Unforgivable on BBC2 and iPlayer

I haven't watched it but I heard Jimmy McG interviewed and I was concerned. First of all the paedophile shows remorse which is as rare as hen's teeth. Secondly, he linked predatory behaviour and multi generational offending to poverty which I find very naive. Middle class abusers are just more likely to get away with it and multigenerational offending would suggest we should be quickly over run with female predators as they are the majority victims. He shows a concerning lack of interest in sexual politics and the fact that society often victim blames. Men who abuse do so because they choose to do so knowing that the odds are in their favour. Yes, their own childhood trauma may play a part but they still make a choice and are responsible for their actions as adults.

I saw no indication of poverty in the play.

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I saw no indication of poverty in the play.

Nor did I, although she was a single mum bringing up two boys with no support from their father. I felt a terrible sadness for the whole family including, although I didn’t want to, the abuser. A brilliant play and extremely well acted which gave food for thought.

Yes I watched it totally mesmerised. The acting was excellent, one felt as if you were actually there with the family. The grandfather was torn, his love for his grandchild was plain to see and I think anyone with grandchildren would understand. I know I did, I was very emotional watching it on my own and wish I had someone with me. Jimmy McGovern is excellent when writing dramas this was one of his best, it deserves an award.

I fail to see how anyone could find it too long I didn’t want it to end I wanted to know more and how he fared afterwards

I worked with abuse for about ten years going back to the 90 s and men were barely helped then only ever seen as the abusers never the abused
We opened our doors to abused men and were really taken apart by women’s groups but we were very careful and never saw men on the same days as women so there was no overlapping or difficulties It actually worked well
Very few men came forward though but their stories were just as harrowing as the women’s
Excellent writing, excellent acting needed showing well done all round

On my Watch list anything written by Jimmy McGovern is good and always gritty.

Excellent drama …yes ending was truly emotional

I thought it was excellent - well written and well acted.

My only reservation is that having been abused as a child was the only reason given for the abuser to have gone on to do the same. This is not an area I know anything about, except that someone I know was abused as a child, and was very upset at the implication that she would almost inevitably abuse as a result. She is extremely vocal about that, and I know that she would be very upset at that implication in the drama.

I realise, however, that one drama can't possibly cover all nuances of things like this, and as I say, I did think it was an excellent production.

No. Jimmy McGovern is too misogynistic for me. Even as a left winger I found his comments of Ditch the Bitch in Thatcher’s time too much. Haven’t trusted him since.

I thought Anna Freil was very good in this drama. Thank God those ridiculous lips she had done have gone down. I couldn't watch her in Marcella because of them.

A lot of McGovern's work forces the viewer to think about what they would do in the circumstances of the stories he tells. They are real moral mazes, and this was no different. How do you support a member of your family who has harmed another?

Each to their own, I'm sure it was very well written and made.

I found a very old copy of the Radio Times and it made me realise what a range of offerings we had, including entertaining, fun, cheery and inspiring.