Chris Clenshaw

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Chris Clenshaw
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Christopher Clenshaw

(1986-09-29) 29 September 1986 (age 37)
Gravesend, Kent, England
OccupationTelevision producer
Years active2007–present
Employer BBC
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Christopher Clenshaw (born 29 September 1986) is an English television producer, known for serving as the current executive producer of the BBC soap opera EastEnders since 2022.

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Life and career

Early life and television production work

Christopher Clenshaw was born on 29 September 1986 in Gravesend, Kent to Helen (née Antoniou) and Alfred Clenshaw and has a twin sister, Georgina. [1] [2] 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. [3] 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 ITV daytime programme This Morning , 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. [2] [3]

EastEnders

In July 2015, Clenshaw joined the BBC soap opera EastEnders 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 Holby City . [4] [5] In November 2021, Clenshaw was announced as the new executive producer of EastEnders. [2] [6] [7] 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. [8] [9] [10] 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 (Ellie Dadd), 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. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

Filmography

YearTitleRole
2007 Freaky Eaters Edit assistant
2008 Richard & Judy Runner
2008 Saturday Kitchen Live Runner
2008 Richard & Judy's New Position Head runner
2009Richard & Judy Researcher
2009 British Book Awards Researcher
2009 Rachel Allen: Home Cooking Shooting researcher
2009 Big Brother's Little Brother Floor manager
2009 Local Food Hero Shooting researcher
2010 3@Three Shooting / studio researcher
2010One Night Stand with Ne-YoShooting researcher
2010–2015 This Morning Researcher / producer
2015 Big Brother's Bit on the Side Edit producer
2017–2019 EastEnders Story producer / script editor
2019–2020 Holby City Producer
2021 Bulletproof Senior story producer
2022–presentEastEnders Executive producer

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