Cast & creator
Jimmy McGovern
Best known for The South Bank Show, Screen Two, Brookside
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.
24
film credits
31
television credits
8
1963–2025 · acting roles
7.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (55)
Showing 55 of 55 credits
The South Bank Show
1978
Screen Two
Writer
1985
Brookside
Writer
1982
ScreenPlay
Writer
1986
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
World in Action
1963
Cracker
Writer
1993Cracker
Creator
1993
Moving On
Producer
2009Moving On
Creator
2009
The Play on One
Writer
1988
Remembers…
2022
Time
Writer
2021Time
Executive Producer
2021Time
Creator
2021
Accused
Writer
2010Accused
Creator
2010
The Lakes
Writer
1997The Lakes
Creator
1997
Cracker
Creator
1997
The Street
Executive Producer
2006The Street
Creator
2006The Street
Writer
2006The Street
Creator
2006
Banished
Writer
2015Banished
Creator
2015
Accusé
Creator
2015
Gunpowder, Treason & Plot
Writer
2004
Hearts and Minds
Writer
1995Hearts and Minds
Creator
1995
Priest
Writer
1995
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Self
2010
Redfern Now: Promise Me
Creative Producer
2015
Sunday
Writer
2002Sunday
Screenplay
2002
Unforgivable
Writer
2025Unforgivable
Executive Producer
2025
Hillsborough
Football Dad
1996Hillsborough
Writer
1996
Cracker: White Ghost
Creator
1996
Liam
Writer
2001To Be A Somebody
Creator
1994
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain
Himself
2015
Dockers: Writing the Wrongs
Himself
1999
Heart
Writer
1999
Reg
Writer
2016
Needle
Writer
1990
Anthony
Writer
2020
Care
Executive Producer
2018Care
Writer
2018
Go Now
Writer
1995
Common
Writer
2014
Traitors
Writer
1990
Dockers
Writer
1999
Gas and Candles
Writer
1991