Hillsborough | |
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Genre | Docudrama |
Written by | Jimmy McGovern |
Directed by | Charles McDougall |
Starring | |
Theme music composer | Rob Lane |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Producer | Nicola Shindler |
Cinematography | Barry Ackroyd |
Running time | 101 minutes |
Production company | Granada Television |
Budget | £2 million |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 5 December 1996 |
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Hillsborough is a television film written by Jimmy McGovern and starring Annabelle Apsion, Christopher Eccleston and Ricky Tomlinson.[1] Set between 1989 and 1991, the film is a dramatization of the Hillsborough disaster, which saw 97 football supporters lose their lives at Hillsborough in Sheffield. The film won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Single Drama