 Lancel made his final appearance as Frank on 5 March 2012; when the character met his demise.Frank's murder was part of a whodunnit plot, and the murderer was revealed to be the character's own mother, Anne, in a shock twist.In 2012, Lancel returned to the stage when he was cast as former Beatles manager Brian Epstein in "Epstein – The Man Who Made the Beatles" a new play by Andrew Sherlock which debuted at the "Epstein Theatre"in Liverpool on 15 November 2012.