Plots(1)
Each episode tells a self-contained contemporary story in which the characters have reached a turning point in their lives and are trying to move on. McGovern's themes are dark and disturbingly close to home, the issues complex and provocative. They range from fatherhood and bullying to late-life romance; from teenage angst to painful truths. Jimmy McGovern's anthology series has been running since 2009 featuring Britain's top acting and writing talent, telling contemporary stories about people confronting the dilemmas life throws at them. (Simply Media)
(more)Cast
![Natasha Little](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188025_2782f8.jpg)
Natasha Little
UK
Best series:
Black Mirror (2011) (series)
Extras (2005) (series)
The Night Manager (2016) (series)
![Jack Shepherd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188040_d64962.jpg)
Jack Shepherd
UK
Best series:
The Politician's Husband (2013) (series)
Fearless (2017) (series)
The Jury (2002) (series)
![Joe Dempsie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/342/163342915_28e973.png)
Joe Dempsie
UK
Best series:
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
This Is England '90 (2015) (series)
Skins (2007) (series)
![Steve Evets](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/364/364637_2e9638.jpg)
Steve Evets
UK
Best series:
Life on Mars (2006) (series)
Scott & Bailey (2011) (series)
Broken (2017) (series)
![Bjarne Henriksen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/341/161341532_cc12bc.jpg)
Bjarne Henriksen
Denmark
Best series:
The Fortress (2010) (series)
The Killing (2007) (series)
Trapped (2016) (series)
![Joanne Froggatt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677287_441719.jpg)
Joanne Froggatt
UK
Best series:
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
Life on Mars (2006) (series)
Moving On (2009) (series)
Emily Fleeshman
UK
Best series:
Shameless (2004) (series)
Moving On (2009) (series)
My Parents Are Aliens (1999) (series)
![Tim Barker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188412_4e09e4.jpg)
Tim Barker
UK
Best series:
The Storyteller (1987) (series)
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
Jeeves and Wooster (1990) (series)
![Dean Lennox Kelly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/410/410463_a8dc8e.jpg)
Dean Lennox Kelly
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
Cranford (2007) (series)
ShakespeaRe-Told (2005) (series)
![Sally Phillips](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/249/162249674_39d1c0.jpg)
Sally Phillips
Hong Kong
Best series:
I'm Alan Partridge (1997) (series)
Skins (2007) (series)
Miranda (2009) (series)
![Paul Rhys](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188415_648ff1.jpg)
Paul Rhys
UK
Best series:
Luther (2010) (series)
Victoria (2016) (series)
Anna Karenina (2000) (series)
![Fay Ripley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/110/168110828_ti3r9i.jpg)
Fay Ripley
UK
![Rob Jarvis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188417_d016a0.jpg)
Claire Hackett
Best series:
Line of Duty (2012) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Moving On (2009) (series)
![Jo Woodcock](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188452_fac96d.jpg)
Jo Woodcock
UK
Best series:
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Moving On (2009) (series)
![Rosalind Ayres](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/570/158570680_8fc069.gif)
Rosalind Ayres
UK
Best series:
Only When I Laugh (1979) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Outnumbered (2007) (series)
![Sharon Horgan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/386/164386858_0a9278.jpg)
Sharon Horgan
UK
Best series:
BoJack Horseman (2014) (series)
Adventure Time with Finn and Jake (2010) (series)
Bad Sisters (2022) (series)
![Amy Nuttall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188461_512503.jpg)
Amy Nuttall
UK
Best series:
Mr Bates vs. The Post Office (2024) (series)
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
All Creatures Great and Small (2020) (series)
![Gerard Kearns](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/108/163108643_f8a1bd.jpg)
Gerard Kearns
UK
Best series:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
The Last Kingdom (2015) (series)
Shameless (2004) (series)
![Nico Mirallegro](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/338/159338828_6f8203.jpg)
Nico Mirallegro
UK
Best series:
Last Tango in Halifax (2012) (series)
My Mad Fat Diary (2013) (series)
The Village (2013) (series)