Sunday (TV programme)

Infobox_Film
name = Sunday


imdb_id = 0307875
writer = Jimmy McGovern
starring = Ciarán McMenamin
Brid Brennan
Christopher Eccleston
Sean Chapman
director = Charles McDougall
distributor =
released = January 28, 2002
runtime = 90 min
language = English
budget =

"Sunday" is a television drama, produced by Sunday Productions for Channel 4 and screened on January 25 2002. It dramatises the events of "Bloody Sunday" through the eyes of the families of the dead and injured, specifically those of Leo Young, older brother to John Young, who was killed on the day. The timescale covers events in the years prior to Bloody Sunday, and subsequent events up to and including the Widgery Tribunal.

It was written by Jimmy McGovern and directed by Charles McDougall, and the Channel 4 transmission was followed by a live studio debate about the issues involved. Generally overshadowed by the rival "Bloody Sunday", shown eight days previously by ITV, "Sunday" was criticised for eulogising the civilian characters to the point of parody, while portraying the military as crude and unbelievable stereotypes.Fact|date=February 2008 The script specifically follows the line that the events of Bloody Sunday were premeditated by the British political and military authorities, and deliberately covered up afterwards.

It was released on DVD in the UK in February 2007.

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