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.
Guilt, violence and impossible choices – what does it take to survive? Tense, gritty and heartbreaking – Jimmy McGovern's award-winning prison drama, with an all-star cast.
Release Date:2021-06-06
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:202
In July 2005, black teenager Anthony Walker was murdered by two white men in an unprovoked racist attack in a Liverpool park. He was just 18 years old. This film tells the story of how this talented young man's life might have turned out.
Release Date:2020-07-27
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:6
Jenny, a single mother raising two daughters after her husband leaves, is aided by her widowed mother, Mary. But Jenny struggles to stay afloat after Mary suffers a devastating stroke and develops dementia.
Release Date:2018-12-09
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:9
In June 2003, Reg Keys and his wife Sally return to their home in the Welsh countryside. As they switch on the TV to hear six military policemen have been murdered in Iraq, two men arrive bearing the terrible news that their son, Tom, was among them.
Release Date:2016-06-06
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:10
Sleaford Mods - Invisible Britain shows the most exciting and uncompromising British band in years sticking two fingers up to the zeitgeist and articulating the rage and desperation of those without a voice in austerity Britain. The film follows Sleaford Mods on a tour of the UK in the run up to the 2015 General Election, visiting the neglected, broken down and boarded up parts of the country that many would prefer to ignore. Part band doc, part look at the state of the nation, the documentary features individuals and communities attempting to find hope among the ruins, against a blistering soundtrack by Sleaford Mods.
Release Date:2015-10-03
Character:Himself
Vote Count:1
Two young women are raped on their way home. The story follows the lives of both women and the different ways they deal with the crime.
Release Date:2015-04-09
Department:Writing
Job:Creative Producer
Vote Count:3
At its heart, Banished is a story of survival. Though it is set in the stark historical reality of the founding of the penal colony in Australia in 1788 after the arrival of the First Fleet, it is not the story of Australia and how it came to be. Rather, it is a tale of love, faith, justice and morality played out on an epic scale in a confined community where the stakes are literally life and death.
Release Date:2015-03-05
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:7
Vote Count:25
Six stories about six people facing accusations in court.
Release Date:2015-01-14
Department:Crew
Job:Creator
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:4
Multi-award-winning writer Jimmy McGovern's brand new film based on the UK's controversial joint enterprise law. Jimmy McGovern's gritty drama stars Nico Mirallegro as guileless 17 year old Johnjo O'Shea, who goes from innocent bystander to accessory to premeditated murder after giving a few friends a lift.
Release Date:2014-07-06
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:23
How certain people end up being accused of a crime.
Release Date:2010-11-15
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:10
Vote Count:50
Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash discuss the creation of The Royle Family, with a look behind the scenes at the production of the show and interviews with the cast.
Release Date:2010-11-10
Character:Self
Vote Count:4
Moving On is a British television series set in contemporary Britain consisting of standalone dramas all sharing the theme of someone going through some kind of change in their life and moving on.
Release Date:2009-05-18
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Episode Count:40
Vote Count:9
Anthology drama following the lives and passions of neighbors on a northern English street.
Release Date:2006-04-13
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:18
Vote Count:11
Mini series depicting the turbulent and bloody reigns of Scottish monarchs Mary, Queen of Scots and her son King James VI of Scotland who became King James I of England and foiled the Gunpowder Plot.
Release Date:2004-03-14
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:22
Sunday tells the story of an infamous day in Derry, North of Ireland and how the events of that day were subsequently covered up by the British Government of the time. On Sunday 30th January 1972 a peaceful civil rights march against internment (imprisonment without trial), organised by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) ended with 13 marchers shot dead and 15 wounded. It became known throughout the world as Bloody Sunday. Told primarily from the perspective of the Derry community, juxtaposed with the British Army/state's preparations and reaction to the day, Sunday communicates the forensic and emotional truth of what happened
Release Date:2002-01-28
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:8
A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa's dad loses his job. Liam, who's about 8, making his first Holy Communion, gets a regular dose of fire and brimstone at church. Teresa, about 13, has a job as a maid to the Jewish family that owns the closed shipyard. The lady of that house is having an affair, and Teresa becomes an accomplice. Liam stutters terribly, especially when troubled. Dad comes under the sway of the Fascists, who blame cheap Irish labor and Jewish owners. A Molotov cocktail brings things to a head.
Release Date:2001-01-23
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:34
The compelling tale of how a group of sacked dockers got together with scriptwriter Jimmy McGovern and novelist Irvine Welsh to turn their unique story into a film. In September 1995, five men were sacked for walking off the job when their overtime agreement was ditched. Dockers: Writing The Wrongs tells how the dockers spent a year producing the script based on their own experiences of the dramatic two and a half year dispute.
Release Date:1999-07-11
Character:Himself
Jimmy McGovern's depiction of the mid 90s Liverpool dockers strike. Featuring script contributions from Irvine Welsh and the real dockers themselves
Release Date:1999-07-10
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:9
A woman, plastered in blood, is arrested by a grave, and a tale of loss, lust and jealousy slowly unfolds.
Release Date:1999-01-01
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:11
Crime drama based on the UK TV series about Gerry "Fitz" Fitzgerald, a brilliant but troubled criminal psychologist working alongside the Los Angeles police department.
Release Date:1997-09-18
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:8
Compelling BBC1 drama series embracing sex, death and Catholic guilt, set in a small community in the Lake District. The first four-part series centred on newcomer Danny Kavanagh; the second 10-part series featured other characters in the community.
Release Date:1997-09-14
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:14
Vote Count:10
A British businessman operating in Hong Kong has feelings of inferiority and turns to murder when he faces bankruptcy.
Release Date:1996-10-28
Department:Crew
Job:Creator
Drama based on the real life events of April 1989, when ninety-six Liverpool supporters were crushed to death during an F.A. Cup Semi-Final match against Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium. This movie follows three Liverpudlian families before the match, during the tragedy and at the ensuing court battles which tried to decide who was to blame and what went wrong.
Release Date:1996-09-11
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Character:Football Dad
Vote Count:19
Nick, is a young Scottish soccer player living in the big city. He meets Karen, and the two fall in love and move in together. Soon after, Nick exhibits signs of serious illness. As his body slowly succumbs to multiple sclerosis, he experiences a wide sweep of jagged emotions, and in the process gives himself and those who love him the strength to carry on.
Release Date:1995-09-16
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:16
The deeply held religious convictions of an idealistic young priest are challenged when he must face extraordinary events within his own congregation.
Release Date:1995-03-24
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:134
A young teacher begins work at a tough Liverpool comprehensive, where he has to deal with racism, homophobia and his students' poor backgrounds.
Release Date:1995-02-16
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:4
Vote Count:3
The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.
Release Date:1993-09-27
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:16
Vote Count:107
Black comedy play about two pensioners struggling to manage on an old-age pension and living in a high-rise block of flats.
Release Date:1991-08-01
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
A play about the gunpowder plot written from a new angle by Jimmy McGovern.
Release Date:1990-11-05
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Needle paints a harrowing picture of a Liverpool overrun by drugs, charting a young man's nightmarish descent into intravenous heroin use and AIDS and a police and political leadership incapable of the imagination or courage necessary to respond to the drug problem.
Release Date:1990-09-12
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:1
Centres around the Mitchell family, who are dealing with the devastating aftermath of an act of abuse, and the knowledge that it was perpetrated by a member of their own family who, after serving his sentence, has just been released from prison
Department:Directing
Job:Director
A series of plays specially written for television.
Release Date:1988-01-19
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:3
The ground-breaking soap set in a housing estate on the outskirts of Liverpool.
Release Date:1982-11-02
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:19