Overview

• His family said he died of pancreatic cancer on August 21.
• He edited World in Action before rising to lead ITV in April 2001, later serving as CEO of ITV Digital.
• After leaving network roles he founded Liberty Bell, where he created BBC’s Grumpy Old Men featuring Jeremy Clarkson, Bob Geldof and John Humphrys.
• Grumpy Old Men ran for three series and led to the spin-off Grumpy Old Women, featuring Lesley Joseph, Janet Street-Porter and Jenny Eclair.
• He sold Liberty Bell to Avalon, then founded StoryVault Films, which produces Sky’s award-winning Portrait Artist of the Year; broadcaster Michael Crick hailed him as “one of the most distinguished TV journalists of modern times,” and Prebble recently posted he was “Deliriously happy” filming Season 11.