The physique of River Cottage star Nick Fisher was present in a lodge room after he took a deadly cocktail of medicine, an inquest has heard.
The 63-year-old was discovered by police on the Wessex Royale Resort in Dorchester on November 17, final 12 months, days after his pal Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall pleaded for the publics assist to seek out him.
Mr Fisher, who was an award-winning TV author concerned in Casualty, Holby Metropolis, EastEnders and New Tips had disappeared from his residence in Hooke, Dorset, 48 hours earlier than.
An inquest into his dying was opened right now and heard {that a} autopsy had decided he had taken a cocktail of medicine.
The physique of River Cottage star Nick Fisher, pictured right here in his residence kitchen, was present in a lodge room by police, an inquest has heard
Mr Fisher’s disappearance on November 15 final 12 months sparked a frantic search and an enchantment for assist from his pal, superstar chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (pictured collectively)
The listening to at Bournemouth City Corridor was informed that Mr Fisher had final been seen in a silver Nissan Navara truck accompanied by his brown and white Springer Spaniel canine on November 15.
After his disappearance there was a frantic search by police and members of Dorset Search and Rescue crew.
TV presenter Fearnley-Whittingstall described Nick his ‘dearest pal’ and tweeted a determined enchantment to attempt to discover him.
In a publish he wrote: ‘I by no means thought I’d be utilizing social media for this, however my very dearest pal Nick Fisher, who a few of you’ll know from his journalism and telly work, has gone lacking.
‘He left his residence within the village of Hooke close to Bridport in his silver Nissan Navara YE71 DFA decide up on Tuesday afternoon, along with his brown and white spaniel. The automotive was seen simply half an hour in a while a police digital camera close to Dorchester.
‘It appears Nick might need purchased a cup of tea in a lodge close to there, however he did not keep there and he hasn’t been seen since. It is so in contrast to Nick to do that and naturally we’re very fearful for his security.
‘We’re determined to seek out him and when you’ve got seen something in any respect that might assist us please name 101 and quote the case quantity 15:644. I am additionally posting the enchantment from the native information web site with an image of Nick.’
Mr Fisher was later present in a room on the Wessex Royal Resort and was pronounced lifeless on the scene by paramedics.
Dorset coroner Brendan Allen opened and adjourned the inquest for a full listening to on July 5.
Mr Fearnley-Whittingstall and Mr Fisher had been shut mates. Right here they’re pictured on a fishing journey
In his lifetime he had labored on profitable TV programmes. He gained a BAFTA Youngsters’s Award for Greatest Drama for the comedy The Giblet Boys in 2006.
He described the screenwriter as ‘stuffed with perception and compassion.’
Mr Fearnley-Whittingstall was a giant fan of Mr Fisher’s Nineteen Nineties Channel 4 present Screaming Reels and the 2 turned mates.
Mr Fisher appeared on River Cottage after it first aired in 1999 and in 2007 they co-authored the ebook ‘The River Cottage Fish Guide’ primarily based on the present.
Followin his passing, Mr Fearnley-Whittingstall tweeted: ‘I’m so very unhappy to say that our dearest pal Nick Fisher has handed away.
‘He was at all times stuffed with perception and compassion, which is what made him such an incredible author and broadcaster, in addition to a superb pal.
‘His pretty household and his many mates are lacking him terribly. Nick was one of the best individual to spend time with, particularly on a ship.
‘We talked about fishing endlessly, however we additionally talked about life, a topic on which Nick was an professional as a result of he had lived a lot of it.
‘I am unable to imagine it is over, however many great reminiscences dwell on.’
Mr Fisher helped launch Males’s Well being journal and has written for The Day by day Mail, The Unbiased, The Guardian, The Solar, The Mirror, The Sunday Instances and plenty of different publications.
Tom Marley, from the Angling Centre in West Bay, Dorset stated: ‘He was a extremely sort, good man, pretty to be round. Through the summer season months he used to come back in a few instances every week, so we noticed him lots.
In 2016 he wrote and revealed his first novel Pot Luck, against the law thriller primarily based in Weymouth. He additionally authored a number of self-help guides for youngsters.
‘Everybody knew his background from TV, he was very well-known and really nicely beloved across the bay. He would at all times come into the store and everybody wished to speak to him.’
