Overview
- Pebble Mill’s Facebook page announced on Sunday evening that John Williams had died, noting he had been very ill.
- Williams spent roughly three decades as a BBC cameraman based at the Birmingham production hub, working across numerous programmes.
- A photograph shared with the announcement showed him filming the 1980s BBC drama Howards’ Way.
- Former colleagues remembered him as a dedicated, highly respected talent and a generous mentor who supported early-career filmmakers.
- He chronicled his BBC years in the memoir Shoot First, No Ordinary Life, and no further official details were reported by the outlets covering his death.