'Everyone on the team loved her and none more than me.'
Nicky Illis began her TV career in the 1990s Television producer and director Nicky Illis, who worked on BBC shows including Antiques Roadshow and Fake or Fortune, has died of cancer aged 53. Illis began her career on The Late Show in the 1990s, and by her early twenties she was directing history shows including One Foot In The Past and The House Detectives.
BBC colleague Fiona Bruce paid tribute to the director’s ‘irreplaceable talent’ in an obituary written by BBC Studios, published in Broadcast Now. She said: ‘Nicky is simply irreplaceable. Not just for her huge talent but also for her sheer exuberance, enthusiasm and sense of fun. Everyone on the team loved her and none more than me.
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