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Kathleen Hutchison is a British
television producer A television producer is a person who oversees one or more aspects of video production on a television program. Some producers take more of an executive role, in that they conceive new programs and pitch them to the television networks, but upon ...
, whose credits include ''
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'', '' Holby City'' (of which she was the Series Producer, then Executive Producer for many years) and ''Casualty @ Holby City''.


''EastEnders''

On 21 September 2004, Hutchison was appointed Executive Producer of the
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television soap opera '' EastEnders'', after Executive Producer,
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, resigned following prolonged critical and public criticism of the show. Hutchison was appointed Executive Producer of EastEnders by
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following a prolonged tenure as Executive Producer and critical acclaim for her work at "
Holby Holby is a fictional city in the United Kingdom, the setting for the BBC medical dramas '' Casualty'' and ''Holby City'', and the police drama ''HolbyBlue''. It is based on the real city of Bristol, where ''Casualty'' was formerly filmed, and is ...
". Within a few weeks of Hutchison's appointment
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had moved on, being replaced by John Yorke, a previous Executive Producer of EastEnders. Hutchison was given the task of reversing the fortunes of the BBC's flagship soap; in previous months viewing figures had suffered when up against ITV1's ''
Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, ...
''. During her time at EastEnders Hutchison won Soap Storyline of the Year. During her time at the soap Hutchison axed multiple characters, and reportedly ordered the rewriting of numerous scripts. In January 2005, Hutchison left the soap and commented: “I’ve enjoyed my brief time at ''EastEnders'' and wish the show the very best." John Yorke, BBC Controller of Continuing Drama Series, took total control of the show himself and became acting Executive Producer for a short period, before appointing Kate Harwood. John Yorke said, “Kathleen has done a fantastic job of managing ''EastEnders'' during this period of change - I am very grateful to her for all her hard work and for leaving the show in such a strong position for us to build on.”


Other projects

Hutchison moved from drama to comedy in 2005 setting up The Hutch Management, working with
stand-up comedians Stand-up comedy is a comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of one-liners, stories, ...
and developing comedy projects for stage and television including a pilot sketch show for Feelgood Fiction starring Nathan Caton in January 2007 and a 30 minute narrative comedy ''Standing-Up'', written by Tommy Mack. In February 2007, Hutchison joined television channel Paramount Comedy as Head of New Comedy. Her remit was to develop and nurture new talent from the comedy circuit. She has already worked with names such as
Rob Rouse Rob Rouse (born 1974) is an English comedian. Overview Rouse grew up in Gawsworth, Cheshire. He trained as a geography teacher at the University of Sheffield and got into comedy in his final year at university. Having fully qualified as a teach ...
,
We Are Klang ''We Are Klang'' is a British comedy sketch show, starring Greg Davies, Steve Hall and Marek Larwood, and produced for BBC Three. The programme was short-lived, only running for six episodes in 2009, between 30 July to 10 September, and focused ...
and Jim Jeffries under the banner Shortcuts. In summer 2007, Hutchison was a judge at the IF.Comedies, formerly the Perrier prize at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.


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External links


BBC confirms changes to production at ''EastEnders''
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Shortcuts at Paramount Comedy Website
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