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

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of the

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'' from 2022 to 2025.

Life and career

Early life and television production work

Christopher "Chris" Clenshaw and his twin sister Georgia were born on 29 September 1986 in

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to Greek-Cypriot mother Helen (''née'' Antoniou) and English father Alfred Clenshaw, a

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market trader. Clenshaw began his career in television production working as an edit assistant on the

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factual programme '' Freaky Eaters'', before becoming a runner and ultimately head researcher on ''

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'' 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 ITV daytime programme ''

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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

'' 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

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

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as part of the

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celebrations. During his tenure, Clenshaw oversaw the returns of

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, Keanu Taylor,

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, Ryan Malloy,

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and

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, Grant Mitchell,

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, Rocky Cotton and

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(

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) as a

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, as well as the recasts of

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, Freddie Slater,

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, Johnny Carter and

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, the departures of

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, Martin Fowler,

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and

and lastly, the reintroduction of

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, who returned from the dead after 25 years. In September 2024, it was announced he would step down as executive producer of ''EastEnders'' in February 2025, following the soap's 40th anniversary celebrations.His final episode as executive producer aired Friday June 13th 2025

Filmography

References

External links

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