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Article: Now I'm the king of the Hill . . .; TV chief Phil Redmond tells Peter Grant why he wants to bring the children's hit programme Grange Hill to Merseyside.(News)

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Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
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February 25, 2002
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GRANGE HILL is coming back to its true home - Liverpool.

Created in the city, yet filmed in London for the BBC, TV boss Phil Redmond is on the verge of striking a deal to bring back the children's show . . . and make it here on Merseyside.

Within weeks, filming should start at Mersey TV in Childwall which is already home to supersuccessful dramas, Brookside and Hollyoaks.

It is the icing on the cake for Mersey TV chairman Phil.

And he is looking forward to this 'family reunion': the 25-year-old Grange Hill, troubled teenager Brookside, 19, ...

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