The Liverpudlian writer, famed for Cracker, Accused and Hillsborough, has chosen to tackle the thorny topic of child abuse and the damage it causes to families in his new film for television.
“She spoke no holds barred about her job and working with sex abusers.
“I felt compelled to write about it.”
‘Unforgivable’ centres on a family dealing with the aftermath of child abuse (Photo: Kerry Spicer/LA Productions/BBC)
Unforgivable focuses on the Mitchell family who are dealing with the aftermath of an act of abuse perpetrated by a member of their own family.
With the support of ex-nun Katherine (Anna Maxwell Martin), Joe undertakes therapy sessions in the hope of understanding what led him to commit the abuse.
The drama examines the extensive ripple effect of abuse from multiple perspectives and how those involved try to move forwards in the wake of such trauma.
Who is in the cast of Unforgivable?
Anna Friel stars as Anna in ‘Unforgivable’ (Photo: Kerry Spicer/LA Productions/BBC)
Friel, 49, rose to fame playing Beth Jordache in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside.
On television, she is known for her roles in Our Mutual Friend, Pushing Daisies, Marcella, Broken and Monarch.
Bobby Schofield
Bobby Schofield plays Joe (Photo: Kerry Spicer/LA Productions/BBC)The Liverpudlian actor, 32, will be familiar to television audiences as Dave Kershaw in Rogue Heroes. He has also recently starred in This City is Ours.
Anna Maxwell Martin is former nun Katherine (Photo: Kerry Spicer/LA Productions/BBC)
Anna Maxwell Martin is a former nun turned counsellor Katherine, who runs a rehabilitation centre.
Her television roles have included N in Poppy Shakespeare and Esther Summerson in Bleak House, for which she won Baftas, and more recently Julia Johnstone in Motherland and Lucy Betts-Taylor in Ludwig.
David Threlfall
David Threlfall is Brian Mitchell (Photo: Kerry Spicer/LA Productions/BBC)The Manchester-born actor, 71, starred as Frank Gallagher in the long-running Channel 4 comedy drama Shameless.
On film, he has appeared in Patriot Games, Hot Fuzz and Nowhere Boy while his television roles have included Leslie Titmuss in Paradise Postponed, William Last in Housewife, 49 and Tommy Cooper in Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This.
The cast of Unforgivable includes:
Austin Haynes as Tom (The Power of Parker, Adolescence) Finn McParland as Peter Mark Womack as Paul Patterson (Emmerdale Farm, The Responder) Ryan McKen as Richard Harding (Bancroft, Temple) Phina Oruche as Jodie Taylor (Footballers’ Wives, Hollyoaks) Paddy Rowan as Sammy (G’wed, The Bay)Where was Unforgivable filmed?
Speaking about the city and its connection with writers and drama, he said: “The crucial thing for me is that Liverpool’s a port city, and that’s the ingredient of scouserism in a way, the curiosity about the traveller that comes from being born and brought up in a big international port.
“There are writers from all over the world, I know, but there are many from Liverpool, and I think that curiosity about people lends itself to becoming a dramatist.”
Jimmy McGovern said Liverpool’s status as a port city played a part in its drama heritage (Photo: BBC)While the riverside walk of Otterspool Promenade in the Aigburth and Grassendale areas of Liverpool was used to show characters in quiet moments or during conversations in open settings.
“I’m a huge fan of Liverpool and Liverpudlians.
“Every time I reunite with Jimmy, I reunite with Liverpool and it’s an honour.”
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