Christopher Clenshaw (born 29 September 1986) is an English television producer, known for serving as the current

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of the BBC soap opera ''

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'' since 2022.

Life and career

Early life and television production work

Christopher Clenshaw was born on 29 September 1986 in

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, Kent to Helen (''née'' Antoniou) and Alfred Clenshaw and has a twin sister, Georgina. He began his career in television production working as an edit assistant on the BBC Three factual programme '' Freaky Eaters'', before becoming a runner and ultimately head researcher on '' Richard & Judy'' between 2008 and 2009. He then worked as a shooting researcher on various shows including '' Local Food Hero'', '' 3@Three'' and ''One Night Stand with Ne-Yo''. In 2010, Clenshaw joined the

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'', initially as a researcher before going on to hold an array of positions within their production team including edit producer, assistant producer and digital producer prior to his departure from the programme in 2015.

''EastEnders''

In July 2015, Clenshaw joined the BBC soap opera ''

'' as a writer and storyliner, before being promoted to script editor and ultimately story producer, before he left the role in January 2019 to become the producer of the BBC medical drama ''

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''. In November 2021, Clenshaw was announced as the new

of ''EastEnders''. Clenshaw took over from Jon Sen, and his first credited episode as executive producer was episode 6497, originally broadcast on 2 June 2022 and featured cameos from Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall as part of the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II celebrations. During his tenure, Clenshaw has overseen the returns of Alfie Moon ( Shane Richie), Yolande Trueman ( Angela Wynter) Lauren Branning ( Jacqueline Jossa) and Bianca Jackson ( Patsy Palmer), the recasts of Amy Mitchell (

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), Freddie Slater ( Bobby Brazier), Elaine Peacock ( Harriet Thorpe) and Penny Branning (Kitty Castledine), the departure of Mick Carter ( Danny Dyer), as well as the reintroduction of Cindy Beale ( Michelle Collins), who returned from the dead after 25 years.

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clenshaw, Chris 1986 births 21st-century English screenwriters BBC television producers Living people British soap opera producers People from Gravesend, Kent