Philip Gilliver

Phil lives in Wrexham in North Wales on a council estate. His family moved there when his father, a medic in the RAMC, came out of the army and moved his family there. One of six children he had lived in various parts of the UK and Germany before then, wherever his father had been stationed at the time.

Following involvement in a local drama group, he enrolled in the early eighties on a course with the Clwyd Youth Theatre which he thoroughly enjoyed. But it wasn't long after that he discovered that his main love was writing, particularly dialogue. This was something he wouldn't forget when he enrolled on another course called "Literature with Media" at the Wrexham's North East Wales Institute, which is now Wrexham University, where he studied Literature, film and stage production. He graduated in 2000 with a 2:1 hons Degree.

During the first lockdown period Phil enrolled on an online course in sitcom writing and has not looked back since. The course, which was taught by Welsh stand-up comedian, writer and actor "Bennett Aaron", focussed on everything it takes to produce a good situation comedy series; strong, identifiable characters, plots, sub-plots, story arcs and great gags. He has since written two; one of which, The Revengers, a Wales-based superhero/supervillain radio comedy, was performed and recorded in front of an audience at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Festival. With a cast of top comedians who were there with their own sell-out shows, It ran for the first ten days. The recording is for the purposes of pitching to the BBC or other media companies. He is currently working on a TV series, a supernatural possession, tug-of-love comedy called "Ryan's Body."

Phil is always busy writing and has been described as a "writing machine" by his fellow writing friends. He never stops writing and when he's not writing, he's thinking about what he is going to write next.