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Phil Gifford

Writer

Though best known as a sports writer and radio DJ, Phil Gifford’s long career has also seen a number of noteworthy screen encounters — including top-selling rugby videos, an acclaimed feature film and sketch-writing for late legend Billy T James.

I wouldn't have been the greatest scriptwriter in the history of the world, and Billy could take stuff that I thought was absolute rubbish and make it somehow funny. A modest Phil Gifford on the alchemy of writing skits with Billy T (from Matt Elliott's Billy T bio)