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Basildon, Birkenhead and Grimsby among places shortlisted to be named UK’s first Town of Culture

There are 15 shortlisted towns, selected from nearly 400 applicants, who will receive £60,000 to develop full bids to win the award in 2028

The Independent UK · Jul 9

Hollyoaks at 30: Stars reunite in Liverpool as soap marks milestone with explosive twist

The Channel 4 soap toasted its 30th anniversary with a glittering Liverpool screening, while teasing a dramatic storyline involving a Brookside crossover that will leave fans reeling

Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2025

Floella Benjamin: Decline of children’s TV is detrimental to their future

The TV presenter said children’s TV is ‘in crisis’.

Evening Standard · Dec 30, 2024

I've rewatched 150 episodes of Brookside – here's how the soap captured the nuances of Margaret Thatcher's Britain

If you want to understand how Margaret Thatcher shaped Britain, revisiting one particular 1980s soap opera is a great place to start. Brookside, a show set in a Liverpool cul-de-sac, ran for 21 years, airing just under 3,000 episodes between 1982 and 2003.

The Conversation · Sep 19, 2023

ITV eyeing deal for Hollyoaks maker Lime Pictures as part of move for Gogglebox and The Traitors producer

Lime Pictures was founded by Sir Phil Redmond in the early 1980s

Liverpool Echo · Jun 16, 2023

ITV 'actively exploring' acquisition of Lime Pictures owner All3Media

Lime Pictures is the maker of Hollyoaks, The Only Way is Essex and Geordie Shore

Birmingham Post · Jun 16, 2023

The Grange Hill star from Wales who is now directing the new movie of the classic kids' TV drama

Sara Sugarman played an outspoken character who got expelled from the fictional show

Wales Online · Apr 29, 2023

Film reboot of Grange Hill to feature original cast members

Series creator Phil Redmond has teamed up with Sara Sugarman to make a big screen version of the hit BBC drama and they promise that TV favourites will return

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2023

Brookside's Sir Phil Redmond explains why he can never return to the iconic Close

The creator of the iconic show exclusively told the ECHO why he was initially against the idea of the soap's return

Liverpool Echo · Feb 11, 2023

Brookside storylines that 'predicted the future'

Brookside stars Claire Sweeney and Louis Emerick have praised writer Phil Redmond's "brilliant instinct"

Liverpool Echo · Feb 7, 2023