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Jack Rosenthal's Last Act

When dramatist Jack Rosenthal finally wrote his memoirs, he did so as a screenplay. He told his story in the medium he knew best, and included excerpts from some of his most successful plays. His daughter Amy Rosenthal has adapted the memoirs and wife Maureen Lipman plays herself.

Jack Rosenthal was a devoted family man, an amateur sculptor, a self-taught violinist, an ardent Manchester United football fan and award-winning author of over 150 screenplays.

These four episodes describe Jack's life from his birth in 1930's Manchester - via school, evacuation, university and his time in the Navy - through to his career as one of our finest writers of social comedy.

The memoirs capture the excitement and buzz of his early days at Granada, where he met his future wife Maureen Lipman, the first broadcast of Coronation Street, for which Jack wrote over 100 episodes, the trials and tribulations of Broadway and Hollywood, the joys of family life, and finally the illness which was to claim his life.

The cast includes: Caroline Bernstein, Rupert Degas, Zachary Fox, Rebecca Front, Agnès Hyman, Anouk Hyman, George Layton, Maureen Lipman,Toby Longworth, Stephen Mangan, Jessica Martin, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Christopher Parkinson, David Puttnam, Adam Rosenthal, Amy Rosenthal, Kerry Shale, Amy Shindler, Colin Shindler, and Ceallach Spellman.

Written by Jack Rosenthal; adapted by Amy Rosenthal; directed by Maureen Lipman with Dirk Maggs; produced by Bruce Hyman.

The last programme was on:

Friday 30 March 2007 11:30

The unique memoirs of Jack Rosenthal finally written as a screenplay, with Maureen Lipman. 4/4. Jack is established as an award-winning writer and a household name.