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Allen was born in the Miles Platting area of Manchester, Lancashire, on 7 October 1926, the second child of Kitty and Jack Allen, Roman Catholics of Irish descent. At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, Allen left school at the age of 13 to work in a wire factory. He had various jobs during the war, before being called up into the Army in ...
Jan 8, 2015 · Christopher Eccleston looks at the life and works of the socialist playwright Jim Allen. In 1978, Eccleston was inspired to work in television after watching the BBC Play For Today: The Spongers.
Allen was born into a Catholic family in the Miles Platting area of Manchester in 1926. His father worked on the railways and his mother was a presser in the clothing trade. Leaving school at 13, he worked in a sheet metal shop and a fish market, before joining his brother John in the local clothing trade. In 1944 he joined the army and served ...
Christopher returns to Manchester to discover more about Jim Allen, the playwright behind The Spongers - a man who "wrote beautifully about real people's lives". His many works include Days Of ...
Jim Allen: A Man of His Words. Christopher Eccleston looks at the life and works of the Socialist playwright Jim Allen. BBC Radio 4 Extra
Jim Allen was born on 7 October 1926 in Manchester, UK. He was a writer, known for Raining Stones (1993), Coronation Street (1960) and The Wednesday Play (1964). He died on 24 June 1999 in Middleton, Manchester, UK.
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Jan 8, 2015 · Jim Allen: A Man of His Words. 4 Extra Debut. Christopher Eccleston looks at the life of the Socialist playwright Jim Allen. With Ken Loach and Jimmy McGovern. From 2015. In 1978, actor ...
