Jimmy McGovern
Sue Lawley's castaway is playwright and screenwriter Jimmy McGovern.
The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the playwright Jimmy McGovern. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the TV series Cracker - one of the top television series of the 1990s - about how much of the central character, Fitz, is modelled on himself, how he feels about the violent world it portrays and about why we are fascinated by criminal psychology. For seven years a writer on Brookside, he'll be describing how the phenomenal success of Cracker led to the reviving of his previously-rejected scripts for films like Priest and Hearts and Minds. He'll also be relating how the man who has since made a living out of words had such a bad stammer as a child that he was largely unintelligible.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: When I Fall In Love by Nat King Cole
Book: Ulysses by James Joyce
Luxury: Haemorrhoid ointment
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Nat King Cole
When I Fall In Love
- Hits Of 1957.
- Music For Pleasure.
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Guy Mitchell
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
- 16 Most Requested Songs.
- Columbia.
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Gerry and the Pacemakers
You'll Never Walk Alone
- 24 No Ones Of The 60s.
- Music For Pleasure France.
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The Merseys
Sorrow
- The 60s Album.
- Fontana.
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Pink Floyd
Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2
- The Wall.
- EMI.
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Dave Roylance / Steve Wright
Theme From Brookside
- Brookside.
- MM Records.
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Glenn Miller Orchestra, Paula Kelly, Tex Beneke & The Modernaires
Chattanooga Choo Choo
- The Genius Of Glen Miller.
- RCA.
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Dexys Midnight Runners
Come On Eileen
- The Very Best Of Dexys Midnight Runners.
- Mercury.
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Book Choice
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Ulysses - James Joyce
Luxury Choice
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Haemorrhoid ointment
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Sue Lawley |
| Interviewed Guest | Jimmy McGovern |
Broadcasts
- Sun 14 Jan 1996 12:15麻豆社 Radio 4
- Fri 19 Jan 1996 09:05麻豆社 Radio 4
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