Christopher eccleston says jimmy mcgoverns hillsborough. Jimmy mcgovern s dramatisation of the hillsborough football stadium disaster both investigates the police actions which caused it and explores its effects on the victims families, skilfully using the dramatised documentary form to weave together public issues and private emotion founded in investigative journalism, hillsborough dramatises court transcripts and documents new evidence which. To dismiss jimmy mcgovern s powerful drama about the origins and aftermath of the disaster as special pleading would be to miss the point. Hillsborough docudrama on itv this weekend granada itv.
Jimmy mcgoverns moving tv tribute to his muchmissed friend. He created the television series cracker 19931995, a popular and critical success in the uk, for which he received two edgar awards from the mystery writers of america. James stanley mcgovern born september 1949 in liverpool is an english screenwriter and. His teleography includes such seminal dramas as dockers 1999, the lakes 19971999, the street 20062009, accused 20102012 and common 2014. Bloody sunday and hillsborough dramas helped to tell the truth jimmy mcgovern is known for his gritty screenplays, including dramas about bloody sunday and the hillsborough. Sep 30, 2015 jimmy mcgovern is one of the uks most celebrated television screenwriters.
Jimmy mcgovern contact information celebritiesworldwide. Aug 21, 2009 written by jimmy mcgovern cracker, the street, hillsborough is an emotionally powerful and highly acclaimed dramatisation of personal grief and public issues in the wake of the 1989 hillsborough. Jimmy was awarded the lifetime achievement award from the royal television society in march 2018. May 12, 2017 bbc one is to air a new drama from jimmy mcgovern, starring sean bean and anna friel. Oct 03, 2012 hillsborough inquests shown video footage of how disaster unfolded on 15 april 1989 duration. Jimmy mcgovern delivers his screenwriters lecture bafta. His docudrama, hillsborough, was also well received. The inquest into the events that day began on march 31 last year. Download citation jimmy mcgovern this, the first book length study of one of. Hillsborough docudrama on itv this weekend granada itv news. Catholic preoccupation with sin is perfect training for a.
Jimmy mcgovern, muchgarlanded progenitor of cracker and hillsborough, is round the back of the boathouse, leaning on one of the ambulances, smoking, and looking thoroughly out of context in urban. The result, hillsborough, was hailed by the families as an utterly truthful account of their experiences and even the south yorkshire police, portrayed throughout the piece as. Jimmy mcgovern s powerful telling of the hillsborough tale is mindnumbing and compelling. Jimmy mcgovern s drama based on the events at the hillsborough stadium when 96 people died and hundreds were injured because of catastrophic overcrowding and crowd management by the police at an fa cup semi final in april 1989. A very poor show indeed from the man who penned cracker. Mcgovern cut his teeth on continuing drama brookside 19821988, writing many plotlines over the course of his six.
He may be the criticallyacclaimed writer of accused and hillsborough, but jimmy mcgovern has revealed that he was scared about making. He later went on to write his famous hillsborough drama documentary, but before getting to that, he touched upon his success with the first series of. James stanley mcgovern born september 1949 in liverpool is an english screenwriter and producer. Hillsborough ward, a ward electing 3 members to sheffield city council hillsborough stadium, home of sheffield wednesday football club hillsborough disaster, a 1989 crush which killed 96 football spectators. To unlock contact details for jimmy mcgoverns agent and jimmy mcgoverns management staff, simply log in or register online today. Newspapers cited hillsborough as a factor in a new inquiry set up in 1997.
Apr 20, 2017 jimmy mcgovern read more related articles. News, articles and discussions regarding british tv shows, film and standup. Jimmy mcgovern s landmark hillsborough film was first aired 20 years ago today. The book therefore acts partly as a survey of the way that. Jul 04, 2014 throughout his long career, the television writer jimmy mcgovern has railed against injustice. His series accused aired from 2010 to 2012 on bbc one. Mar 10, 2015 in hillsborough, mcgoverns moving, difficult 1996 tv film about the tragedy, he told the story of the ongoing campaign for justice for the 96 victims. Jimmy mcgoverns hillsborough repeated tonight digital spy. Description of jimmy mcgovern this, the primary ebook size examine of one in all britains main tv writers, jimmy mcgovern, hyperlinks his work to key modifications in british tv over the past thirty years.
