Bob Baker obituary

Television and film writer best known for Doctor Who and Wallace and Gromit

Peter Watson-Wood obituary

Other lives: Film-maker who made documentaries on the Beatles in India and the Thrust 2 land speed record attempt

Alan Hawkshaw obituary

Composer who wrote the theme tunes for Channel 4 News and Grange Hill, and the music to accompany the Countdown clock

Geoffrey Chater obituary

Stalwart stage and screen actor who regularly appeared in British television drama series and excelled in establishment roles

Leslie Bricusse obituary

Oscar-winning composer and lyricist known for his hugely successful songs for Willy Wonka and Doctor Dolittle

Owen Luder obituary

Architect and consultant behind the design for the Gateshead centre and multistorey car park featured in the 1971 film Get Carter

Laura Marcus obituary

Academic, critic and writer who focused on the works of Virginia Woolf, autobiography and the history of cinema

Barney Platts-Mills obituary

British film director whose overlooked classic Bronco Bullfrog was part of a lifelong effort to make his industry more accessible

Mario Camus obituary

Spanish film director and screenwriter best known for The Holy Innocents, an unflinching portrayal of rural poverty in 1960s Spain

Jon Gregory obituary

Film editor who brought his brilliance to Secrets & Lies, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and Four Weddings and a Funeral

Roger Michell obituary

Director with a kaleidoscopic career in film, theatre and TV best known for the award-winning 1999 romcom Notting Hill

Melvin Van Peebles obituary

Influential film-maker whose 1971 hit Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song is credited with launching the blaxploitation genre