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1st Broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]] on 10th to 31st July 2006

March 2007 [[BBC Radio 4]]

== Director ==
[[Maureen Lipman]]

[[Dirk Maggs]]

== Producer ==
[[Bruce Hyman]]

== Written By ==
[[Jack Rosenthal]]

== Adaptor ==
[[Amy Rosenthal]]

== Production ==
[[Above the Title Productions Ltd]]

== Synopsis ==
Adapted for radio from his book‘An Autobiography in Six Acts’ which was written as a screenplay of his life – this is a funny, brilliantly observed, and often very poignant comedy Jack’s daughter Amy Rosenthali's adapting the book for radio.

Episode 1
From just before Jack's birth to his days as an aspiring writer at Sheffield University.

Episode 2
An account of Jack's brief spell in the Navy and his early career as granada TV, including the first broadcast of Coronation Street, for which he wrote over 100 episodes.

Episode 3
Jack Rosenthal's memoirs continue with the golden period when Jack was firmly established at Granada television, married Maureen Lipman, and wrote some of his best-known plays.

Episode 4
Jack Rosenthal recounts his experiences of working with Barbra Streisand, sparring with Hollywood and saving his family tortoise from certian death. He is now established as an award-wining writer and a household name.

== Cast for all Episodes ==

Character Actor

*Headmaster [[Rupert Degas]]
*Reptile Specialist [[Rupert Degas]]
*George Best [[Rupert Degas]]
*Cricketer [[Rupert Degas]]
*Director [[Rupert Degas]]
*Petty Officer [[Rupert Degas]]
*Tony Warren [[Rupert Degas]]
*Sydney [[Rupert Degas]]
*Michael Winner [[Rupert Degas]]
*Geoff Lancashire [[Rupert Degas]]
*Matt [[Rupert Degas]]
*Oswald Mosley [[Rupert Degas]]
*First Teacher [[Rupert Degas]]
*David [[Rupert Degas]]
*Floorman [[Rupert Degas]]
*Girl [[Rebecca Front]]
*Lakey [[Rebecca Front]]
*Pat Phoenix [[Rebecca Front]]
*Young Jack [[Ceallach Spellman]]
*Adam (Child) [[Ceallach Spellman]]
*Adam Rosenthal [[Zachary Fox]]
*Adam Rosenthal [[Adam Rosenthal]]
*Lakey [[Rebecca Front]]
*Angie [[Rebecca Front]]
*Amy Rosenthal (child) [[Agnès Hyman]]
*Amy [[Anouk Hyman]]
*Sam [[George Layton]]
*Mr Cecil [[George Layton]]
*Harry Driver [[George Layton]]
*Theo [[George Layton]]
*Maurice [[George Layton]]
*Herself [[Maureen Lipman]]
*Terry Land [[Toby Longworth]]
*Jim Phoenix [[Toby Longworth]]
*Intercom voice [[Toby Longworth]]
*Executive [[Toby Longworth]]
*Hobo [[Toby Longworth]]
*George [[Toby Longworth]]
*Captain [[Toby Longworth]]
*RSM [[Toby Longworth]]
*Tommy Mann [[Toby Longworth]]
*Jack Haworth [[Toby Longworth]]
*Second Teacher [[Toby Longworth]]
*Freddie Trueman [[Toby Longworth]]
*Phil [[Toby Longworth]]
*Director [[Toby Longworth]]
*David Puttnam [[David Puttnam]]
*Adam Rosenthal [[Adam Rosenthal]]
*Amy Rosenthal [[Amy Rosenthal]]
*Zelma [[Amy Rosenthal]]
*Jule [[Kerry Shale]]
*Head of Drama [[Kerry Shale]]
*Eileen [[Amy Shindler]]
*Woman [[Amy Shindler]]
*Ursula [[Amy Shindler]]
*Director's PA [[Amy Shindler]]
*Maxine [[Amy Shindler]]
*Mary [[Amy Shindler]]
*Wendy [[Amy Shindler]]
*Beth [[Amy Shindler]]
*Peter Eckersley [[Colin Shindler]]
*Mickey [[Colin Shindler]]
*Ron [[Colin Shindler]]
*Minshipman [[Colin Shindler]]
*Jack Ripley [[Colin Shindler]]
*Peter Eckersley [[Colin Shindler]]
*Trucker [[Colin Shindler]]
*Jack Rosenthal [[Stephen Mangan]]
*Barbra Streisand [[Jessica Martin]]
*Customer [[Tracy Ann Oberman]]
*Mother-in Law [[Tracy Ann Oberman]]
*Young David [[Christopher Parkinson]]

== Production Crew ==
Not Known

== Recorded at ==
[[The Soundhouse]] Ltd London England

== Music composed & Arranged ==
Not Known

== Comment by Dirk Maggs ==
Nothing yet

== Running Time ==
4 Episodes 30 minutes each 120 Minutes total

== Other Items ==
Nothing yet

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 == Synopsis ==
-Adapted for radio from his book‘An Autobiography in Six Acts’ which was written as a screenplay of his life – this is a funny, brilliantly observed, and often very poignant comedy Jack’s daughter Amy Rosenthali's adapting the book for radio.
+Adapted for radio from his book 'An Autobiography in Six Acts’ which was written as a screenplay of his life – this is a funny, brilliantly observed, and often very poignant comedy Jack’s daughter Amy Rosenthal's adapting the book for radio.
 == Episode 1 ==
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 == Episode 2 ==
-An account of Jack's brief spell in the Navy and his early career as granada TV, including the first broadcast of Coronation Street, for which he wrote over 100 episodes.
+An account of Jack's brief spell in the Navy and his early career as Granada TV, including the first broadcast of Coronation Street, for which he wrote over one hundred episodes.
 == Episode 3 ==
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 == Episode 4 ==
-Jack Rosenthal recounts his experiences of working with Barbra Streisand, sparring with Hollywood and saving his family tortoise from certian death. He is now established as an award-wining writer and a household name.
+Jack Rosenthal recounts his experiences of working with Barbra Streisand, sparring with Hollywood and saving his family tortoise from certain death. He is now established as an award-winning writer and a household name.
 == Cast for all Episodes ==
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 Ron [[Colin Shindler]]
-Minshipman [[Colin Shindler]]
+Midshipman [[Colin Shindler]]
 Jack Ripley [[Colin Shindler]]