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Jonathan Whitehead

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Born 1960-10-21 Denton, United Kingdom 4 credit(s) Popularity 0.1
Jonathan Whitehead (21 October 1960 – 26 May 2020) was an English musician and composer, born in Denton, Lancashire. He wrote music for television comedies such as The Day Today, Brass Eye, Black Books, Green Wing, Campus and Nathan Barley. He studied music at the University of Bristol and later lived in London. He sometimes wrote under the name "Trellis". His music for Green Wing was nominated for a BAFTA and won t...
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Jonathan Whitehead (21 October 1960 – 26 May 2020) was an English musician and composer, born in Denton, Lancashire. He wrote music for television comedies such as The Day Today, Brass Eye, Black Books, Green Wing, Campus and Nathan Barley. He studied music at the University of Bristol and later lived in London. He sometimes wrote under the name "Trellis".

His music for Green Wing was nominated for a BAFTA and won the RTS Award for Best Original Music. A selection of music from the series was released on CD under Whitehead's artistic nom de plume, Trellis.

Serious documentary and drama scores composed by Whitehead include War In Europe and The Clintons' Marriage of Power for MBC, Metropolis (with James Purefoy), three series of Medics for Granada and Kay Mellor's latest drama series Strictly Confidential for ITV.

He died on 26 May 2020 at the age of 59, with his death being announced the following month by the Radio 4 programme, Last Word.

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Reggie Perrin
as Original Music Composer
2009-04-24
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Fairy Tales
as Original Music Composer
2008-01-10
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Nathan Barley
as Music
2005-02-11
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Black Books
as Original Music Composer
2000-09-29

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