Adele Rose
British television writer (1933-2020)
Adele Rose (8 December 1933 – 28 December 2020) was an English television writer. She was the longest-serving scriptwriter for the soap opera Coronation Street, writing 457 scripts over a period of 37 years from 1961, and was the first woman to write for the show. She also originated the series Byker Grove (1989–2006), aimed at teenagers.
Biography
Rose was born in Salford, and raised in a Jewish family. Her parents were Clara (née Simons) and Sydney Rose, who was a manager at Great Universal Stores, the family's mail-order business. Adele initially worked as a secretary at Granada Television in the promotions department, which prepared links for the station's continuity announcers to read. Jack Rosenthal, a former colleague in the department who had already collaborated with her, suggested she should write for Coronation Street. After noticing the programme lacked any female writers, Rose contacted Coronation Street's script editor Harry Kershaw, suggesting she should join the programme's writing team. Accepted, she debuted on episode 40, screened in May 1961. Rosenthal encouraged Rose by co-writing some episodes with her.
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