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Time: Jodie Whittaker and Bella Ramsay in Series 2 of BBC Prison Drama
The three-part series is written by multi-award-winning writers Jimmy McGovern and Helen Black and is directed by Andrea Harkin You might be surprised to know this series won't be all rainbows and unicorns. Tamara Lawrance as Abi Cochrane, Bella Ramsey as Kelsey Morgan, and Jodie Whittaker as Orla O'Riordan in "Time series two": BBC The BBC and BritBox[...]
The Responder: Stars Martin Freeman and Adelayo Adedayo on Cop Drama
Schumacher took screenwriting courses and came under the mentorship of Jimmy McGovern, creator of Cracker, Hillsborough, Reg, and a long list of searing TV dramas, and arguably one of the greatest living screenwriters out there McGovern encouraged Schumacher to write authentically about what he knew from his law enforcement experiences before he decided to write[...]
Anthony is a Devastating Life-Told-Backwards That Never Happened
The TV movie will be premiering on Peacock on September 4th. Still from "ANTHONY" BBC One Written by BAFTA-winning screenwriter Jimmy McGovern, Anthony's imagined life is told through reverse chronology as we see him realize his dreams and enjoy the life he had a right to live, before fate – and hate – took it all away[...]
Toheeb Jimoh as Antony Walker, BBC Studios
Anthony, written by Jimmy McGovern, is a 90-minute BBC TV movie about a young man's life It might be the most heartbreaking and vital TV movie of the year It's utterly ordinary, filled with joy and sadness, to give us the story of Anthony Walker Anthony is not a superhero or a hero cop His[...]