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Hillsborough is a British film of genre Drama directed by Charles McDougall released in USA on 11 september 1996 with Christopher Eccleston
Hillsborough (1996)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 11 september 1996
Length 1h41
Directed by Charles McDougall
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Drama
Rating79%
Hillsborough is a made-for-TV drama film written by Jimmy McGovern and starring Christopher Eccleston and Ricky Tomlinson. Set between 1989 and 1991, the film tells the story of the Hillsborough Disaster, which saw 96 football supporters lose their lives at Hillsborough in Sheffield.
The drama was produced by Granada Television and aired for the first time on 5 December 1996. It was directed by Charles McDougall and produced by Nicola Schindler.
The drama was produced after the death of the final victim, Tony Bland, who died in March 1993 after being in a coma for nearly four years, but the time setting of the film concluded two years before Bland's death, when the death toll still stood at 95.
Actors
Christopher Eccleston
(Trevor Hicks)
Ricky Tomlinson
(John Glover)
Tony Audenshaw
(Additional Cast)
Mark Womack
Maurice Roëves
(Chf Supt. Duckenfield)
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