Educating Rita as Rita and Edward Herrmann as Frank. The production was directed by Bruce Paltrow and was critically acclaim with critics touting McKenzie's performance as "wonderfully beguiling and irrepressible...one of the best performances of the year". From 26 March-8 May 2010, as part of the Willy Russell season at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Laura Dos Santos reprised her radio performance on stage as Rita alongside Larry Lamb as Frank. This was the production's first London West End revival. This production transferred to the Trafalgar Studios in London's West End from 8 July-30 October 2010, produced by Sonia Friedman. Laura Dos Santos
Educating Greater Manchester Educating Greater Manchester Educating Greater Manchester is the fifth series of the BAFTA award-winning British documentary television programme "Educating" broadcast on Channel 4. The eight-episode fifth series began broadcast from 31 August 2017. The documentary follows previous installments in the "Educating..." series including the BAFTA Award-winning "Educating Essex" (2011), "Educating Yorkshire" (2013), "Educating the East End" (2014) and "Educating Cardiff" (2015). The fifth series was filmed at Harrop Fold School in Little Hulton, Salford. Channel 4 confirmed in January 2018 that the "Educating" programme was renewed for two further series, set to air in 2018 and 2019. For the first