”
BBC Comedy Director Jon Petrie paid tribute to “a wonderful comedy talent.”
“His warm comic voice shone through these characters, garnering huge audience affection, and firmly establishing it as a long-lasting sitcom favourite,” he added.
The "Two Doors Down" production team, meanwhile, posted a statement on X describing a “microscopic fascination with what makes funny things funnier.”
“We were so lucky to have known him,” they added. “He was at the centre of all the work we made together and his loss will be felt profoundly by all of us.”
With Gregor Sharp, Carlyle co-created Scottish BBC sitcom "Two Doors Down", which stars Arabella Weir and Alex Norton as neighbors in a suburban street in Scotland, who are “all a bit nuts,” according to an interview with Carlyle several years ago.
The show has been hugely popular, running for six seasons on BBC Two and moving recently to BBC One, where a seventh season is in the edit and expected later this year. Carlyle was three-times nominated for a BAFTA Scotland Award for Two Doors Down and it is one of the BBC’s longest-running sitcoms today.
https://deadline.com/2023/08/simon-carlyle-dies-co-creator-of-bbc-sitcom-two-doors-down-was-48-1235459426/
by Max Goldbart
August 10, 2023
Simon Carlyle, the co-creator of hit BBC sitcom "Two Doors Down", has died. He was 48.
Carlyle’s manager Amanda Davis confirmed the news in a statement to PA Media. “I am immensely sorry to confirm that Simon Carlyle has died at the age of 48,” Davis said.
“Simon was a wonderful person and a major comedic talent. He was much respected across the industry both for the quality of his writing and for being a kind, funny, supportive and nurturing collaborator. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies go to his family, friends and colleagues.”
BBC Comedy Director Jon Petrie paid tribute to “a wonderful comedy talent.”
“His warm comic voice shone through these characters, garnering huge audience affection, and firmly establishing it as a long-lasting sitcom favourite,” he added.
The "Two Doors Down" production team, meanwhile, posted a statement on X describing a “microscopic fascination with what makes funny things funnier.”
“We were so lucky to have known him,” they added. “He was at the centre of all the work we made together and his loss will be felt profoundly by all of us.”
With Gregor Sharp, Carlyle co-created Scottish BBC sitcom "Two Doors Down", which stars Arabella Weir and Alex Norton as neighbors in a suburban street in Scotland, who are “all a bit nuts,” according to an interview with Carlyle several years ago.
The show has been hugely popular, running for six seasons on BBC Two and moving recently to BBC One, where a seventh season is in the edit and expected later this year. Carlyle was three-times nominated for a BAFTA Scotland Award for Two Doors Down and it is one of the BBC’s longest-running sitcoms today.
https://deadline.com/2023/08/simon-carlyle-dies-co-creator-of-bbc-sitcom-two-doors-down-was-48-1235459426/