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Phil Redmond

Phil Redmond

Best known for creating three of Britain’s longest running drama programmes, Grange Hill (30 yrs, 1978-2008); Brookside (21 yrs, 1982-2003) and Hollyoaks (16yrs 1995- still running).  He has written extensively for radio, television and stage and is currently a regular columnist for the Liverpool Daily Post.

One of the first 2% to go through the comprehensive system, Phil is now proud that in 1989 he was awarded Honorary Chair of Media at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU).  Since 1993 he has been a Fellow as well as Chairing the International Centre for Digital Content (ICDC) and Screen School,also based at LJMU. In 2010 he was elevated to become Ambassador Fellow.

A founder member of the first regional branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in Manchester; a former council member of the Independent Producer's Association (IPPA) and a former national negotiator for the Writer's Guild of Great Britain (WGGB).

In 1996, Phil was elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and in 1997 he was also appointed Vice Chair of the newly created North West Film Commission and became a Patron of the Commission in July 1999.

He was awarded a CBE in June 2004 for ‘services to drama’ in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

In June 2005, Phil and Alexis Redmond sold Mersey Television (MerseyTV), at the time still Britain’s largest independent drama production house, employing over 700 people and3000 actors per year, and“downsized” to a small film production company.  One of the acknowledged strengths of MerseyTV was its links to and support of education and culture.  In 1998, Brookside became an integral part of the National Year of Reading through the Brookie Basics literacy clinics.

Throughout 2006 he was Chair of the Merseyside Entrepreneurship Commission and in 2009-10 Chaired the Knowsley Youth Commission.

He joined Liverpool’s Capital of Culture Board in November 2006 and became Deputy Chair and Creative Director in September, 2007 which he described as taking on the organisation of a “typically Scouse wedding”! As the public face of Liverpool’s time as host city for the UK’s award of European Capital of Culture, Phil is proud that the year is now seen as a benchmark for cultural success that saw an £850m impact on the city during the year.

Also during that year, in August, Phil became Chair, National Museums Liverpool.

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