Dominic Treadwell-Collins (born 26 August 1977) is a British television producer, known for his work on the soap operas ''

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'' and ''

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'', creating the ''EastEnders'' spin-off series '' Kat & Alfie: Redwater'' and Executive Producing the award-winning ''

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'' for the BBC and Amazon. In 2019, he set up his own television company
Happy Prince
under

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Early life

Born Dominic Charles C.T. Collins, Treadwell-Collins adapted his mother's maiden as a double-barreled compound surname. Treadwell-Collins' father, Michael J. Collins, was an Irishman who emigrated to London from

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, West Cork, in the mid-1960s. His mother, Linda ( Treadwell), is a hairdresser from Kilburn. The couple wed in Brent, London in 1975. When Treadwell-Collins was in his teens, his father died in a drowning accident on holiday at the family home in

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, USA. As a child, Treadwell-Collins had ambitions to work for the BBC. He lived in

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, near the BBC Elstree Centre, and used to look in through the gates.

Education

Treadwell-Collins attended Edge Grove School (an

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), followed by

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and the

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Career

Early work

Treadwell-Collins' first job in television was for the

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'', devising means of killing off characters. He moved to

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for four years, working as a story producer on the

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'', where he was taught to storyline by Ian Aldwinckle. In 2007, he named the show winning the 2005

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for "Best Storyline" the biggest achievement of his career. ''Family Affairs'' was cancelled in 2005, which surprised Treadwell-Collins, who had expected that several award wins meant the show would be extended. He felt that viewers remained "incredibly loyal" to the series, and that it would have had greater longevity had it aired on a different channel, or been better publicised by Five.

''EastEnders''

Treadwell-Collins began working on the

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soap opera ''EastEnders'' in October 2005, as a senior story editor under

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, before becoming story producer in January 2007. He was responsible for running the ''EastEnders'' story department, working with the show's writers to devise future storylines. In his first year on the show, he created the characters

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and

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and

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. In response to criticism of the show's lack of characters with disabilities, ''EastEnders'' producers planned to introduce several actors with disabilities in early 2009. Treadwell-Collins felt such characters are often portrayed as being unduly "noble" or "worthy", and suggested that ''EastEnders'' subvert this stereotype by making the new characters flawed. He created the storyline in which the Muslim character

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struggled to reconcile his faith and sexuality, and his relationship with

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, as well as " The Secret Mitchell" and the "

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, which culminated in the show's first live episode in February 2010. Treadwell-Collins stood down from his ''EastEnders'' role on 25 June 2010, becoming head of development at

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' Lovely Day production company. The company is run by former ''EastEnders'' executive producer

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, who commented: "Dominic is a brilliant and original talent, bursting with great ideas and gripping stories. Many of ''EastEnders'' best storylines and characters of the last few years have come directly from his imagination and design, and he played an integral part in conceiving and plotting the hugely successful 25th anniversary episodes. I'm delighted to be resuming our creative partnership at Lovely Day." Treadwell-Collins stated: "I have had an amazing time at ''EastEnders'' and I couldn't have dreamed of a better place to work. Working on ''EastEnders'' has enabled me to create some fantastic storylines and characters that have been received so well but after four-and-a-half years of life in

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, I feel that it is time to move on and try something new."

As executive producer

On 29 July 2013, it was announced that Treadwell-Collins would be returning to ''EastEnders'' as executive producer, taking over from

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, who resigned from the role after sixteen months on the job. He assumed the position on 19 August 2013 and his first episode as executive producer aired on 9 December 2013. His first major cast change was to introduce

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's (

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) extended family, who took over The Queen Vic – her brother (later revealed to be her son)

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(

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), sister

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(

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), Mick's common-law wife

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(

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) and their children

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( Danny Hatchard), Nancy (

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) and

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(

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). The family was later expanded to include Shirley and Tina's father

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(

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), their maternal aunt

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( Annette Badland) and their estranged mother Sylvie (

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), plus Shirley's son

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(

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) who returned to the show after several years. Other major characters introduced by Treadwell-Collins include Dot Branning's (

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) grandson

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(

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), Pam (

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) wife of established recurring character

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(

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), Donna Yates ( Lisa Hammond),

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(

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) as

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's husband, Claudette Hubbard (

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) as Vincent's mother and Donna's adoptive Mother, and the Kazemi family -

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(

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( Bonnie Langford) and

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(

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). He reintroduced several characters who had previously featured in the show, including

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(

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)

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(

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(

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(

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(

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(

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)

Jack Branning Jack Branning is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Scott Maslen. He made his first appearance on 29 October 2007. He is the youngest child of Jim (John Bardon) and Reenie Branning (Joy Graham) and the brother ...

(

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), and

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(

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) who all returned permanently, while the likes of

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(Dame Barbara Windsor),

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( John Altman), Grant Mitchell (

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) and Sam Mitchell (

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) returning for guest appearances. The characters of

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, Ben Mitchell, Martin Fowler,

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were also reintroduced, but the roles were recast to

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, James Bye,

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and Carli Norris respectively. Treadwell-Collins also created a spin-off for the ''EastEnders'' characters

Kat Moon Kathleen "Kat" Slater (also Moon) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Jessie Wallace. She is also played by Kate Peck in a flashback in 2001 and Sumar-Elise Sandford in a flashback in 2018. Kat is the seco ...

(

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) and

Alfie Moon Alfie Moon is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Shane Richie. He made his first appearance on 21 November 2002, and left on 25 December 2005. He returned to ''EastEnders'' on 21 September 2010, following the ...

(

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) set in Ireland called '' Kat & Alfie: Redwater'', which started on BBC One and RTÉ One in May 2017. Treadwell-Collins' decision to leave the show was announced on 18 February 2016. He described his choice as "not one I have taken lightly" and citied his reasons for leaving as wanting to "move on to other things". His final work on the show saw him produce the conclusion to the

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storyline and produce the death of

(Dame Barbara Windsor). Of Windsor's request that he produce her exit storyline, Treadwell-Collins said "When Dame Barbara comes to you to produce her final episodes, you cannot say no." His final day at ''EastEnders'' was 6 May 2016.

Post ''EastEnders''

Treadwell-Collins' new post as Head of Television at Blueprint Television was announced on 7 June 2016. Treadwell-Collins stated his admiration of films produced by Blueprints and his excitement to "develop their television arm". The co-chairman of Blueprint Pictures, Graham Broadbent, added that the company were "excited to have someone of his experience and calibre to launch Blueprint's TV side". Whilst at Blueprint, he developed and produced ''

'' for the BBC and Amazon, starring

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and Ben Whishaw, written by

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and directed by

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, winning Golden Globe, Emmy, Critics Choice, Rose D'Or, RTS and BAFTA awards. He left Blueprint in 2019 to set up his own label, Happy Prince, at ITV Studios. In 2022, he wrote and produced Holding for ITV and Virgin Media, based on the novel by

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and directed by

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Treadwell-Collins, Dominic 1977 births Living people People educated at Harrow School Place of birth missing (living people) Soap opera producers BBC television producers British television producers British people of English descent English people of Irish descent