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	\|name=Gareth Gwenlan		\|name=Gareth Gwenlan
			\|image = Gareth Gwenlan.jpg
			\|caption=Gwenlan with his OBE medal.
	\|honorific_suffix={{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|OBE}}		\|honorific_suffix={{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|OBE}}
	\|birth_date={{Birth date\|1937\|4\|26\|df=y}}		\|birth_date={{Birth date\|1937\|04\|26\|df=y}}
	\|death_date={{Death date and age\|2016\|5\|8\|1937\|4\|26\|df=y}}		\|death_date={{Death date and age\|2016\|05\|08\|1937\|04\|26\|df=y}}
	\|birth_place=[[Brecon]], Wales		\|birth_place=[[Brecon]], Wales
	\|death_place=[[Herefordshire]], England		\|death_place=[[Herefordshire]], England
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	\|years_active=1975–2016		\|years_active=1975–2016
	\|alma_mater = [[Rose Bruford College]]		\|alma_mater = [[Rose Bruford College]]
	\|awards = [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire\|OBE]]~~<br />~~(2013)		\|awards = [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] (2013)
	\|spouse = Valerie Bonner (1962~~-?;~~divorced~~)<br />~~Sarah Fanghanel (1986~~-?;~~divorced~~)<br />~~{{marriage\|Gail Evans\|2000\|9 May 2016~~\|end=his death~~}}		\|spouse =
			*{{Marriage\|Valerie Bonner\|1962\|end=divorced}}
			*{{Marriage\|Sarah Fanghanel\|1986\|end=divorced}}
			{{marriage\|Gail Evans\|2000\|9 May 2016}}
	\|children = 2		\|children = 2
	}}		}}
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	*{{IMDb name\|id=0350323\|name=Gareth Gwenlan}}		*{{IMDb name\|id=0350323\|name=Gareth Gwenlan}}

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{{Short description|British television producer and director}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
|name=Gareth Gwenlan
|honorific_suffix={{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}}
|birth_date={{Birth date|1937|4|26|df=y}}
|death_date={{Death date and age|2016|5|8|1937|4|26|df=y}}
|birth_place=[[Brecon]], Wales
|death_place=[[Herefordshire]], England
|nationality = Welsh
|occupation=[[Television producer]], [[television director|director]]
|known=''[[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]]'' ''[[Butterflies (TV series)|Butterflies]]'' ''[[To the Manor Born]]'' ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' ''[[The Green Green Grass]]'' ''[[Rock & Chips]]''
|years_active=1975–2016
|alma_mater = [[Rose Bruford College]]
|awards = [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (2013)
|spouse = Valerie Bonner (1962-?;divorced) Sarah Fanghanel (1986-?;divorced) {{marriage|Gail Evans|2000|9 May 2016|end=his death}}
|children = 2
}}
'''Gareth Gwenlan''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} (26 April 1937 – 8 May 2016) was a Welsh television producer, director and executive, best known for his work on shows such as ''[[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]]'', ''[[Butterflies (TV series)|Butterflies]]'', ''[[To the Manor Born]]'', ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' and ''[[High Hopes (Welsh TV series)|High Hopes]]''. Gwenlan was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting.<ref name=gaz31712>{{London Gazette|issue=60534|supp=y|page=11|date=15 June 2013}}</ref>

==Early life==
Gwenlan was born at [[Tydfil Lodge]], [[Merthyr Tydfil]] on 26 April 1937 though his birth was registered at [[Brecon]]. His father, Charles Aneuryn Gwenlan and his mother, Mary, née Francis were both teachers.<ref name="ODNB">{{cite web |last1=Moir |first1=James |title=Gwenlan, Gareth (1937–2016) |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-111328?rskey=qDE432&result=1 |website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |accessdate=11 May 2020 |date=9 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="BBCobit">{{cite news|title=Only Fools and Horses producer Gareth Gwenlan dies|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-36247170|accessdate=9 May 2016|work=bbc.co.uk|publisher=BBC News|date=9 May 2016}}</ref>

Gwenlan attended Vaynor and Penderyn High School, Cefn Coed, and for his National Service he joined the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] in Cyprus. In 1960 he began his acting training at [[Rose Bruford College|Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama]] in Sidcup and continued at the [[York Theatre Royal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/05/11/gareth-gwenlan-bbc-head-of-comedy--obituary/|title=Gareth Gwenlan, BBC head of comedy – obituary|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=9 May 2016|accessdate=11 May 2016}}</ref>

==Career==
Gwenlan began his BBC television career as an assistant floor manager and production assistant in the drama department, working on series such as ''[[Doctor Who]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituary-gareth-gwenlan-tv-producer-director-and-executive-1476729 | title= Obituary: Gareth Gwenlan, TV producer, director and executive | work=The Scotsman| date=12 May 2016 | access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref> He subsequently moved into comedy, producing series such as ''[[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]]'', ''[[Butterflies (TV series)|Butterflies]]'' and ''[[To the Manor Born]]''. In 1983 he was appointed Head of BBC Comedy, a position he held until 1990. He directed the sitcom ''[[Double First]]'' (1988). In 1988 he succeeded [[Ray Butt]] as the producer of ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'', remaining with the series until it finished in 2003.

Gwenlan famously rejected the sitcom ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' (in his capacity as Head of Comedy), stating that the sitcom would only work if there was 'a sofa in the spacecraft'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/mar/05/how-we-made-red-dwarf-doug-naylor-craig-charles-bbc|title=How we made Red Dwarf|website=theguardian.com}}</ref> This is the reason that the name 'Gwenlan' was appropriated in the first series as a future [[swearword]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.warpedfactor.com/2015/02/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-red.html|title=10 things you might not know about RED DWARF|website=warpedfactor.com}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Gwenlan married three times: to Valerie Bonner, an artist, on 21 April 1962 in York and they had a child together. On 14 February 1986 he married Sarah Elizabeth Fanghanel, a personal assistant in Gwenlan. He had another child from a separate relationship. His final marriage was to Gail Susan Evans on 9 September 2000 in Putley where they lived until his death due to metatastic [[esophageal cancer]] on 8 May 2016.<ref name=ODNB/>

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0350323|name=Gareth Gwenlan}}

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