| 词条 | Brian Park |
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Park joined Granada Television after graduating from Edinburgh University. He rose through the television ranks and, after leaving for a two-year spell with Tyne Tees Television, he returned to Granada in 1992 as head of entertainment where he produced the award-winning Prime Suspect, September Song and the pilot for My Wonderful Life.[2] In 1997, Park was appointed executive producer of the long-running soap opera Coronation Street following a decline in its ratings. Park became known as the "axeman" in the popular press after he sanctioned the removal of several long-running characters from Coronation Street, including Derek Wilton (Peter Baldwin), Andy McDonald (Nicholas Cochrane), Bill Webster (Peter Armitage), Maureen Holdsworth (Sherrie Hewson), and Don Brennan (Geoffrey Hinsliff). He introduced more sensational storylines such as Deirdre Rachid (Anne Kirkbride)'s wrongful imprisonment, as well as a range of new characters such as transsexual Hayley Cropper (Julie Hesmondhalgh) and the Battersby family, in a bid to capture a younger audience and reinvent the show.[3] Many of his storylines were ratings successes.[1] Park left Coronation Street in 1998 to start Shed Productions with Coronation Street script executive Ann McManus, which produced TV shows such as Bad Girls, Waterloo Road and Footballers Wives.[1][4] In 2009, Park had a brain aneurysm while holidaying in Italy and underwent brain surgery.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|url=http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/Article.aspx/1495699?UserKey=|title=Former Coronation Street boss recovering from brain surgery|work=Evening Express|date=25 November 2009|accessdate=6 April 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726220439/http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/Article.aspx/1495699?UserKey=|archivedate=26 July 2011|df=dmy-all}} 2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+WON'T+SHED+MORE+BLOOD+ON+THE+STREET+says+the+Corrie+boss+who+killed...-a061005779|title=I WON'T SHED MORE BLOOD ON THE STREET |work=Daily Record|date=11 June 1997|accessdate=6 April 2011}} 3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/NIGHTMARE+ON+CORRIE+STREET%3b+I+had+to+think+of+show's+future+says+soap...-a061114724|title=NIGHTMARE ON CORRIE STREET; I had to think of show's future says soap boss|work=The Mirror|date=24 May 1997|accessdate=6 April 2011}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+SOAP+CZAR%3b+Corrie+producer+Park+is+leaving+Weatherfield+to+take...-a060263194|title=THE SOAP CZAR; Corrie producer Park is leaving Weatherfield to take on the world.|work=Daily Record|date=6 August 1998|accessdate=6 April 2011}} External links
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