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The Evacuees (1975) (TV)
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Jack Rosenthal (writer)
Release Date:
5 March 1975 (UK)
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The experiences of two young Jewish boys evacuated from Manchester to Blackpool during the Blitz. | add synopsis
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Both delightfully and sadly affecting tale without sentimentality: highly recommended.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Margery Withers | ... | Grandma |
| Ian East | ... | Mr. Goldstone |
| Gary Carp | ... | Danny |
| Aubrey Edwards | ... | Wilhelm |
| Michael Marcus | ... | Winkler |
| Paul Besterman | ... | Zuckerman |
| Steven Serember | ... | Neville |
| Laurence Cohen | ... | Merton |
| Ray Mort | ... | Louis |
| Maureen Lipman | ... | Sarah |
| Bob West | ... | Workman |
| Gwen Harris | ... | First Housewife |
| Joyce Kennedy | ... | Second Housewife |
| Marjorie Sudell | ... | Third Housewife |
| Margery Mason | ... | Mrs. Graham |
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'The Evacuees' is a television play written by one of Britain's most talented and experienced playwrights and screenwriters, the late Jack Rosenthal (he won a BAFTA award for 'The Evacuees'); the play is based on his wartime experiences with other Jewish boy evacuees from Manchester. It is a beautifully affecting tale without the slightest hint of schmaltz: sometimes funny, sometimes sad (particularly and poignantly if one considers the fate of these boys in the event of a Nazi victory over Britain, which at the time of the play's setting was still being contested) this is really evocative and enthralling t.v. drama.
Marvellously well acted by the entire cast and ably directed by Alan Parker, 'The Evacuees' rates as one of the best BBC-produced t.v. plays to come out of Britain in the 1970s, in my opinion, and that is saying a lot. Well worth watching: one ought to make a point of seeing it and to try to see it if and when one can. I only wish the BBC produced on DVD 'The Evacuees' and other worthy television plays from the 1960s through to the 1980s for present and future viewing audiences. It is a great shame that so many of these great plays for television are 'lost' or otherwise inaccessible to future audiences.