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Jimmy McGovern

Writing

  • Born
  • January 1, 1949
  • Place of birth
  • Liverpool, England

Biography

Born in Liverpool in September, 1949, James Stanley "Jimmy" McGovern is an English screenwriter and producer. He created the television series Cracker, a popular and critical success in the UK, for which he received two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America.

As actor 7

World in Action poster
World in Action
1963
Remembers… poster
Remembers…
2022
Celebrity Mastermind poster
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Hillsborough poster
Hillsborough
1996
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain poster
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain
2015
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa poster
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010
Dockers: Writing the Wrongs poster
Dockers: Writing the Wrongs
1999

On the crew 33

Brookside poster
Brookside
1982
Screen Two poster
Screen Two
1985
Accused poster
Accused
2010
ScreenPlay poster
ScreenPlay
1986
Cracker poster
Cracker
1993
Moving On poster
Moving On
2009
Time poster
Time
2021
Accusé poster
Accusé
2015
The Play on One poster
The Play on One
1988
The Lakes poster
The Lakes
1997
Cracker poster
Cracker
1997
The Street poster
The Street
2006
Priest poster
Priest
1995
Banished poster
Banished
2015
Gunpowder, Treason & Plot poster
Gunpowder, Treason & Plot
2004
Hearts and Minds poster
Hearts and Minds
1995
Unforgivable poster
Unforgivable
2025
Go Now poster
Go Now
1995
Cracker: White Ghost poster
Cracker: White Ghost
1996
Liam poster
Liam
2001
Reg poster
Reg
2016
Hillsborough poster
Hillsborough
1996
Redfern Now: Promise Me poster
Redfern Now: Promise Me
2015
Heart poster
Heart
1999
Anthony poster
Anthony
2020
Dockers poster
Dockers
1999
Care poster
Care
2018
Needle poster
Needle
1990
Sunday poster
Sunday
2002
Gas and Candles poster
Gas and Candles
1991
Common poster
Common
2014
To Be A Somebody
1994
Traitors poster
Traitors
1990