Looking After Jo Jo
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John Joseph McCann has been a habitual criminal since childhood, when he pilfered cash boxes for his dad. He’s been in and out of prison ever since. He lives in a high rise council flat with his mother and sister. It is set in and around the North Sighthill housing estate. Looking After JoJo traces the career of a petty thief turned drug dealer in 1980’s Edinburgh. The title character is a pleasant if misguided young man 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. We watch JoJo become ensnared in the drugs scene and his deterioration is both painful to watch and very moving. Robert Carlyle’s performance is extraordinarily complex and textured. He is ably supported by Jenny McCrindle, Ewan Stewart and Trainspotting’s Kevin McKidd. This isn’t the fast-moving MTV drug scene of Trainspotting but a more character-oriented, leisurely look at the human cost of drug addiction.
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John Joseph McCann has been a habitual criminal since childhood, when he pilfered cash boxes for his dad. He's been in and out of prison ever since. He lives in a high rise council flat with his mother and sister. It is set in and around the North Sighthill housing estate. Looking After JoJo traces the career of a petty thief turned drug dealer in 1980's Edinburgh. The title character is a pleasant if misguided young man 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. We watch JoJo become ensnared in the drugs scene and his deterioration is both painful to watch and very moving. Robert Carlyle's performance is extraordinarily complex and textured. He is ably supported by Jenny McCrindle, Ewan Stewart and Trainspotting's Kevin McKidd. This isn't the fast-moving MTV drug scene of Trainspotting but a more character-oriented, leisurely look at the human cost of drug addiction.
Original Name: Looking After Jo Jo
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 4
Status: Ended
Rating: 10
Vote Count: 1
Type: Scripted
Network(s): BBC One
First Air Date: January 12, 1998
Last Air Date: February 2, 1998
Primary Year: 1998
Created by: Frank Deasy
Genres: Drama
IMDB Link: tt0137315
Production Companies: BBC Scotland
Spoken Language(s): English
Origin Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Alternative Titles: Looking After Jojo
- Season 1 — 4 Episodes — Air Date: January 12, 1998
- Robert Carlyle – John Joe ‘Jo Jo’ McCann
- Aline Mowat – Christine
- Jenny McCrindle – Lorraine
- Kevin McKidd – Basil
- Patricia Brake – Doro
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