The Evacuees

The Evacuees is a 1975 episode of the BBC's Play for Today series written by Jack Rosenthal and directed by Alan Parker.

It was broadcast by the BBC on 5 March 1975. Starring Rosenthal's wife, Maureen Lipman, the filmed play is set during the blitz and, loosely based on Rosenthal's personal experiences, centres on the lives of two Jewish boys Neville and Danny, who are evacuated from Manchester to Blackpool.^[1] The Evacuees won a BAFTA for Best Play and an International Emmy. The film was released on DVD, as part of a collection of Rosenthal's work for the BBC, by Acorn Media on 4 April 2011

Cast

Maureen Lipman as Sarah Miller
Gary Carp as Danny Miller
Steven Serember as Neville Miller
Margery Mason as Mrs Graham
Ray Mort as Louis Miller
Paul Besterman as Zuckerman
Christine Buckley as office woman
Ted Carroll as fireman
Barron Casenov as Mr Grossfine
Margery Withers as Grandma Miller
Aubrey Edwards as Wilhelm
Ian East as Mr Goldstone
Ivor Roberts as Mr Graham
Laurence Cohen as Merton
Louis Raynes as Bernard
Malcolm Hebden as Man in Synagogue

References

↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/25985

External links

The Evacuees at the Internet Movie Database

The works of Jack Rosenthal

Television writing	Coronation Street (1961–69) Pardon the Expression (1965–66) There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah (1968) The Dustbinmen (1969–70) The Lovers (1970–71) Another Sunday and Sweet F.A. (1972) The Evacuees (1975) Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill (1976) Bar Mitzvah Boy (1976) Spend, Spend, Spend (1977) London's Burning (1986) Day To Remember (1986) And a Nightingale Sang (1989) About Face (1989–91) Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993) Eskimo Day (1996)

Films	The Lucky Star (1980) P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang (1982) Yentl (1983) The Chain (1984) Captain Jack (1999) Chicken Run (2000)

Stage works	Bar Mitzvah Boy (musical) (1978)

The Play for Today series

Robin Redbreast (1970)
Alma Mater (1971)
Edna, the Inebriate Woman (1971)
Evelyn (1971)
The Foxtrot (1971)
The Rank and File (1971)
Traitor (1971)
Home (1972)
Horace (1972)
Hard Labour (1973)
Penda's Fen (1974)
The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black Black Oil (1974)
Leeds United (1974)
The Evacuees (1975)
Funny Farm (1975)
Gangsters (1975)
Just Another Saturday (1975)
Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
Double Dare (1976)
Bar Mitzvah Boy (1976)
Nuts in May (1976)
Abigail's Party (1977)
Spend, Spend, Spend (1977)
The Price of Coal (1977)
The Spongers (1978)
Licking Hitler (1978)
Red Shift (1978)
The After-Dinner Joke (1978)
Our Day Out (1978)
Blue Remembered Hills (1979)
Comedians (1979)
Just a Boys' Game (1979)
The Black Stuff (1980)
The Imitation Game (1980)
The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980)
Another Flip For Dominick (1982)
Z for Zachariah (1984)
Brimstone and Treacle (1987, completed 1976)
Scum (1991, completed 1977)

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