Jack Rosenthal Writer

Jack Morris Rosenthal CBE (8 September 1931 – 29 May 2004) 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. He wrote the 1986 made-for-television film London's Burning for London Weekend Television, which proved so successful that it was adapted into the television series of the same name, which ran from 1988 until 2002.

Personal facts

Birth dateSeptember 08, 1931
Birth place
England , Manchester , Cheetham Hill
Date of deathMay 29, 2004
Place of death
England , London
Education
University of Sheffield
Spouse
Children
Amy Rosenthal

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award
British Academy of Film and Television Arts

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