Tributes paid to TV producer who worked on Gogglebox, The Apprentice and Strictly Come Dancing after he died of brain cancer aged 35
Tributes have been paid to a TV producer who worked on top shows like Gogglebox, Strictly Come Dancing and The Apprentice after he died aged 35 of brain cancer.
Jonathan Clough died recently following an almost two year battle with an inoperable cancerous brain tumour.
Clough, who was a dad of two young children, had worked on several top shows throughout his career including Channel 4’s Gogglebox and BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, The Apprentice and MasterChef.
On Friday, (February 6), Gogglebox returned to screens for its 27th season and ended the programme with a tribute to him.
At the end of the episode, a black and white image of the late TV producer appeared on the screen. Below white text read “in memory of Jonathan Clough” against a black screen. The dates 1989 to 2025 were also included.
The producer died after being diagnosed with a grade 4 glioblastoma diagnosis in March 2024. A glioblastoma is the most common high grade primary brain tumour in adults. The average glioblastoma survival time is 12 to 18 months, according to the Brain Tumour Charity. Only 25% of patients survive more than one year, and only 5% survive more than five years.
Clough received his diagnosis two months after he returned from an interview for a new TV show and collapsed during a seizure.
In July last year, a GoFundMe page called Jonathan Clough's Brain Tumour Treatment, was set up for him. The creator’s appeared for donations to help Clough ‘access private treatments, specialists, and medications’. The page raised almost $65,000.
Clough’s partner Tracy, who shared a toddler daughter and baby son with him, wrote on the site at the time it was created: “The NHS’s care and support has been incredible, but we are now left with very few options. Brain cancer receives a fraction of the funding compared with other forms of cancer; one of the reasons research is slow to progress and treatment hasn’t changed in 20 years.”
She added: “We are doing everything we can to give Jonathan more time — time to be with our children, time for them to have their Daddy by their side. He’s desperate to see our daughter start school this September, see her first Nativity and just to enjoy watching his children grow.
“But these treatments are frighteningly expensive. We left our jobs and lost our income, focusing entirely on getting Jonathan the care he needs and being together through this.”
She admitted that the cost of appointments and treatment, as well as travel and accommodation, was “overwhelming”, and while she and Clough were “reluctant” to ask for public donations, they were left with “no other choice”.
In September, she posted an update on the page to say that Clough had achieved an “emotional milestone”-seeing his daughter start school.
Writing about it, she said: “For Jonathan, this was a moment he truly wasn’t sure he’d ever get to see and it meant the world to him. While it wasn’t quite as he’d dreamed, he didn’t get to walk her to the school gates — he rolled up in style, with her riding proudly on his knee in the wheelchair. It was a moment we’ll never forget.”