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Jimmy McGovern

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  • Producer
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Jimmy McGovern
Jimmy McGovern was born in September 1949 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for The Street (2006), Cracker (1993) and Moving On (2009).
BornSeptember 1949
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BornSeptember 1949
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  • Won 4 BAFTA Awards
    • 25 wins & 29 nominations total

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Jimmy McGovern and Colin McKeown in Granada Reports (1992)

Known for

Jim Broadbent, Jane Horrocks, Timothy Spall, and Sue Johnston in The Street (2006)
The Street
8.3
TV Series
  • Writer
Robbie Coltrane in Cracker (1993)
Cracker
8.5
TV Series
  • Writer
Sally Phillips in Moving On (2009)
Moving On
7.5
TV Series
  • Writer
Sean Bean and Stephen Graham in Time (2021)
Time
8.2
TV Series
  • Writer(creator)

Credits

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Writer

  • Time
    • writer
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Sean Bean and Stephen Graham in Time (2021)
    Time
    • created by
    • written by (creator)
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Michael Chiklis and Abigail Breslin in Accused (2023)
    Accused
    • based on the BBC UK television series created by
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Sally Phillips in Moving On (2009)
    Moving On
    • series created by
    • written by
    • creator
    • TV Series
    • 2010–2021
  • Toheeb Jimoh in Anthony (2020)
    Anthony
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 2020
  • Sheridan Smith in Care (2018)
    Care
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 2018
  • Broken (2017)
    Broken
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Tim Roth in Reg (2016)
    Reg
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 2016
  • Clémentine Célarié, Lorànt Deutsch, Hélène de Fougerolles, Isabelle Gélinas, Pascal Légitimus, and Bruno Wolkowitch in Defendant (2015)
    Defendant
    • creator: Accused (creator)
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Banished (2015)
    Banished
    • writer
    • created by
    • written by
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2015
  • Common (2014)
    Common
    • script
    • TV Movie
    • 2014
  • Sean Bean, Anne-Marie Duff, and Robert Sheehan in Accused (2010)
    Accused
    • by
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 2010–2012
  • Jim Broadbent, Jane Horrocks, Timothy Spall, and Sue Johnston in The Street (2006)
    The Street
    • creator
    • written by
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 2006–2009
  • Robbie Coltrane in Cracker (1993)
    Cracker
    • creator
    • written by
    • excerpts written by ...
    • TV Series
    • 1993–2006
  • Cracker (2006)
    Cracker
    • characters created by
    • written by (uncredited)
    • TV Movie
    • 2006
  • Robert Carlyle and Clémence Poésy in Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (2004)
    Gunpowder, Treason & Plot
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 2004

Producer

  • Time
    • executive producer
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Sean Bean and Stephen Graham in Time (2021)
    Time
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Michael Chiklis and Abigail Breslin in Accused (2023)
    Accused
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Sheridan Smith in Care (2018)
    Care
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2018
  • Broken (2017)
    Broken
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Redfern Now: Promise Me (2015)
    Redfern Now: Promise Me
    • story producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2015
  • Banished (2015)
    Banished
    • executive producer: RSJ Films
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2015
  • Common (2014)
    Common
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2014
  • Redfern Now (2012)
    Redfern Now
    • story producer
    • TV Series
    • 2012–2013
  • Sean Bean, Anne-Marie Duff, and Robert Sheehan in Accused (2010)
    Accused
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2010–2012
  • Jim Broadbent, Jane Horrocks, Timothy Spall, and Sue Johnston in The Street (2006)
    The Street
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2006–2009
  • Sally Phillips in Moving On (2009)
    Moving On
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2009

Additional Crew

  • Sally Phillips in Moving On (2009)
    Moving On
    • series story editor
    • TV Series
    • 2013–2021

Personal details

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  • Born
    • September 1949
    • Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
  • Parents
      William McGovern
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    • 2 Interviews
    • 1 Article

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Left school at sixteen but later went back into higher education and became a teacher in his late twenties.
  • Quotes
    [on finding out Robbie Coltrane was to be cast as Fitz in Cracker] I was suicidal.....I thought it was the biggest mistake ever made...because I had this thin wiry guy in mind. I was going to walk, I was on the phone to my agent and then the first few rushes came out .... and he was absolutely astounding.

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