Redmond, Phil Prof. CBE
- Prof Phil Redmond CBE is best known for creating three of Britain’s longest running drama programmes, Grange Hill (30 yrs); Brookside (21 yrs) and Hollyoaks (11yrs). 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 and Member of the Board of Trustees, as well as Chairing the International Centre for Digital Content (ICDC) also based at LJMU.
A founder member of the first regional branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in Manchester; a 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 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. Throughout 2005 he was Chair of the Merseyside Entrepreneurship Commission and is currently Patron of the Merseyside Hub for Enterprise Insight.
In June 2005 Phil and Alexis Redmond sold Mersey Television, and “downsized” to a small film production company. 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”! Phil and Alexis Redmond are major benefactors of National Museums Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and the Open Culture project for 2008, an alliance of the ICDC and local media partners.
