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Looking After Jo Jo (1998) (TV)
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12 January 1998 (UK) moreAwards:
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A Triumph for Robert Carlyle moreCast
(Credited cast) | Robert Carlyle | ... | John Joe 'Jo Jo' McCann |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | George Anton | ... | Steve |
| Patricia Brake | ... | Doro |
| Kenneth Bryans | ... | Jamie Crichton |
| Juliet Cadzow | ... | Lorraine's mother |
| Matt Costello | ... | Ian |
| Graham De Banzie | ... | Neighbour |
| Bob Docherty | ... | Sheriff |
| Ron Donachie | ... | Des |
| Sheila Donald | ... | Old lady |
| Paul Doonan | ... | Eddie |
 | Steven Duffy | ... | Thingme |
| Gilly Gilchrist | ... | D.C. Gordon Monk |
| Joseph Greig | ... | Pensioner (as Joe Greig) |
| Ellie Haddington | ... | Mary McCann |
| Kathryn Howden | ... | Sarah |
| Robert James | ... | High Court judge |
| David Johnston | ... | Jamie |
| Michael MacKenzie | ... | Senior Fiscal |
| Mandy Matthews | ... | Carol |
| Libby McArthur | ... | Tricia |
| Billy McColl | ... | Billy |
| Jenny McCrindle | ... | Lorraine |
| Billy McElhaney | ... | Jackie McCann |
| Tom McGovern | ... | Davey Fenton |
| Lizzy McInnerny | ... | Clare |
| David McKay | ... | Malcie |
 | Kevin McKidd | ... | Basil |
| Thomas McTaggart | ... | Young Jo Jo |
| Craig Moncur | ... | Christy's mate |
| Alexander Morton | ... | DS Alistair Wright |
| Aline Mowat | ... | Christine |
 | Michael Nardone | ... | Big Danny |
 | Helen Raw | ... | Drug Addict |
| Annie Louise Ross | ... | Malcie's mother (as Ann Louise Ross) |
| Ida Schuster | ... | Essie |
| Malcolm Shields | ... | Eddie's father |
| Ewan Stewart | ... | Charlie McCann |
| Michael Stewart | ... | Christy McCann |
| Laurie Ventry | ... | Doctor |
| Julie T. Wallace | ... | Billy's mother |
| Graeme Alexander Young | ... | Advocate (as Graham Alexander Young) |
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50 min (4 episodes)Country:
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Looking After JoJo traces the career of a petty thief turned drug dealer in 1980's Edinburgh. We first meet the title character as a pleasant if misguided young man surviving in a bleak housing estate and aspiring to the trappings of a successful criminal. Unfortunately for him, and for most of the other characters in the mini-series, it is a time of heroin addiction and AIDS. We watch JoJo become ensnared in the drugs scene and his deterioration is both painful to watch and very moving. Robert Carlyle's performance is extraordinarily complex and textured. He is ably supported by Jenny McCrindle, Ewan Stewart and Trainspotting's Kevin McKidd. This isn't the fast-moving MTV drug scene of Trainspotting but a more character-oriented, leisurely look at the human cost of drug addiction.