Photo of Sybil Jenazian by Julia Macklin, no reproduction without permission
Sybil Jenazian passed away on Tuesday, 17th May 2016, after a short illness.
For many years Sybil was PA to John McGonagle on Match of the Day. Before joining outside broadcasts at Pebble Mill in 1971, she had worked as a PA in Light Entertainment.
Thanks to Jim Dumighan and Louise Willcox for sharing this sad news.
The creator of Pot Black, Phil Lewis has sadly died recently. He was a long serving television producer in BBC’s Midland Region, and later became Head of Events in London. Phil began his career on cameras at Alexandra Palace and Lime Grove. He produced a wide range of programmes, both in the studio and on outside broadcasts, including Come Dancing, and Miss World. Together with colleagues like Barrie Edgar and John McGonagle, Phil helped make BBC Birmingham into a prolific production centre and outside broadcast hub. He will perhaps be best known for creating the television snooker tournament, Pot Black, in 1969, which helped the BBC in the switchover to colour. He moved to London in 1970.
There will be a private family cremation, and a memorial service in September in Gerrards Cross.
(Thanks to Annie Gumbley-Williams and Jim Dumighan for supplying this information)
The following comment was left on the Pebble Mill Facebook page:
Julian Hitchcock: I remember several Christmas holiday sessions in Studio A working on Pot Black. Phil had a particular, very inclusive, rather old world warmth that endeared himself to all who worked on the show.