Jimmy McGovern Jimmy McGovern i(7539667 works by)
Born: Established: 1949 Liverpool, Merseyside,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Award-winning British script-writer, best known for the series Cracker (1993-1995) and The Lakes (1997-1999).

In 2012, McGovern acted as story producer on Australian Indigenous drama Redfern Now.

In 2014, he announced his forthcoming seven-part series Banished, set in Australia in 1788 and exploring the survival of the original convicts.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Although Jimmy McGovern is a prolific script-writer, only works which are eligible for inclusion in AustLit (by having Australian settings or content) have been individually indexed.

Awards for Works

form y separately published work icon Banished ( dir. Dan Percival et. al. )agent Australia United Kingdom (UK) : BBC Worldwide , 2015 7539863 2015 series - publisher film/TV historical fiction

'Jimmy McGovern’s fast-paced fictional seven-part series opens at dawn in New South Wales, Australia, 1788. Tents are pitched and there is a scattering of timber buildings on a strip of land between the impenetrable bush and the mighty Pacific Ocean.

'It is here that the convicts transported on the First Fleet and their masters are waking up to another sweltering hot day in a place where anything can happen and death stalks everyone. With supplies running out and ill-equipped for life on this inhospitable shoreline, who will survive the next ten days?'

Source: BBC press release (http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldwide/120314banished.html). (Sighted: 1/7/2014)

2015 shortlisted Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Telefeature or Mini Series
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