Accused ( New UK Drama from Jimmy McGovern)

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Christopher Eccleston is being reunited with Cracker creator Jimmy McGovern for a new BBC One crime drama.
McGovern's new six-part series Accused also features Pirates Of The Caribbean and The Office actor Mackenzie Crook.
Each separate hour-long story tells how a character accused of a crime came to be in the dock.
Former Doctor Who Eccleston plays a plumber and lapsed Catholic who fails to be a faithful husband, while Crook's episode sees him portray a soldier described as "a man you need on your side".
Chris - who played the Time Lord before David Tennant - recently said that he wanted to take on more comedy roles to surprise everyone and himself.
He and McGovern previously worked together on powerful dramas Cracker and Hillsborough, while the new series also reunites the creative team behind BBC One hit The Street.
McGovern said: "It's great to work with Chris again and I've often tried in the past to get Mackenzie into something of mine.
"And, needless to say it's wonderful to reunite the team that made The Street."

Should be crackingly good

Appleblossom42

When is this due to air or have I missed it? Sounds good.

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Appleblossom42 wrote: »

When is this due to air or have I missed it? Sounds good.

I think in the autumn of this year

JP Liz V1

Starts on Monday 15 November at 9pm BBC 1

JP Liz V1

Anyone watching this?

Christopher Eccleston is great in it

pickarooney

Looking forward to seeing this. Thanks for the reminder.

fryup

did you see the episode the other night, about bullying in the army...they had the skinny wimpy guy from the office playing the role of a rugged hardman:rolleyes:

but to be fair he did play the part well

JP Liz V1

http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/1117/sheehanr.html

Love/Hate star Robert Sheehan will play the lead role in an episode of the new series of BBC One's crime and punishment drama Accused.Written by Jimmy McGovern (Cracker, Sunday), Accused focuses on a different story each week, and Sheehan will appear in the second episode, co-written by McGovern and Danny Brocklehurst (Exile, The Street).

He will play a teenager called Stephen who has very serious reservations about Charlotte (Sheridan Smith), the palliative care nurse assigned to look after his mother.

He becomes increasingly paranoid about the welfare of his younger brother Dom (Josh Bolt) and is at loggerheads with his father Peter (John Bishop).

But has Stephen something to hide?
Also appearing in episodes of the second series are Anne-Marie Duff, Olivia Colman and Thomas Brodie-Sangster.

Filming begins this month in Manchester and surrounding areas.

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http://www.digitalspy.ie/tv/news/a359612/sean-bean-stephen-graham-sign-for-jimmy-mcgoverns-accused.html

Sean Bean, Anna Maxwell Martin and Stephen Graham will star in the second series of Jimmy McGovern's Accused.
Bean (Game of Thrones, Sharpe), Maxwell Martin (South Riding) and Graham (Boardwalk Empire) will star in two episodes of the award-winning BBC One drama, which will be filmed later this year.
"I've wanted to work on a Jimmy McGovern drama for a while and I think this cracking script really delivers a powerful, emotional drama for the audience," said Bean.

(Link has Spoilers and Spoiler Pics)

Mr E

Please post a link, Liz.

brian_t

Series 2 starts on BBC1 on Tuesday 14th August at 9.00pm

Lisha

Anyone else watching?. I'm watching this as I generally like Sean Bean as an actor. I can't decide if I'm liking it of just intrigued by it!

Does he die at the end?

FloatingVoter

Thought it was fun. Funny to see Al Capone and Sharpe in a dress.
Seriously, good show.

spank_inferno

I thought it was very very good.

Bean was outstanding as the leading 'lady'.
Stephen Graham put in a very good performance too.

Majesticzebras

Really enjoyed it. Thought-provoking and clever

Lisha

I really enjoyed it too. You could nearly feel the loneliness emanating from the 2main characters, esp, Sean Bean's character.
It made me think about people on the margins of society, some people are very lonely