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Liverpool Enjoys an Audience with Jimmy McGovern
Northwest
Vision
and
Media
and
BAFTA
in the
regions
recently
hosted
a
sell-out
Audience
With
Jimmy
McGovern,
and
other
writers
from
The
Street
at
FACT
in
Liverpool.
The
creator
of the
multi
award-winning
series
Cracker,
and
critically
acclaimed
feature
films
Priest
and
Liam
was
joined
by
writers
Alice
Nutter
and
Arthur
Ellison,
who
wrote
episodes
of
series
two of
successful
drama
series
The
Street.
They
discussed
their
work,
their
motivations
and
inspirations,
and
shared
some
of
their
secrets
as to
what
makes
a
successful
British
drama.
The
event
was
part
of
BAFTA:
Writers
Strand,
an
exciting
series
of on
stage
discussions
with
the
writing
teams
responsible
for TV
drama
and
comedy
classics
from
the
UK.
The
evening
was
chaired
by
Laurence
Marks,
BAFTA
award-winning
comedy
writer
of
The
New
Statesman,
Goodnight
Sweetheart
and
Birds
of a
Feather.
Jimmy
McGovern
said
he was
pleased
at how
local
writers
were
being
encouraged
in
their
work
during
Capital
of
Culture
year.
"After
meeting
up and
having
a talk
with
Phil
Redmond
about
what's
planned
for
the
rest
of the
year,
I
think
some
good
work
will
be
done,"
he
said,
also
revealing:
"I’m
starting
to
lose
my
appetite
and I
think
it
shows.
But
I've
still
got a
few
new
ideas
at the
back
of my
mind."
John
Willis,
Chairman
of
BAFTA
Television
Committee
said:
“Jimmy
McGovern
is one
of
Britain's
great
contemporary
television
writers
and
The
Street
one of
his
most
compelling
creations.
His
commitment
to
untried
writers
in
this
series
made
this
event
an
absolute
must
for
aspiring
as
well
as
established
writers
and
BAFTA
is
very
proud
to
have
hosted
the
evening
with
our
partners
from
Northwest
Vision
and
Media.”
Chief
Executive
of
Northwest
Vision
and
Media,
Alice
Morrison
added:
“Jimmy
McGovern
is one
of our
best
known
and
most
successful
writers
and it
was
fascinating
to
hear
from
him
and
his
team
the
secrets
behind
their
success.
Part
of our
work
at
Northwest
Vision
and
Media
is to
identify
and
develop
talent
and
hopefully
what
Jimmy
and
his
team
talked
about
will
be a
real
inspiration
to
everyone.”
Watch
BAFTA-winner
Jimmy
McGovern
and
his
team
of
writers
talk
about
their
work
on the
drama-series
The
Street.
(picture courtesy of Liverpool Post)
