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Nic Phillips is a prolific television director. As well as 20 hard-hitting episodes of The Bill, Nic's many directing credits include Brookside, Casualty, Coronation Street, EastEnders and the sitcoms Barbara, Birds of a Feather, Desmond's, Goodnight Sweetheart and My Family.
Working in the screen trade since 1968, Nic got his drama directing debut on LWT's The Gentle Touch - the first police procedural with a leading female detective, D.I. Maggie Forbes played by the late great Jill Gascoine.
I interviewed Nic for his memories of The Gentle Touch for the November edition of Best of British Magazine. There was so much material that I couldn't squeeze into the article that Nic kindly gave his blessing to this extended podcast, in which he shares some astonishing stories from his career and I hope gives you a real flavour of the role of the director, especially working in multi-camera television and with some fellow Sun Hill luminaries.
Nic will be returning to The Bill Podcast Patreon channel for a special two-part commentary session looking at the epic 2005 Sun Hill station fire episodes he directed.
This interview with Nic was first released on Patreon nine months ago. Unlock over 300 hours of exclusive podcast content on patreon.com/thebillpodcast
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28 Aug 2026
The Bill Podcast 153: Nuala Giblin (Publicist) Part 2
In Part 2 of this cracking chat, Nuala shares more The Bill memories, including filming out in Sydney and working with Graham Cole on his autobiography!
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26 Jul 2026
The Bill Podcast 152: Nuala Giblin (Publicist) Part 1
Legendary publicist Nuala Giblin is one of the most prolific behind the scenes names of The Bill and Richard Handford himself said that Nuala should be a special guest on the podcast. Oliver hopes you enjoy this fascinating interview as much as he did! There'll be more gold-dust to come next month in Part 2.
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YouTube views
5,718,700
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Spotify
5.0 / 5
14 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 70 / 100
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90
Social presence
0
YouTube
93
Engagement
32
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