Phil Penfold

Phil Penfold, is a writer, broadcaster and journalist who has been associated with every branch of the entertainment and showbusiness scene. A frequent guest speaker for all manner of groups and societies, he has worked for the BBC on radio and TV, and also for ITV. As a freelance writer, he has contributed to newspapers and magazines as diverse as the Daily Mail, Tv Quick, Eva, Sunday Mirror, as well as many of the regional papers.

He has interviewed everyone from Clint Eastwood to Barbara Windsor, from Bette Davis to Dustin Hoffman and Dame Joan Sutherland. He was showbusiness editor of Yorkshire On Sunday and has been the main theatre critic for Teletext over the last 7 years. Phil has written pantomimes on over a dozen subjects - many of them professionally produced - collects theatrical anecdotes and memorabilia, and has contributed notes from record sleeves to programmes. Phil is currently freelancing as a writer.