Peter Llewellyn-Jones, beloved ITV and children's TV star, dies aged 76
The British Deaf Association remembered Llewellyn-Jones as "a visionary leader and pioneering advocate for linguistic rights".
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- Molly Moss
Published: Thursday, 3 September 2026 at 10:56 am
Beloved children's TV star and British Sign Language (BSL) advocate Peter Llewellyn-Jones has died at the age of 76.
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His passing was confirmed by The British Deaf Association on 19 August.
Llewellyn-Jones was best known for starring in '90s children's TV show The Riddlers, which centred on Marjorie Dawe, played by Victoria Williams, her neighbour Montgomery Lancelot Grimley, played by Llewelyn-Jones, and two puppet creatures known as Mossop and Tiddler, who lived in Marjorie’s magic garden.
The show proved to be a huge hit for ITV and ran for 224 episodes between 1989 and 1998.
Llewellyn-Jones also hosted Our World, an ITV schools programme that ran throughout the '80s and '90s and investigated how children experienced and approached life at that time.
Victoria Williams as Marjorie Dawe, Peter Llewellyn-Jones as Mr Grimley, Richard Robinson as Mossop and Mike Gallant as Tiddlup and Glossop in The Riddlers. Ten Past Twelve/ YouTube
He was also a prominent British Sign Language (BSL) advocate, and hosted the children's TV show Insight, which produced short stories and sketches for Deaf and hard of hearing young people in the early 1980s, as well as its successor, the BBC show Listening Eye.
He also taught at a number of universities and played a foundational role in the development of higher-education courses for BSL-English interpreters.
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In its statement, the British Deaf Association remembered Llewellyn-Jones as "a visionary leader and pioneering advocate for linguistic rights".
It said: "Today the British Deaf Association is deeply saddened by the passing of Peter Llewellyn-Jones, a BSL champion and strong ally of the Deaf community for over 50 years."
The statement continued: "Peter had a long and valued association with the BDA, supporting our work and contributing to BDA events over many decades.
"From the early BDA Summer Schools through to wider national Deaf community events, he played an important role in improving communication and access between Deaf and hearing people.
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"Peter was a visionary leader and pioneering advocate for linguistic rights."
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Molly MossTrends Writer
Molly Moss is a Trends Writer for Radio Times, covering the latest trends across TV, film and more. She has an MA in Newspaper Journalism and has previously written for publications including The Guardian, The Times and The Sun Online.
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