An Audience with Colin McKeown

Colin McKeown MBE, a 50-year veteran of the television and film industry, founded LA Productions Ltd in 2000. The company based in Kirkdale, Liverpool, is a truly independent TV production company known not just for creating award-winning drama, but also for its commitment to nurturing new talent and showcasing the wealth of creativity, both on and off camera, which exists in the glorious Northwest, including his hometown of Liverpool.

Colin has played a role in promoting diversity in the regional television industry through The Liverpool Film Academy Educational Trust (LFAET), established by him over 20 years ago to provide education and training tailored to the film and television industry to develop new creative talent in Merseyside working with people regardless of age, ethnicity, or any social,
financial or geographical restrictions.

Over several years Colin and his team from LA Productions have delivered lectures, talks, masterclasses, attended and participated in events with staff and students and provided placements for local university students, and even spread farther afield to the Toronto Film School. This inspirational activity has helped many students launch their careers in television.

Radio 1 to Radio City; The London Palladium to the QE2, Pete Price has seen and done it all…

His career has spanned 50 years, encompassing TV and radio and his phenomenally successful autobiography, “Pete Price – Name Dropper” was number one for 3 months in the North West book charts.

Pete is a talk show legend, who has been broadcasting to the people of Merseyside for almost 40 years. His late-night talk show on Radio City earned him 27 radio awards and an induction into the Radio Academy Hall of Fame. He was recently honoured by Liverpool as a Citizen of Honor, recieving this award from the Mayor at Town Hall.

A public figure locally, and known nationally as a regular contributer on Sky News, Pete still works as a stand-up comic and is in high demand at venues across the UK and Europe. He writes his own column for the Liverpool Echo, and in his spare time is a patron of Claire House, a children’s hospice on the Wirral.