![]() ![]() ![]() “I just think they’ve got faces you’d die for, you know? Full of life and full of compassion and humanity. “I had those two uppermost in my thoughts all the way through,” says McGovern, of the actors he envisaged playing the roles of Mark and Eric. Welcoming his four-year sentence as an act of penance, Bean’s character finds himself interacting with principled jail officer Eric McNally, played by Line Of Duty’s Stephen Graham. “I was always fascinated by it I think the main reason was I always felt ‘There but for the grace of God go I’, you know? Because I was young and skint once as well, and I did a few naughty things.”Īctor Sean Bean, 62, best known for his role as Ned Stark in Game Of Thrones, stars as newly incarcerated Mark Cobden, a man consumed by guilt after killing an innocent man in an accident. “From about ’82 onwards, I did a fair bit of work in prisons I was always popping in there and doing writers’ workshops and popping out again. “I think, really, I’ve been working on it since the Eighties,” notes the 71-year-old of its origins. McGovern’s new highly-anticipated three-part BBC One drama, Time, is centred around life within the British penal system and the moral dilemmas faced by those living and working within it. “I’m always looking for stories,” he says, “and the thing about a British prison is, it’s full of stories.” It is set in a fictional northern prison.Īnd in an interview with the Times ahead of Time - which stars Sean Bean and Stephen Graham - he described how as a kid, "all the hard boys used to talk about Risley prison in Warrington". The series stars Sean Bean as Mark Cobden, a teacher who is convicted of killing a man while driving drunk, and Stephen Graham as prison guard Eric McNally. "Approximately Warrington," is how he put it when interviewed ahead of Time airing on Sunday night. McGovern, who is behind legendary TV shows such as Cracker, Moving on and Accused, is one of the UK's most respected television writers and is known for his gritty portrayals of life in the north.īut while he's from Liverpool, and some of his most famous works have been clearly set in either that city or in Manchester, he has revealed that he has one place in mind when he sets about writing his shows. With Sean Bean (“Game of Thrones”) and Stephen Graham (“Line of Duty”).Īgatha Christie’s Marple S6: Agatha Christie’s sleuthing senior citizen returns to solve some more mysteries.TV screenwriter Jimmy McGovern, the man behind hard-hitting new prison drama Time, has revealed he sets most of his dramas in Warrington. Time: A former teacher finds himself navigating life in prison after a car accident. Moone Boy: An 11-year-old boy goes on adventures with his imaginary friend, played by Chris O’Dowd (“Bridesmaids”). With Jason Watkins (“The Crown”) and Tala Gouveia (“Cold Feet”). McDonald & Dodds S2: A mismatched detective duo sets out to solve some crimes. With Johnny Vegas (“The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff”) and Sian Gibson (“Death in Paradise”).ĭial M for Middlesbrough: Vegas and Gibson return in another murder mystery, this time when their coach breaks down in the middle of a storm.īergerac S1-3: The crime drama following a maverick detective sergeant played by John Nettles (“Midsomer Murders”). Murder on the Blackpool Express: A murder mystery comes to life for crime author David Van Der Clane, played by Griff Rhys Jones (“Not the 9 O’ Clock News”).ĭeath on the Tyne: An overnight ferry trip turns into a multiple crime scene. In the Footsteps of Killers: “Silent Witness” actor Emilia Fox and criminologist Professor David Wilson team up to solve some of Britain’s darkest crimes. Luther S1-4: The detective drama series featuring Idris Elba (“The Wire”) as a maverick cop. With Gemma Whelan (“Game of Thrones”), Sian Clifford (“Fleabag”), and Adrian Dunbar (“Line of Duty”). 9, S6: A dark comedy exploring the comings and goings at Number 9. With Elaine Cassidy (“The Paradise”) and Tom Meeten (“The Ghoul”). Intruder: An affluent couple try to cover up a murder. Or do they? With Neil Morrissey (“Line of Duty”), Liberty Hobbs (“Grey’s Anatomy”). The Syndicate: Double or Nothing: A group of kennel workers pool their funds for a lottery ticket - and win big. ![]()
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