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Set during the World War I, the programme recounts the storyof how the authors soldier son goes missing in action

Hes already received rave reviews for hisstint treading the boards in the West End play Equus. Andnow Harry Potter star DanielRadcliffe is set to further cement his thespianscope with his first TV lead in one-off drama My Boy Jack,which airs in the autumn.

Swapping his Hogwarts cape for the dashing uniform of the IrishGuards, the 18-year-old is to play Rudyard Kiplings son in thetrue-to-life World War I drama. The programme recounts how17-year-old John Jack Kipling goes missing in action after hisfather pulled strings to get him accepted into the Army - despitehis poor eyesight. Jack never returned, leaving his parentsagonising over his fate and provoking the author to pen a movingpoem about the search for information on what had befallen thelad.


Daniel - who when he turned 18 came into the£23 million fortune generated by playing Harry- has often spoken of his desire to play more varied and adultroles. And a personal interest in the First World War means hesparticularly enthusiastic about the new project. "Ive always beenfascinated by the subject," he told one US magazine. "And I thinkits as relevant today as it ever was."




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