Gareth Floyd obituary

My father, Gareth Floyd, who has died aged 82, was a book illustrator and teacher who painted the pictures for many series of the BBC TV’s Jackanory programme from the 1960s to the 90s, often visiting the studios to make adjustments during filming.Jackanory usually involved an actor, seated in an armchair, reading from children’s novels, with specially commissioned drawings shown on screen at various intervals. Gareth provided illustrations for more than 150 of its episodes, includin