An interview with Jimmy McGovern: Compassion an important part of storytelling

Jimmy McGovern is known for tackling injustice through his hard-hitting TV dramas. But, he tells Jeananne Craig, if he was always writing wrongs he’d be a bore.

An interview with Jimmy McGovern: Compassion an important part of storytelling

AS AN acclaimed scriptwriter with a keen sense of justice, Jimmy McGovern is contacted from time to time by people who want him to tackle wrongs in their lives.

After decades in the business, the Liverpudlian — whose work includes the Bafta-winning Hillsborough and Bloody Sunday docudrama Sunday — is “armed against these things now”.

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