Writer Jimmy McGovern has said he doubted whether his new drama, which tells the story of a child abuser and how his family are impacted, would ever make it to air, but praised the "brave" BBC for showing it.The Liverpool-born scriptwriter said he thought he "had" to write Unforgivable to tell the story - based on an account he heard from a child psychologist - of a convicted sex offender who revealed details of his own abuse after being released from prison.

Writer Jimmy McGovern has said he doubted whether his new drama, which tells the story of a child abuser and how his family are impacted, would ever make it to air, but praised the "brave" BBC for showing it.The Liverpool-born scriptwriter said he thought he "had" to write Unforgivable to tell the story - based on an account he heard from a child psychologist - of a convicted sex offender who revealed details of his own abuse after being released from prison.