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Jimmy McGovern commissioned by 大象传媒 ONE


Category: TV Drama

Date: 13.07.2005
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Jimmy McGovern, one of the most accomplished screenwriters in British film and Television has been commissioned to write a new six-part drama series for 大象传媒 ONE, it was announced today by Jane Tranter, 大象传媒 Controller of Drama Commissioning.

The critically-acclaimed writer of Cracker, Hillsborough, Sunday and award-winning films Priest and Liam returns to 大象传媒 ONE for the first time since The Lakes, with a new drama production set in his native Liverpool.

Tranter says: "This new project is a highly-authored, signature drama by one of Britain's foremost writing talents.

"Jimmy's ability to engage an audience with thought-provoking and challenging dramas sets him apart from other modern-day writers.

"This six-part production is an emotional, funny, poignant and relevant drama series, exploring the lives of an ordinary community."

Jimmy McGovern says: "I look around me and see poverty, crime, drugs and violence, yes, I also see a lot of love. And that's what I'm doing: telling love stories."

Executive producer, Sita Williams, says: "I can't think of a better writer than Jimmy McGovern to combine the realities of 21st Century life with the ordinary emotions of everyone everywhere."

John Yorke and Lucy Richer, joint Head of Independent Drama adds: "Jimmy has set out to write love stories from the back streets of Liverpool - the real, messy, glorious working class world McGovern grew up in, amidst the people he knows best.

"These are stories of friendship, family, love and betrayal, told with wit and passion, celebrating a community. Jimmy's trademark is an addictive ability to turn the tables on the audience at the most unexpected moments.

"With each episode concentrating on a different house in the street, each story is unique and individual but linked by community, shared experience and an indomitable sense of humour."

A Granada production for 大象传媒 ONE, the executive producers are Sita Williams (Granada), John Yorke and Lucy Richer (大象传媒). Filming begins in October for five months for transmission in early 2006.


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Date: 13.07.2005
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