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Antony Jay joined BBC Television in 1955 and became a founding member of Tonight (1957), the corporation's nightly current affairs television programme, in 1957, becoming the editor in 1962. In 1963 he was made the Head of Television Talk Features. In 1964 he left the BBC to become a freelance writer and producer. He was knighted in 1988.

He is best known to television viewers as co-writer, with Jonathan Lynn, of the popular Yes Minister (1980) comedy series and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister (1986). His other works have included editing the Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations, contributing articles for newspapers, including The Daily Mail and The Times, and writing reports for the Centre for Policy Studies.

Jay is an avowed advocate of market economics and he has articulated strong views on broadcasting. In the 1970s he was a member of the government's influential Annan Committee on the future of broadcasting. His 2008 report for the Centre for Policy Studies, "How to save the BBC", advocated radically reducing the BBC to one mainstream television channel, a radio speech channel and a news department, which provoked a rebuttal from BBC Director-General Mark Thompson in the Daily Telegraph.

Mario Novelli was born on 26 February 1940 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Exorcist: The Beginning (2004), The Invincible Brothers Maciste (1964) and The Sword of the Barbarians (1982). He died on 21 August 2016.

Basia Frydman was born on 17 June 1946 in Swiebodzin, Lubuskie, Poland. She was an actress, known for The Slingshot (1993), Sköna juveler (1984) and Det finns för lite indianer (1988). She was married to Tomas Laustiola. She died on 21 August 2016 in Sweden.

Celia Raimi was born on 21 January 1929 in the USA. Celia was married to Leonard 'Larry' Ronald Raimi. Celia died on 21 August 2016 in the USA.

Marin Moraru was a famous Romanian film and theatre actor .He was born on January 31, 1937 in Bucharest, Romania. He graduated from Institute of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in 1961.In 1966, he plays first role in the movie Haiducii .Other notable roles in films :Actorul si salbaticii (1975), Operatiunea 'Monstrul' (1976) and Toamna bobocilor (1975). Play on the stage of the theater ''National I L Caragiale '' in Bucuresti. He was married with Lucica. He died on August 21, 2016 in Bucharest, Romania.

Norma Moriceau was born on 15 April 1944 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was a costume designer and actress, known for The Road Warrior (1981), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) and The Punisher (1989). She died on 21 August 2016 in Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Berry Lipman was born on 11 January 1921 in Burgdorf, Lower Saxony, Germany. Berry was a composer. Berry died on 21 August 2016.

Galina Egorova was born on 26 July 1933 in Vyazovye, Tatarskaya SSR, RSFSR, USSR. She was an actress, known for Meatgrinder (1991), Russkie strashilki (2001) and Hard to Be a God (2013). She died on 21 August 2016 in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia.

Manfred Schmidt was born on 16 January 1936 in Germany. He was a cinematographer and writer, known for Stielke, Heinz, Fifteen (1987), The North Calotte (1991) and Lófotr (1994). He died on 21 August 2016.

Hanako Tokachi was born on 25 April 1946 in Hokkaido, Japan. She was an actress, known for Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss (1970), Bullet Train (1975) and Jingi to kôsô (1977). She died on 21 August 2016 in Tokyo, Japan.

Benet Rossell was a multidisciplinary artist: painter, draftsman, video artist, poet, engraver, sculptor, musician, performer, screenwriter and, since the late 1960s , experimental filmmaker. In 1955 he moved to Barcelona to begin his pre-university studies. In 1962 he was invited to Paris to give a lecture at the International Congress of Economists. There he developed his interest in cinema and theater. In the early 1970s he published humorous drawings in newspapers such as 'Les Lettres françaises', 'La Quinzaine Littéraire' or 'Le Jardin des Modes'. He celebrated his first individual exhibition in Paris in 1970 in the gallery La Bazarine, where it's already evident his attraction to the diminutive in his drawings, that he calls "made by blind people", almost microscopic, and which were accompanied by magnifying glasses to be able to observe them. Rossell's art is born of precariousness and is claimed in the small and everyday spectacle of life. His work plays with the bewilderment that causes simplicity, with the complexity of what is simple, is interested in what is behind, in the corners, so it is not easily seen, since the essence of everything tends to be hidden.