Looking After Jo Jo

Looking After Jo Jo
Genre
Created byFrank Deasy
Directed byJohn Mackenzie
Starring
Country of originScotland
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
Production companyBBC Scotland
Original release
NetworkBBC Two

Looking After Jo Jo is a 1998 BBC Scotland television drama starring Robert Carlyle.[1]

John Joe "Jo Jo" McCann is petty thief turned drug dealer in 1980's Edinburgh, surviving in a bleak housing estate and aspiring to the trappings of a successful criminal. Unfortunately for him, and for most of the other characters in the mini-series, it is a time of heroin addiction and AIDS.

It is filmed and set in and around the North Sighthill housing estate, with several scenes also filmed in Niddrie.

Cast and characters

  • Robert Carlyle as John Joe "Jo Jo" McCann; a petty thief turned drug dealer. Jo Jo is troubled by memories of his past, in particular his father's death.
  • Kevin McKidd as Basil; One of Jo Jo's crew, who experiments early on with Heroin and leads the group to its sales.
  • Jenny McCrindle as Lorraine; Jo Jo's love interest, and a Marilyn Monroe lookalike.
  • Ewan Stewart as Charlie McCann; Jo Jo's criminal uncle.
  • Aline Mowat as Christine; as Charlie McCann's partner, bar worker and drug pusher.

Episodes

  • Episode 1: Steal the Herd[2]

In 1982, Jo Jo McCann always manages to stay one step ahead of the police. Family loyalties are tested to the limit by his determination to set up a crime empire in opposition to his uncle, the local underworld kingpin who has a few ruthless ideas of his own.

  • Episode 2: Working Week[3]

The attraction of making big money dealing heroin proves too much for recently acquitted Jo Jo, who jumps on the bandwagon at the first opportunity. But evil undercurrents of violence and addiction soon surface as he becomes consumed by Edinburgh's drug culture, prompting him to think carefully about his future.

  • Episode 3: Sink the Belgrano[4]

It is 1983, Money begins to roll in at long last as Jo Jo's heroin business takes off in earnest. But what he doesn't take into account, is that his dodgy dealings are about to destroy everything he loves.

  • Episode 4: When Love Goes Wrong[5]

The walls of Jo Jo's world come tumbling down as he finally uncovers the truth about his father's death. Meanwhile, the community spirit of the estate collapses under the pressure of Sarah's imprisonment, Charlie McCann's murder and a rampant Aids epidemic. Last in series.[6]

Critical reception

The Guardian wrote "Despite a cortege-paced narrative, Looking After Jo Jo has enough wit and moral backbone to take its place alongside other recent gems in Scottish drama."[7]

DVD release

Looking After Jo Jo was released on VHS by the BBC in 1999 after its initial showing on BBC Two in 1998. In 2015, Simply Media released it on DVD.[8]

References

  1. ^ "BBC - Looking After Jo Jo". BBC.
  2. ^ "Steal the Herd (1998)". BFI. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Working Week (1998)". BFI. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Sink the Belgrano (1998)". BFI. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018.
  5. ^ "When Love Goes Wrong (1998)". BFI. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Broadcast - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ^ Guardian Staff (8 January 1998). "Leave me alone". the Guardian.
  8. ^ "Looking After JoJo". Simply Media. 25 July 2018.

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