His World Productions company said in a statement: “After a short illness, Tony Garnett, the legendary TV & Film Producer and founder of World Productions, died around midday on January 12.
The film and television producer Tony Garnett has died following a short illness at the age of 83.
Garnett met Loach in the 1960s after starting out as an actor in a series of BBC historical plays.
Garnett lost both his parents as a young child, his mother dying when he was five after a backstreet abortion.