Information for It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play at Squire Performing Arts Centre, Nottingham (Performance). A festive edition of fictional TV show Movies and Memories honouring the 1946 Christmas favourite, "It's A Wonderful Life". This new theatrical adaptation explores how the movie journeyed from Hollywood failure to feel-good, festive film success. Based on the original screenplay by Frank Capra and source material "The Greatest Gift" by Philip Van Doren.