Editing Ian Carmichael (section)

===Personal life===
In late March 1941, when Carmichael's regiment was posted to Whitby he met "Pym"—Jean Pyman Maclean—who he described as "blonde, just eighteen, five feet six, sensationally pretty and a beautiful dancer"; he thought her personality was "warm&nbsp;... genuine. There was an innocence about her, an unsophistication that disarmed even the most worldly".{{sfn|Carmichael|1979|pp=118–119}} The couple became engaged in May 1942 and married on 6 October 1943;{{sfn|Fairclough|2011|p=36}} they had two daughters, Lee (born in 1946) and Sally (born in 1949).{{sfn|Jennings|2014}} Pym died of cancer in 1983.{{sfn|Fairclough|2011|p=269}}

In 1984 Carmichael recorded a series of short stories for the BBC; the programmes were produced by [[Kate Fenton]]. They began a relationship and she left the BBC in 1985 and moved in with him in the Esk Valley, near [[Whitby]]. They were married in July 1992.{{sfn|Jennings|2014}}{{sfn|Fairclough|2011|p=286}}{{sfn|"Biography". ''Kate Fenton''}} Carmichael enjoyed playing and watching cricket, and listed it as one of this interests in ''[[Who's Who]]''.{{sfn|Herbert|1972|p=609}} He was a member of the [[Lord's Taverners]] cricket charity from 1956 until October 1976,{{sfn|Fairclough|2011|pp=212–214}} and would relax on film sets playing a casual game with other members of the cast and crew, a practice he was introduced to by the Boulting brothers.{{sfn|Carmichael|1979|pp=282, 319, 330}} He was also a member of the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]].{{sfn|"Ian Carmichael". ''The Daily Telegraph''. 8 February 2010}}

In 2003 Carmichael was appointed [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] for services to drama.{{sfn|''The London Gazette''. 14 June 2003}} He died on 5 February 2010 of a [[pulmonary embolism]].{{sfn|Jennings|2014}}