Nigel George Farrell, born on 22 January 1953 in London, died 24 September 2011,[1] was a television documentary film-maker who was a pioneer in what has been termed 'docu-soaps'.
He worked on programmes such as South Today and Breakfast Time, and on BBC Radio 4 appeared on Ned Sherrin’s Saturday evening show Loose Ends.
He also directed and presented a 1991 TV documentary film about passengers on one of the British freight ships plying between the UK and the Caribbean, Banana Boat.
[2][3] Having previously lived in the Hampshire village of Crondall and with a holiday home in Devon,[4] he moved to Les Fabres near Vals-les-Bains in France's Ardèche region in 2002 (as seen on A Place in France) and later started an 18 month relationship with his mortgage broker; Celine Cavaillez.
[5][6] This later broke down[7] and he started a relationship with Sally-Ann Fitt, who, despite some televised skirmishes during Nigel's Place in France,[8] was to remain his partner until his death.