Victor Lewis-Smith, a writer, broadcaster, and humorist, has passed away. Let’s see How did Broadcaster and writer Victor Lewis-Smith die and Victor Lewis-Smith cause of death in detail.
How did Victor Lewis-Smith die?
Lewis-Smith passed away on Saturday, December 12 in Bruges, Belgium, after a short illness.
The news was announced by Borkowski PR agency.
“I am in deep shock, having to issue the news about the death of Victor Lewis Smith.”
“Struggling to come to terms with the loss of a unique and irreplaceable talent.”
I am in deep shock, having to issue the news about the death of Victor Lewis Smith. Struggling to come to terms with the loss of a unique and irreplaceable talent.
— Mark Borkowski (@MarkBorkowski) December 12, 2022
Victor Lewis-Smith cause of death
Victor Lewis-Smith cause of death was not disclosed yet. There are no information available about Victor Lewis-Smith cause of death.
The joy of Victor Lewis Smith -RIP pic.twitter.com/28suzcZ5Ap
— Mark Borkowski (@MarkBorkowski) December 12, 2022
Medico topics have been trying to reach out to the family and relatives for comment on the incident. So far no responses have been received. We will update the page once enough information is available. More information on Victor Lewis-Smith cause of death will be added soon.
Who was Victor Lewis-Smith?
Victor Lewis-Smith was a British film, television and radio producer, a television and restaurant critic, a satirist and newspaper columnist.
Own Firm
He had purchased the rights to the name and logo of the original firm, Associated-Rediffusion, in 1990, owned a film, television, and radio production company called Associated-Rediffusion Productions Limited.
As Executive Producer
The David Letterman-hosted documentary “Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie” premiered on the Sky Documentaries Channel on January 1, 2021.
ITV aired “The ITV Food & Drink Awards,” which were hosted by Stephen Fry, on February 9, 2020. The first of a series of Lewis-Smith documentaries, The Undiscovered Peter Cook, aired on BBC Four in November 2016.
Lewis-Smith produced three additional The Undiscovered Peter Cook-inspired documentaries for Sky Arts in December 2018, this time focusing on Peter Sellers, Kenneth Williams, and Tony Hancock.
He served as executive producer of several contentious films that Keith Allen broadcast on Channel 4.
This included biographies of Nick Griffin, the BNP’s previous leader, Michael Carroll, TV chef Keith Floyd (who passed away two hours before the program aired), and Lauren Harries, a “child genius.”
21st Century Bach
Lewis-Smith is the executive producer of 21st Century Bach – The Complete Organ Works, a collection of more than 60 television program.
Beginning in June 2003 on BBC Two, the program has subsequently moved to Sky Arts.
In 2010, Lewis-Smith served as the series’ executive producer for In Confidence, a collection of one-on-one interviews with prominent figures in the arts.
The Daily Telegraph gave this Laurie Taylor-hosted Sky Arts show a positive television review, commenting that
“In an age of soapy soundbites, Sky Arts hour-long interview thread is a serious attempt to dive deeper into its subjects.”
Peter Maxwell Davies, Lily Allen, Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Richard Dawkins, Cleo Laine, Christopher Hitchens, Peter Hitchens, Kathy Burke, Stephen Fry, Andre Previn, Jackie Mason, and Danny Baker were some of the guests. Four series totaling 72 episodes were transmitted.
Sad to hear that Victor Lewis-Smith has died. I wonder if his back ever got any better
— Neil Grayson (@bangretromag) December 12, 2022
Radio and Recording works
His first program for BBC Radio 1 under the alias Steve Nage, produced by John Walters, aired on May 30, 1988. It mocked the mid-Atlantic delivery of Radio 1 disc jockeys at the time in the style of Simon Bates.
A comedy program produced by Associated-Rediffusion for BBC Radio 1, ran for two seasons and won the Best Comedy Radio Program prize at the 1990 British Comedy Awards.
His Prank Calls
Lewis- Smith’s prank calls caused some controversy. Paul Donovan wrote in The Sunday Times on April 15, 1990, that Lewis-frauds Smith’s were “repugnant.”
However, Lucy Mangan of The Guardian said that some of the tracks were “touched with genius.” Sally Feldman said in her article about Lewis-fake Smith’s phone calls in The Times Higher Education that “He picks his targets wisely, satirising the arrogant and the powerful in the greatest satirical traditions.
His favorite target is the media, and he uses practical jokes to show their arrogance, sloth, and credulity.”
At the beginning of Towers of Dub by the Orb, an audio clip of a call to London Weekend Television can be heard.
As Writer
Lewis-Smith succeeded Julie Burchill as the weekly columnist for Time Out magazine in the 1980s.
During that time, he also contributed weekly essays to Esquire magazine, The Mail on Sunday, and the short-lived Sunday Correspondent (where he frequently filled in for Burchill).
As a restaurant critic for Harpers & Queen magazine from 1995 to 1998 as well as The Guardian, he also contributed to the development of the now widely accepted current genre of humorous food writing. He has also written as a food critic for The Independent.
He started a long association with the London Evening Standard in 1992, writing daily television reviews alongside other authors as well as sporadic restaurant reviews and vacation articles. He decided to stop writing his daily television column public in June 2007.
Then he took over for Christopher Logue as the editor of the “Funny Old World” column of odd news items in Private Eye in 1993. He didn’t go to the magazine’s London office in 2011 because he was living in Cumbria at the time. Up until 2003, he contributed a weekly page to the Daily Mirror.He served as the Saturday magazine supplement of The Guardian’s resident restaurant critic from autumn 2004 until April 2005.
His Books
His books include Buy-Gones and TV Reviews, a compilation of his Evening Standard TV evaluations since 2000 and Inside the Magic Rectangle, a compendium of his early Evening Standard TV reviews (published in 2011).
In November 2008, the University of Westminster honored him with an honorary D.Litt.
Tributes
Many people expressed their profound sympathies to his family and expressed how much they loved him. The news of this occurrence has upset his supporters and fans.
RIP Victor Lewis-Smith. His series TV Offal was definitely 'not for everyone' but had a disproportionate influence on me growing up pic.twitter.com/AbXwvYOXyT
— Taras Young (@pidg) December 12, 2022
RIP Victor Lewis Smith, taken too soon. pic.twitter.com/ZD6WxXtJ45
— Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan (@ZorbaTheG33k) December 12, 2022
Alex Dowling tweeted,
“Victor Lewis Smith comic genius delivered some iconic moments for his work on TV and Print Media he and Chris Morris created some of the best pieces of humorous work often met with controversy but the legacy of Mr Lewis Smith will live on.”
Deborah tweeted,
“Sad to hear of the early passing of Victor Lewis-Smith, but also glad to see the word “difficult” in so many memories as I’ve always assumed the bad was mine somehow-in-ways-I-know-not. He was shocking funny when he wanted to be. Shit hair.”
It’s fair to say Victor Lewis-Smith paved the way for Charlie Brooker & Chris Morris. Very sad news to hear today.
— Catboy – Radio Bloke (@Catboy92) December 12, 2022
Elise tweeted,
“Victor Lewis Smith always seemed like a genuinely odd comic voice that had accidentally leaked onto the airwaves. Probably the closest thing to a Max Headroom experience for me as a teenager and very formative. Sorry to hear he’s finally vanished.”
One of the worst things anyone can go through in life is losing a loved one. Any journey must have a destination at the end. The person’s time on earth has regrettably come to an end now that they have died.
We wish him eternal peace and send our thoughts and prayers to his loved ones, family, friends. May he rest in peace.
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