Jimmy McGovern

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Jimmy McGovern's depiction of the mid 90s Liverpool dockers strike. Featuring script contributions from Irvine Welsh and the real dockers themselves

A woman, plastered in blood, is arrested by a grave, and a tale of loss, lust and jealousy slowly unfolds.

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.

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.

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.

젊지만 보수적인 그렉 신부(Father Greg Pilkington: 라이너스 로체 분)는 리버풀 빈민가에 위치하고 있는 새로운 교구에 위임된다. 거기서 매튜 신부(Father Matthew Thomas: 톰 윌킨슨 분)와 함께 지내게 되는데, 매튜는 교단의 보수주의와 형식주의에 항거하며 적극적인 포교 활동을 벌이는 인물이다. 게다가 독신의 맹세를 어기고 가정부와 연인 관계를 맺고 있는 매튜 신부. 그렉은 이런 매튜를 보며 혼란스러워진다. 교회와 하느님의 가르침에 회의를 느끼게 되는 그렉은 신부복을 벗고 들른 술집에서 우연히 그레이엄(Graham: 로버트 칼라일 분)을 만나 하룻 밤 깊은 사랑을 나눈다. 다음 날 아이들을 상대로 고해성사를 받던 그렉 신부는 어린 소녀 리사(Lisa Unsworth: 크리스틴 트레마코 분)로부터 의붓 아버지에게 성폭행을 당하고 있다는 고해를 듣게된다. 고통받는 리사를 구해줘야 한다는 생각을 하지만 고해성사는 절대 공개돼서는 안된다는 규율을 어길 수 없어 그렉은 고뇌하기 시작한다. 그리고 이 사실을 눈치 챈 리사의 아버지(Mr. Unsworth: 로버트 푸그 분)는 간섭하지 말라며 그렉을 협박한다. 어느 날 리사의 어머니(Mrs. Unsworth: 레슬리 샤프 분)는 자신의 남편이 리사를 성폭행하는 장면을 목격하게 되고, 그렉을 찾아와 이 사실을 미리 알고 있었으면서 아무것도 하지 않은 그렉을 원망한다. 자신의 무기력함에 괴로워하던 그렉은 그레이엄을 찾아가나, 두 사람의 연애 장면이 경찰에 적발되어, 다음날 그렉 신부가 동성애자라는 기사가 신문에 크게 실린다. 결국 자살을 시도하는 그렉. 그러나 그것은 수포로 돌아가고 주교는 그렉에게 근신을 명한다.

Black comedy play about two pensioners struggling to manage on an old-age pension and living in a high-rise block of flats.

A play about the gunpowder plot written from a new angle by Jimmy McGovern.

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.