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James Stanley "Jimmy" McGovern (born September 1949 in Liverpool, Merseyside) is an English screenwriter and producer. He created the television series Cracker (1993-1995), a popular and critical success in the UK, for which he received two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. He has also received recognition for The Lakes, The Street and Accused, among others.
McGovern was one of nine children born to working-class Irish Catholic parents, William McGovern and Jane Warner. He had a stammer until the age of eight. He attended a Jesuit secondary school, St Francis Xavier's College in Liverpool. Feeling that the teachers did not recognise his talent, he left as soon as he could.
He taught for a time in a secondary comprehensive school, where he organised the end-of-school play.
In 1982, McGovern started his TV career working on Channel 4's soap opera Brookside. He tackled many social issues in the course of the series, especially unemployment – which was at a postwar high at the time.