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“ Arthur Ellison could talk for England . One night he got his jaw broken in a fight outside a pub , that shut him up for a while and , unable to speak , he resorted to writing . It was good so he kept at it . He wrote for Brookside , Hollyoaks , The Street , Accused and Moving On . His scripts were always about real people facing real problems in real streets , always full of humour and passion and energy . He was a wonderful storyteller .”

Arthur Ellison and Jimmy McGovern . Jimmy McGovern said ​ ​ “ I ’ m a great admirer of Maureen Sinclair and what she has achieved through her dedication and commitment to the Clapperboard Youth Project , with very little funding . It ’ s a wonderful creative way of empowering young people and giving them an opportunity that most of us never had ”.

Award winning feature film CAROL tells the story of a young woman in her 20 ’ s , Therese Belivet ( Rooney Mara won an Oscar for her role ), a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol ( Cate Blanchett ), an alluring woman trapped in a loveless convenient marriage .