Timothy John Byford (Serbian: Тимоти Џон Бајфорд/Timoti Džon Bajford; 25 July 1941 – 5 May 2014) was an author, film director, translator, and educator.
[1] Born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, Byford started his TV career directing films for the BBC Blue Peter programme.
[citation needed] His name is also associated with a park in the southern suburbs of Belgrade, Banjica Forest, as during the late 1980s he campaigned for it to have special protection because of the large number of nightingales and other species of birds that nest in it.
[4] The same year, he appeared on screen as a cricket umpire in a television advert for Mivela water during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
[citation needed] Byford moved to Belgrade, Serbia, former Yugoslavia in 1971 and as a foreigner he was not allowed to participate in the state's pension fund system.
Rejecting Mr. Byford's requests for the pension caused significant discontent among people who remember his work from their childhood.