New Year Honours 2016
Colin Callender
Knight Bachelor
• Film and Theatre Producer
“For services to the British creative industries, promoting British film, theatre and television in international markets.”
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DIPLOMATIC SERVICE AND OVERSEAS LIST
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2015
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Colin Nigel CALLENDER C.B.E.
Television, Film and Theatre Producer
For services to the British creative industries, promoting British film, theatre and television in international markets.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61450 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to the British creative industries, promoting British film, theatre and television in international markets.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 25 times in the New Year Honours List 2016 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Film and Theatre Producer.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2016
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Clive Cowdery
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Children and Social Mobility.”
David Collins
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Gloucestershire
“For services to Further Education.”
David Mackay
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Scientific Advice in Government and Science Outreach.”
David Norgrove
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to the Low Paid and the Family Justice System.”
Edward Davey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For political and public service.”
Harpal Kumar
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Cancer Research.”
Harvey Mcgrath
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Economic Growth and Public Life.”
Henry Bellingham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Norfolk
“For political and parliamentary service.”
Jack Petchey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Young People in East London and Essex through the Jack Petchey Foundation.”
John Uren
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Kent
“For philanthropic service.”
Jonathan Day
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Hampshire
“For public service.”
Lynton Crosby
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For political service.”
Martyn Lewis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to the Voluntary and Charitable Sectors, particularly the Hospice Movement.”
Matthew Bourne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Dance.”
Michael Jacobs
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases.”
Nicholas Forwood
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
“For services to European justice.”
Norman Kelvin Stoller
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Cumbria
“For philanthropic service.”
Paul Curran
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Higher Education.”
Paul Grice
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Edinburgh
“For services to the Scottish Parliament and voluntary service to Higher Education and the community in Scotland.”
Robert Talma Stheeman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
“For services to UK Government Debt Management.”
Steve Lancashire
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Education.”
William Fittall
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Kent
“For services to the Church of England.”
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Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Malorie Blackman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Jonathan Davies
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to People with Cancer and to Broadcasting.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Alice Coote
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Suffolk
“For services to the Arts.”
Gabrielle Logan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Daniel Calvert
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the Culinary Arts in Japan and to UK/Japan Culinary Relations.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Jennifer Rose-miller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Pauline Hough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Melanie Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir.”
Brian Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
Rex Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
John Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61450, notice 2453725. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2016).
Published 31 December 2015.
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