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{{Short description|British journalist and broadcaster}}
{{about|British journalist Brian Redhead||Redhead (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] -->
| name        = Brian Redhead
| image       = Brian_Leonard_Redhead_(1929–1994).jpeg
| imagesize   = 240px
| caption     = Brian Redhead pictured on the cover of ''Personal Perspectives''<ref name=personal/>
| pseudonym   = 
| birth_name  = Brian Leonard Redhead
| birth_date  = {{birth date|df=yes|1929|12|28}}
| birth_place = [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], England
| death_date  = {{death date and age|df=yes|1994|01|23|1929|12|28}}
| death_place = [[Macclesfield]], [[Cheshire]], England
| education   = [[Royal Grammar School, Newcastle]]
| alma_mater  = [[University of Cambridge]] (BA)
| occupation  = {{hlist|Author|journalist|broadcaster}}
| spouse      = {{marriage|Jean Salmon|1954}}
| children    = 4
}}
'''Brian Leonard Redhead''' (28 December 1929 – 23 January 1994) was a British author, journalist and broadcaster.<ref name=whoswho>{{Who's Who | author=Anon| title = Redhead, Brian  | id = U175017 | year = 2007 | doi =10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U175017 | edition = online [[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford}}</ref> He was a co-presenter of the [[Today (BBC Radio 4)|''Today'' programme]] on [[BBC Radio 4]] from 1975 until 1993, shortly before his death. He was a great lover and promoter of the city of [[Manchester]] and the [[North West England|North West]] in general, where he lived for most of his career.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-brian-redhead-1402199.html|website=independent.co.uk|title=Brian Redhead Obituary|first=Michael|last=Leapman|year=1994|publisher=[[The Independent]]}}</ref><ref name=radio>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110306160823/http://www.radioacademy.org/hall-of-fame-member/Brian-redhead/ Radio Hall of Fame: Brian Redhead]</ref><ref name=broad>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100729140738/http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/celebs/broadcasters2.html Manchester Celebrities: Brian Redhead]}}</ref><ref name=imdb>{{IMDb name}}</ref><ref name=odnb/>