This may be the first time a specific television broadcast has been plugged in a Times obituary.

His Times obituary was published on 12 July 1960.

Described in his Times obituary as a man "always young in enthusiasm and open vision", he died on 25 November 1932.

Described in his Times obituary as Eliot died on 1 April 1946.

His Times obituary said that he "never shrank from using his scissors, especially when it came to protecting the young."

Described in his Times obituary as a "layman's bishop" he died on 9 January 1933.

The Times obituary heralded the author as "a great moralist."

His Times obituary called him "one of the most accomplished scholars of the age".

"Do you still have a copy of the Times obituary for McNair?"

A deeper thinker his Times obituary described him as "a kind, approachable man with a deep love of the countryside".