A number of grieving families in the uk struggle to come to terms with the unexpected and tragic 1989 hillsborough disaster, in. Hillsborough inquests shown video footage of how disaster unfolded on 15 april 1989 duration. Dramadocumentary credited with galvanising battle for justice. Maras interviews one of the uks most prolific and wellregarded screenwriters, jimmy mcgovern. Boys from the black stuff to jimmy mcgovern s dockers to ken loachs riffraff. I have seen jimmy mcgoverns work before and regard him as extremely talented and found his series the street thoroughly absorbing, and i can honestly say. Due to the exceptional circumstances surrounding the release of the hillsborough report, jimmy mcgovern has given bbc writersroom special permission to publish his original script of hillsborough. Synopsis hollywood star sean bean heads an impressive cast in this poignant and powerful series centred around father michael kerrigan, a catholic priest presiding over an urban parish in northern england. Jimmy mcgovern on new bbc drama broken the exclusive channel.
Jimmy has been found in 15 states including colorado, new jersey, texas, louisiana, rhode island, and 10 others. He has also received recognition for hillsborough, the lakes, the street and accused, among others. Apr 29, 2016 itv is to air jimmy mcgovern s awardwinning docudrama hillsborough this sunday after this weeks inquests conclusions that the 96 fans who died in the 1989 disaster were unlawfully killed the. Drama drama based on the real life events of april 1989, when ninetysix liverpool supporters were crushed to death during an f. Therefore, it does not reflect information released with the report of the hillsborough independent panel. He has written dramas about the fallout from both hillsborough and bloody sunday and, more recently. Bean is father michael kerrigan, a catholic priest in a northern urban parish, who must be confidant, counsellor and. Hillsborough is a television film written by jimmy mcgovern and starring christopher eccleston and ricky tomlinson. We have 10 records for jimmy mcgovern ranging in age from 24 years old to 68 years old. Drawing on a wide range of examples from his films, mcgovern outlines the central place of morals. Sep 30, 2015 jimmy mcgovern reveals us to ourselves as no other british writer does. Jun 03, 2016 jimmy mcgovern is a writer wellknown for bringing controversial stories to our televisions with dramas like hillsborough and accused. Join facebook to connect with jimmy mcgovern and others you may know.
Mcgovern, jimmy 1949 writer, producer in an age in which an increasingly commerciallyoriented british television drama has supposedly moved away from the writerled model that sustained it from the 1950s to the mid1980s, jimmy mcgovern is one of a handful of writers to have thrived without compromising his principles. Jimmy mcgovern s 1996 drama exploring how 96 spectators lost their lives at a 1989 fa cup semifinal at hillsborough stadium in sheffield. Bbc radio 4 front row, jimmy mcgovern, james schamus, alexi. Jimmy mcgovern was paralysed with fear about writing reg keys. This, the first book length study of one of britains leading television writers, jimmy mcgovern, links his work to key changes in british television over the last thirty years. Christopher eccleston and ricky tomlinson star in the baftawinning itv drama hillsborough 12, released by network dvd on 7th. Archive eleanor rathbone social justice public lecture. Jimmy mcgovern s dramatisation of the hillsborough football stadium disaster both investigates the police actions which caused it and explores its effects on the victims families, skilfully using the dramatised documentary form to weave together public issues and private emotion founded in investigative journalism, hillsborough dramatises court transcripts and documents new. Meticulously researched they both challenged the prevailing view that the fans were responsible for their own death and catalogued a. Jimmy mcgovern was born in september 1949 in liverpool, merseyside, england as james stanley mcgovern. Cup semifinal match against nottingham forest at sheffield wednesdays hillsborough stadium. Looking at these photos of liverpool sometimes poignant, moving and stark i experience a whole new side of the 1980s.
Hillsborough is a television film written by jimmy mcgovern and starring christopher eccleston. Set between 1989 and 1991, the film is a dramatization of the hillsborough disaster, which saw 96 football supporters lose their lives at hillsborough in sheffield. Jimmy mcgovern born 1949 is a bafta awardwinning english television scriptwriter from liverpool. You have only to think of cracker, the lakes, hillsborough, the street, accused or banished, all of them governed by an integrity, held together by great storytelling. He left school aged 16 and took a series of lowskilled jobs until he returned to education as a mature student and qualified as a teacher in his late twenties. It followed a similar format to the street but with a crime component. Jimmy mcgovern is a bafta awardwinning english television scriptwriter from liverpool. Jimmy mcgovern agent contact details, jimmy mcgovern biography and celebrity agents. How can i contact jimmy mcgoverns management team or agent details. Jimmy mcgovern is one of the best drama writers ever. In hindsight, jimmy mcgovern s hillsborough is possibly a little overrated, as it doesnt exactly go out of its way to let the audience. Jimmy mcgovern was born in 1949 in innercity liverpool.
