Christopher "Chris" Clenshaw (born 29 September 1986) is an English television producer, known for serving as the executive producer of the BBC soap opera EastEnders 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 Gravesend, Kent to Greek-Cypriot mother Helen (née Antoniou) and English father Alfred Clenshaw, a Woolwich market trader.
Clenshaw 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. 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.
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. In November 2021, Clenshaw was announced as the new executive producer of EastEnders. 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. During his tenure, Clenshaw oversaw the returns of Alfie Moon, Keanu Taylor, Ricky Butcher, Mo Harris, Ryan Malloy, Dean Wicks, Lisa Fowler, Yolande Trueman, Lauren Branning, Peter and Ian Beale, Graham Foster, Bianca Jackson, Lucas Johnson, Jane Beale, Chrissie Watts, Jake Moon, David Wicks, Ruby Allen, Mickey Miller, Nigel Bates, Minty Peterson, Garry Hobbs, Grant Mitchell, Bex Fowler, Rocky Cotton and Angie Watts (Anita Dobson) as a hallucination, as well as the recasts of Amy Mitchell, Freddie Slater, Elaine Peacock, Penny Branning, Johnny Carter and Vicki Fowler, the departures of Rainie Cross, Mick Carter, Janine Butcher, Whitney Dean, Martin Fowler, Ruby Allen, Sonia Fowler, Bex Fowler and Bianca Jackson and lastly, the reintroduction of Cindy Beale, 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 13 June 2025.
Filmography Year Title Role 2007 Freaky Eaters Edit assistant 2008 Richard & Judy Runner 2008 Saturday Kitchen Live Runner 2008 Richard & Judy's New Position Head runner 2009 Richard & 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 2010 One Night Stand with Ne-Yo Shooting 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 2022–2025 EastEnders Executive producer 2025 EastEnders: 40 Years on the Square Himself (interviewed guest)
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