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name: "Ian Rawnsley"
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roles: ["Production designer"]
died: "6 August 2013"
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updated: "2026-09-16T15:47:41.433883+00:00"
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# Ian Rawnsley

Production designer. Died 6 August 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Died:** 6 August 2013

## Biography

Ian Rawnsley was a British production designer who worked extensively in television from the 1960s onwards. He contributed to numerous BBC series, including early episodes of *Doctor Who* (credited on the 1974 serial *Robot*), *To the Manor Born* (1979–1980), *Two Up, Two Down* (1979), *The Bagthorpe Saga* (1981) and *Alas Smith & Jones* (1984).

His other credits encompassed comedy and drama programmes such as *Butterflies*, *Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em*, *Till Death Us Do Part*, *The Liver Birds* and *Blankety Blank*. Rawnsley died on 6 August 2013 in England. He was the elder brother of opera singer and actor John Rawnsley.

*Sources: imdb.com, guide.doctorwhonews.net, comedy.co.uk, tardis.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Doctor Who* (1963), Fi1m 81, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

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