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Jack Thorne is a writer who has enjoyed great success with his scripts for the stage, cinema and television, winning five BAFTA awards for his TV work.

His theatre credits include the international hit play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which has won major awards in London and New York. For television, his recent successes include his adaptation of His Dark Materials, from the books by Philip Pullman, and The Virtues, co-written with Shane Meadows, and starring Stephen Graham.

Jack was born in Bristol in 1978. His mother was a care worker, and her experiences partly inspired his 2021 TV drama Help, set in a care home during the pandemic.

As a student at Cambridge University, Jack became involved in student drama, but had to halt his studies for a year when he became seriously ill with cholinergic urticaria, which he describes as an extreme form of \\u2018prickly heat... which feels like you\\u2019re burning from the inside.\\u2019 While he enjoys better health now, this experience informed his writing, and he has campaigned for more opportunities and better representation for disabled people, on both sides of the camera. In 2021 he gave the MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival, in which he argued that TV has failed disabled people.

DISC ONE: Common People (At Glastonbury 1995) by Pulp\\nDISC TWO: Blah Blah Caf\\xe9 by Jean-Michel Jarre \\nDISC THREE: The Red Flag by Billy Bragg \\nDISC FOUR: Spasticus Autisticus by John Kelly and the Graeae Theatre Company\\nDISC FIVE: Lippy Kids by Elbow \\nDISC SIX: 54-46 That\\u2019s My Number by Toots and the Maytals \\nDISC SEVEN: Skeleton Key by Audrey Nugent\\nDISC EIGHT: End credit music from the film E.T. by John Williams

BOOK CHOICE: Miller Plays: 1 by Arthur Miller\\nLUXURY ITEM: TV with Channel 4 archive only\\nCASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Skeleton Key by Audrey Nugent

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