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Trevor Hopkins obituary
Trevor Hopkins gained a reputation at work for his diplomatic skills and his ability to keep a keen eye on the budget
Trevor Hopkins gained a reputation at work for his diplomatic skills and his ability to keep a keen eye on the budget
Last modified on Thu 22 Mar 2018 17.34 GMT
My friend Trevor Hopkins, who has died aged 66 of mesothelioma, was a television producer of distinction, best known for dramas including Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The Bletchley Circle, The Indian Detective and Fortitude. He was also one of the most stylish men of his generation and was always immaculately turned out.
Trevor was born and brought up in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, son of Winnie (nee Sharkey), a nurse, and John Hopkins, a steelworker. On leaving Rotherham grammar school in 1967 he worked for London & Scandinavian Metallurgical Company (now AMG) and soon realised the corporate life was not for him. He went to stay with relatives in Bournemouth and found a job at Westover ice rink. It was there that he decided that he wanted a life in showbiz.
He took a course in stage management at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London and, after leaving in 1977, he was asked to direct a production of The Ruffian on the Stair by Joe Orton at the King’s Head theatre in Islington. The experience put him off becoming a director and he decided to go into production, applying for a job at LWT as a stage manager. There he worked on shows such as Cannon and Ball and A Fine Romance, rising to assistant producer on An Audience with Dame Edna and An Audience with Billy Connolly (1985).
He swiftly gained a reputation for his diplomatic skills and for keeping a keen eye on the budget.
Trevor produced Beadle’s About (1986 to 1996) for LWT. He also worked on Poirot, The Prisoner (2009), a mini-series for Granada, and Fortitude (2017) for Sky Atlantic. His last project was The Indian Detective (2017) for Netflix.
Trevor liked nothing better than to entertain, hosting dinners with friends in his stylish London apartment. As a guest you would never forget these occasions: like his films they were produced with incredible attention to detail, bringing together interesting people with wonderful food.
For the last few years he would decamp to Marrakech, Morocco, where he had a second home, for Christmas. Against his doctors’ advice he was determined to spend his last Christmas there, with his close friends, whom he called his band of brothers.
He is survived by his aunts, Maureen and Joan.