caption birth_place nationality notableworks birth_date language period genre image article_title name occupation
redmond in 2008 huyton , lancashire , england british -lcb- -lcb- nowrap 10 june 1949 english 1973 -- present television phil redmond.jpg phil redmond
 phil redmond tv producer , screenwriter
phil redmond

phil redmond cbe -lrb- born 10 june 1949 -rrb- is an english television producer and screenwriter from huyton , lancashire .
he is well known for creating several popular television series such as `` grange hill '' -lrb- bbc one , 1978 -- 2008 -rrb- , `` brookside '' -lrb- channel 4 , 1982 -- 2003 -rrb- and `` hollyoaks '' -lrb- channel 4 , 1995 -- -rrb- .
for over twenty years he also ran his own independent production company , mersey television , before selling the company off in 2005 .
redmond also created the daytime legal drama , `` the courtroom '' which was cancelled after 38 episodes .
