One Summer - The Complete Series (2 Disc Set) [1983] [DVD]

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Robert Epstein, Daniel (6 April 2007). " David Morrissey, The Reaping Interview". UGO.com. Retrieved 6 November 2008 ( archived by WebCite on 7 June 2011). David Morrissey wins Best Actor award from the Royal Television Society". Royal Television Society. 16 March 2004. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016 . Retrieved 23 October 2015. Morrissey is a patron of The SMA Trust (a charity that funds research into spinal muscular atrophy), [110] Liverpool's Unity Theatre, [111] and the human rights organisation Reprieve. [112] Personal life [ edit ] David Morrissey profile. Eight Hundred Lives (National Museums Liverpool). 15 May 2006. Retrieved 6 November 2008 ( archived by WebCite on 5 June 2011). Morrissey was awarded an honorary doctorate by Edge Hill University in 2016. [93] [94] From 10 September to 10 October, he starred in Hangmen by Martin McDonagh, at the Royal Court Theatre. The play followed Harry Wade, a former hangman, after the abolition of hanging in Great Britain in 1965. [95] In 2017, Morrissey joined the cast of The League of Gentlemen for their 2017 revival. [96]

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The series was written after scriptwriter Willy Russell was approached by Yorkshire Television about producing a follow-up to his 1979 television play The Daughters of Albion. Russell pitched the idea of a six-part series, originally called "Ten Thousand Miles", but later changed to One Summer and condensed to five episodes. Produced by Yorkshire Television for the then-new Channel 4 station, the series was filmed from April to October 1982 in Liverpool, Yorkshire and Wales. [1]

a b Morrissey, David. Television interview with Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley. The One Show. BBC One. 25 February 2010. a b c Dams, Tim (7 October 2010). " Morrissey on drama producing". Televisual (Televisual Media UK). Retrieved 4 June 2011 ( archived by WebCite on 5 June 2011). That same year, he played Gordon Brown in Peter Morgan's single drama The Deal (2003), about a pact made between Brown and Tony Blair ( Michael Sheen) in 1994. Unlike his research for the fictional State of Play, Morrissey discovered that no politicians wanted to talk to him for this fact-based drama, so he turned to journalists Jon Snow and Simon Hoggart. [23] He also travelled to Brown's hometown of Kirkcaldy and immersed himself in numerous biographies of the man, including Ross Wilson's documentary films on New Labour in the year surrounding the 1997 election. [38] [39] When speaking to many of Brown's friends to gain insight into his "private persona", Morrissey discovered that Brown was funny, approachable and charming, which were characteristics he did not see in his "public persona". [39] To look like Brown, Morrissey had his hair dyed and permed, and put on 2 stone (28lb/13kg) in body weight in six weeks. [23] [40] The director Stephen Frears originally wanted to cast a Scottish actor as Brown but was persuaded by other production staff to cast Morrissey. [41] [42] Morrissey won a Royal Television Society award for his role in the politician drama The Deal in 2003, of which he starred alongside Michael Sheen playing Gordon Brown and Tony Blair respectively. In recent years, David is known for his roles in The Walking Dead from 2012 to 2015 and The Missing in 2016, where his co-star was Keeley Hawes.

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As a director Morrissey has helmed short films, and the dramas Sweet Revenge (2001) and Passer By (2004) for the BBC. His feature debut, Don't Worry About Me, premiered at the 2009 London Film Festival and was broadcast on BBC television in March 2010. He is married to the novelist Esther Freud, has three children and is a patron of numerous charities.