Bernard Padden

Bernard Padden (born in Manchester) appeared in Coronation Street in March 1972 as Phil Banks, a young member of the Weatherfield sea cadets when Jerry Booth asked for advice on sailing.

As an actor, he also appeared in The Dustbinmen, How We Used to Live, Emmerdale Farm, Doctor Who, Dempsey and Makepeace, As Time Goes By and Grange Hill.

Encouraged by the positive reaction to a one-man comedy show he wrote in the 1980s, he moved into writing and in the 2000s was accepted on to the scripting team for the BBC soap Doctors, for which he still contributes episodes.