The Evacuees is a television film written by the late Jack Rosenthal

Jack Rosenthal

Jack Morris Rosenthal CBE 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.-Biography:...

 (8 September 1931 - 29 May 2004) and directed by
Alan Parker

Alan Parker

Sir Alan William Parker, CBE is an English film director, producer, writer and actor. He has been active in both the British cinema and American cinema and was a founding member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain.-Life and career:...

 (The Commitments, Evita). It was broadcast by the BBC

BBC Television

BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television...

 on 5 March 1975. Starring Rosenthal's wife, Maureen Lipman

Maureen Lipman

Maureen Diane Lipman CBE is a British film, theatre and television actress, columnist and comedienne.-Early life:Lipman was born in Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, the daughter of Maurice Julius Lipman and Zelma Pearlman. Her father was a tailor; he used to have a shop between the...

, the film is set during the blitz and, loosely based on Rosenthal's personal experiences, centres on the lives of two jewish boys who are evacuated from Manchester to Blackpool.

The Evacuees won a BAFTA for Best Play and an International Emmy.

The film will be released on DVD, as part of a collection of films by Jack Rosenthal, by Acorn Media on 4 April 2011*