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McGovern started his career working on Channel 4 's social-realist soap opera '' Brookside '' in 1982 , tackling many social issues such as unemployment. In 1993 , he created the drama serial '' Cracker '' about the work of a criminal psychologist played by Robbie Coltrane . Made by Granada Television and screened on ITV , the series was a phenomenal critical and popular success. ''Cracker'' also aired in the United States , on the PBS Anthology Program '' Mystery! '', and McGovern's writing earned him two Edgar Award s from the Mystery Writers Of America . Since ''Cracker'', his work has included BBC One drama serial '' The Lakes '' ( 1997 - 99 ), ITV 's ''Hillsborough'' (a dramatised reconstruction of the events of the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster ) ( 1996 ), ''Sunday'' ( 2002 ) for Channel 4 , based on the events of ' Bloody Sunday ', Gunpowder, Treason & Plot , a two part dramatisation of the lives of Mary, Queen Of Scots and James I Of England (2004) for BBC One and '' The Street '' (2006), also for BBC One. McGovern has also completed a musical stage show called King Cotton as part of the Liverpool European Capital Of Culture 2008 which is to premiere at the Lowry in September 2007. A second series of ''The Street'' is currently in production with McGovern as lead writer; a script by Danny Brocklehurst will be included in the series. McGovern has described cinema scriptwriters as being treated like hacks and forced to crank out countless drafts by successive producers. Conversely, he believes that television directors are underrated. He says: “I have worked twice with David Blair ''The Lakes'' and ''The Street'' , and I can tell you that he is the best there is. He can make a good project great... Why David hasn’t won the acclaim he deserves is a mystery to me.”1 NOTES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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