This is hillsboroughjimmy mcgovern by susan shaw on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. After exploring the aftermath of the hillsborough deaths in to be somebody, a threepart cracker storyline. The film follows three families, from their initial excitement at getting tickets for the game, to the disaster and the subsequent emotional and legal struggles. Itv to screen jimmy mcgovern s hillsborough this sunday in light of yesterdays inquest verdict, the broadcaster will reshow the awardwinning film that tells the story of the 1989 disaster and. The series writers included mcgovern, danny brocklehurst, alice nutter and shaun duggan. When jimmy mcgovern s harrowing dramadocumentary on the hillsborough disaster was broadcast on television in december 1996, the shock was palpable. Itv will air jimmy mcgoverns baftawinning hillsborough in. Now his own fixation with the 1989 disaster has put him at odds with the law.
Imagine that jimmy mcgovern s drama was pure fiction. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes. The writers i admire write about things that matter. Itv will air jimmy mcgoverns baftawinning hillsborough. May 06, 2017 catholic preoccupation with sin is perfect training for a writer jimmy mcgovern. Almost 20 years on from broadcast, and 26 years from the horrors in sheffield, mcgovern is still haunted. Jimmy mcgoverns hillsborough drama to screen on itv this.
Jimmy mcgovern s dramatisation of the hillsborough football stadium disaster both investigates the police actions which caused it and explores its effects on the victims families, skilfully using the dramatised documentary form to weave together public issues and private emotion. Sep 25, 20 in hindsight, jimmy mcgoverns hillsborough is possibly a little overrated, as it doesnt exactly go out of its way to let the audience draw its own conclusions about undoubtedly one of the most flagrant instances of british legal corruption in the twentieth century. A number of grieving families in the uk struggle to come to terms with the unexpected and tragic 1989 hillsborough disaster, in which 95 football fans were crushed to death. Father michael must be a confidant, counsellor and confessor to a congregation struggling. We should be in a golden age of drama but were not ahead of an appearance at the galway film centre, jimmy mcgovern, writer of tv dramas cracker, hillsborough and sunday. From the foreword by jimmy mcgovern the reader is immediately engaged im from the south and lived through loads of money 80s and excess in the city. The story has been told many times since, and has moved several steps closer to justice for the families, but this humane account drawing directly on narratives from the families themselves can not fail to both move a viewer, and instil a string sense.
Scottie road writers workshop launches its first book. He has now written reg, a featurelength film for bbc one. Mcgovern also wrote the script for the television docudrama hillsborough 1996, based. Haunted by hillsborough jimmy mcgovern created cracker, itvs obsessive police psychologist. Written by jimmy mcgovern cracker, the street, hillsborough is an emotionally powerful and highly acclaimed dramatisation of personal grief and public issues in the wake of the 1989 hillsborough. But even if its message could have been stated a little more subtly, it. Jimmy mcgovern on his new drama broken and missing out on anna friel first time around itv to screen jimmy mcgoverns hillsborough this sunday bbc1 to remake period drama howards end and mystery. Itv is to air jimmy mcgovern s awardwinning docudrama hillsborough this sunday after this weeks inquests conclusions that the 96 fans who died in the 1989 disaster were unlawfully killed the. On 29 september, jimmy mcgovern cracker, hillsborough, the street will deliver the fourth in this years bafta and bfi screenwriters lecture series, in.
Jenni hicks, whose daughters sarah, 19, and victoria, 15, were among 96 who died at hillsborough 28 years ago arrived with writer jimmy mcgovern right. With tracey wilkinson, kevin knapman, mark womack, sarah graham. Families of hillsborough disasters 96 victims at court. Arthur, who died, aged 59, from pancreatic cancer last october, was set to write the episode. Hillsborough drama shown again on itv tonight at 10. Jimmy mcgoverns landmark hillsborough film was first. With hillsborough and sunday his drama about bloody sunday, you have. Speaking to a packed audience in the universitys eleanor rathbone lecture theatre, jimmy mcgovern opened with a discussion of hillsborough, and perceptions of football fans at that time. I magine for a moment that hillsborough never happened. Mcgovern s versatility has meant that his work ranges from soap opera to crime series, studio based single drama to art house features for theatrical release. Awardwinning writer jimmy mcgovern says sean bean, star of his new series broken, is his wildest dream as an actor. Mcgovern s versatility has meant that his work ranges from.
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