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Jack Rosenthal

Writer, Producer, Additional Credits
Born September 8, 1931Died May 29, 2004 (72 years)
Jack Morris Rosenthal was an English playwright, who wrote 129 early episodes of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street and over 150 screenplays, including original TV plays, feature films, and adaptations.

A street in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester is named after him, appropriately next to a centre of contemporary art, theatre and film that opened in 2015, HOME.

Known For

  • Yentl
  • Kipperbang
  • London's Burning
  • The Chain
  • Captain Jack
  • Ready When You Are Mr. McGill
  • Experience Preferred... But Not Essential
  • The Knowledge
  • The Lovers!
  • Interview Day
  • The Duchess of Duke Street
  • Those Glory Glory Days
  • The Lucky Star
  • Coronation Street
  • London's Burning
  • Lucky Jim
  • Arthur's Hallowed Ground
  • Cold Enough for Snow
  • Forever Young
  • Play for Today
  • Secrets

Filmography

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