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- Phillip Whitehead was born on May 30, 1937 in Matlock, Derbyshire, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for American Experience (1987), Stalin (1990) and Korea: The Unknown War (1988). He was married to Christine Usborne. He died on December 31, 2005 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK.
- SpouseChristine Usborne(1967 - December 31, 2005) (his death, 3 children)
- He was a writer, television producer and politician. He was under a good deal of pressure from party and colleagues insisting on introducing his Vasectomy Bill in 1972.
- He was seconded to the Royal West African Frontier Force spending 18 months in Gambia training African soldiers - a formative experience and one that led to a lifelong interest in Commonwealth affairs.
- Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Labour Party representing the East Midlands until his death. Labour MP for Derby North from 1970 to 1983
- Educated at Lady Manners' Grammar School, Bakwell, Derbyshire and Exeter College, Oxford.
- In 1969 he was the youngest ever winner of the Guild of TV Producers Award for Factual Programmes and 25 years later he won the Broadcasting Press Guild Best Documentary Award and Emmy Award for Best Script for his programme "The Kennedys".
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