Gavin Petrie

Gavin Petrie (6 April 1942 – 5 November 2025) was a British writer and producer, known for writing television and radio comedy programs in collaboration with his wife Jan Etherington.

Early life Petrie was born in Edinburgh on 6 April 1942. He was employed there at age 15 by the Daily Mail, and in his nine years at that newspaper he became a writer and cartoonist.

Career Petrie moved to London in the late 1960s and worked as a music journalist, eventually becoming editor of Disc and Music Echo.

Personal life and death Petrie married Jan Etherington in 1984. They lived at first in Sunbury, moving to coastal Suffolk in 2013. Petrie had two stepchildren from Etherington's first marriage. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in the late 2010s; He died on 5 November 2025, at the age of 83.

Writing credits Second Thoughts (1991–1994) Next of Kin (1995–1997) Faith in the Future (1995–1998) Duck Patrol (1998)

Production credits Duck Patrol