Fred Lawless
Fred Lawless is a local playwright who has written scripts for Brookside and Eastenders, as well as radio and theatre plays.
He was born in Dingle, Liverpool, where he attended the Liverpool College of Crafts and Catering and trained as a hotel manager, working in several city centre hotels. He then became a market trader and ran a stall at the renowned Paddy's Market in Liverpool.
Fred went on to found the country's first kissogram company, where he employed 30 staff. In a remarkable about-turn, he entered the TV industry, becoming a producer of Brookside following the success of Too Close to Touch, his radio play about the 1939 HMS Thetis submarine disaster in Liverpool Bay, which was widely broadcast by the BBC.
Despite being invited to join the writing team on the Liverpool-based soap, Fred turned down the offer in favour of a place on the team at rival TV series Eastenders.
He now mostly works in theatre.
