• Jimmy McGovern: ‘We can’t dodge the issue of care for the elderly any longer

    Screenwriter hopes new BBC production, called Care, will spark debate on growing social problemThe screenwriter Jimmy McGovern has called for a national conversation on attitudes towards care of the elderly and infirm, saying politicians needed to stop “dodging” the issue and that more television dramas should tackle such social problems.McGovern, the writer behind award-winning programmes such as Cracker, Hillsborough and last year’s drama Broken, has made Care, a 90-minute pr

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