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Writer of Cracker Jimmy McGovern has slammed the quality of ITV's drama output.
He said television drama in general was disappointing and singled out ITV and in particular Footballers' Wives, which he described as "dross". The writer was speaking at the launch of his new drama The Street on BBC One.
"A lot of my stuff has been crap but if I see anything on ITV at 9pm, I don't watch it," commented McGovern. "I tuned in to half an hour of Footballers' Wives and people tried to convince me it had a political angle. It didn't, it was dross."
An ITV spokeswoman defended their programmes. "Jimmy is obviously entitled to his own views," she said. "But we assume he is excluding the fantastic new Cracker he has written for ITV1 that will be coming up in that slot in the autumn." The show is returning after a 10-year gap.
He said television drama in general was disappointing and singled out ITV and in particular Footballers' Wives, which he described as "dross". The writer was speaking at the launch of his new drama The Street on BBC One.
"A lot of my stuff has been crap but if I see anything on ITV at 9pm, I don't watch it," commented McGovern. "I tuned in to half an hour of Footballers' Wives and people tried to convince me it had a political angle. It didn't, it was dross."
An ITV spokeswoman defended their programmes. "Jimmy is obviously entitled to his own views," she said. "But we assume he is excluding the fantastic new Cracker he has written for ITV1 that will be coming up in that slot in the autumn." The show is returning after a 10-year gap.
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