Phil Collinson
- Producer
- Writer
- Actor
Phil Collinson started in television as a script editor for Granada.
After working in this capacity on the popular soap opera
Emmerdale Farm (1972) he
joined the medical drama
Peak Practice (1993),
subsequently being made into producer of the series. He then joined the
BBC to become producer of
Born and Bred (2002),
Linda Green (2001),
Sea of Souls (2004) and the
revival of Doctor Who (2005),
working under chief writer and executive producer
Russell T. Davies. In 2008 he left
Doctor Who (2005) to become Head
of Drama for the BBC in Manchester.
