Unforgivable on BBC2 and iPlayer

Yes I watched this excellent drama last night. It's both insightful and moving.

What a cracker
It was a really fantastic watch, played so well by all the cast but especially by Joe so believable
I watched it with held breathe very well written and very well acted about a difficult subject, very moving

I too watched this last night. Well written and totally believable how it ended.
I think there were many young children who were “touched” by people in authority , wondering if they had informed the police, what the outcome would have been..
I actually cried at times.
Jimmy McGovern is magnificent at this type of drama. Definitely award winning.

I love Jimmy McGovern he doesn't hold back from the darker side of life.

The acting was first rate and the situation very believable. I thought it was very thought provoking and I cried at the end... great television again from the BBC.

It was excellent. So moving.

Me too, I cried at the end.

Magnificent. Jimmy McGovern displays such depth with his characters - all have flaws, all have their reasons for what happens. Shedding tears watching a TV programme isn't me, but I found myself shedding tears for a child abuser.

Harrowing and authentic.

A brilliant drama, Joe was played by a fantastic actor. So moving at times, I couldn't believe I was crying for the sex offender !

Excellent and emotive drama.

Yes, I thought it was excellent too — but not an easy watch. It’s depressing throughout.

It was a really hard watch.

It was very insightful. I didn't read the write-up so had no idea of the story - I was glued to it. I couldn't believe that my views changed so much from his visit to the graveyard onwards but I had to keep reminding myself that he was a sex offender afterall. It left me wondering about the many, many sex offenders out there and whether they were all victims too, maybe a percentage are.

Thankyou Ladies, I would not have watched this without your recommendations. I was in tears at the end! As Boing said how many predators have also been abused?

Yes I watched it and thoroughly enjoyed it. Am now rewatching both series of Rev on the iplayer. Brilliant!

It was very powerful.

My DIL is a psychologist dealing with very disturbed children.

She always has bruises, bite marks and so forth. Those children have been so badly abused and/or physically damaged that some will never recover and make adequate adults.

It is an utter tragedy.

Oh dear, call me a wimp but I don't think I could watch this.
Things I see or watch on TV stay with me & I get very emotional and upset. I'm build of stern-stuff but not for programs. such as this. 😶

I watched it & as an ex-child protection social worker I have a few comments, the young boy in school at no point was seen by a social worker and this is the bread & butter of child protection, I used to protect the child from the ire of the school, ie being moved to SEND maybe by taking time off & ask a youth worker to see him along with myself then you can really get alongside him & find out what is going on then get him appropriate care, ie CAMHS & child protection police involvement. Many times they can go back to school knowing someone is working with mum & planning care.
Also I felt those looking after the abuser were very stoney and tense, whilst you don't want to minimise the crime there is a middle path to be trodden by supporting the person but not the crime.
Also, the type of sexual abuse in social services is usually way more than that, I guess the BBC were cautious in how much they featured.
But well done Jimmy McGovern for writing it & the Beeb for showing it.
Just next time get the roles of the professionals right, I don't think a psychologist would withhold an allegation like that anymore, that used to be the case but now they're much more likely to tell the child that they are bound to pass such information on & help them see this is helpful not a hinderance

As soon as I saw it was written by Jimmy McGovern I knew it would be good.And I was right .Very moving and sad but I didn't take my eyes off screen.Yes I cried at the end as well .

Watched it on your recommendation Sparklefizz..
I agree it is very very well acted and very moving and I shed a tear or two at the end 😓

Well! I feel rather embarrassed now as I seem to be the only person who didn’t like it. To be fair, the main problem I had with it wasn’t so much the story, which was quite good. It was the fact that it was sooooooo long! I found myself wishing it would hurry up and get to the end. I was very surprised, when I checked, to find it was less than two hours long.
Yes, it had an excellent cast with great acting, but it just lost me.
I don’t know whether it was part of the story, or whether David Threlfell has that idiotic ‘tail’ all the time but either way, it really got on my nerves. Why do so many elderly men insist on having these ponytails? Don’t they realise how utterly daft they look?
That is 45 minutes I’ll never get back!

I have yet to watch it and I don’t give two hoots about David Threlfells’ hair style but
…a trailer I saw last week showed Head teacher with with Mum and Son across a table and the head said (in effect) we’ll send him to the child psychologist!
Just like that. Wouldn’t they have asked “boy” to step outside? So jury’s out ‘til I watch it😏

I'll have to watch this on my own, as DH reacts very badly to emotional/traumatic dramas and has bad dreams for days after watching anything like this I'm not entirely sure why that is - his own childhood and background were very "normal" from everything I know over the 45 years we have been together and very much like my own. I think since having children and grandchildren he has been much more sensitive for some reason.

Thank you for recommending, I do find this sort of drama challenging but I think it will be worth watching for me.

This was first rate..Television as it should be.

Got straight to the point about a very difficult subject. Nothing fancy great actors and production.

New insights on a hugly serious matter

Well done Jimmy. Top stuff.

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