Hillsborough (1996 film)

Hillsborough
Hillsborough film title screen
GenreDocudrama
Written byJimmy McGovern
Directed byCharles McDougall
Starring
Theme music composerRob Lane
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Ian McBride
  • Gub Neal
ProducerNicola Shindler
CinematographyBarry Ackroyd
Running time101 minutes
Production companyGranada Television
Budget£2 million
Original release
NetworkITV
Release5 December 1996 (1996-12-05)
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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

  1. ^ McGovern, Jimmy (10 June 2004). "The power of truth". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 June 2018.