Bad Company

George played Jim Robinson in the BBC production Bad Company, a dramatization of the circumstances surrounding the murder of Carl Bridgewater and the subsequent trial and imprisonment of Jim Robinson, Michael Hickey, Vincent Hickey and Patrick Molloy.

Bad Company originally aired on the BBC in 1993.

Cast

• Angus Deayton - Paul Foot
• Mark Drewry - Vincent Hickey
• George Irving - James Robinson
• Jonny Lee Miller - Michael Hickey
• John Kavanagh - Patrick Molloy
• Terry Pearson - Local News Reporter
• Ken Stott - Joe Hickey
• Susan Wooldridge - Ann Whelan
• Michael Yale - Thomas

Credits

• David Drury - Director
• Don Shaw - Writer

Resources

• Murder at the Farm: Who Killed Carl Bridgewater? - Paul Foot
• Bridgewater Four - Wikipedia
• BBC - On This Day - 20 September 1978
• The Independent - Bridgewater play 'purges pain' - 21 November 1997
• BBC - 'Bridgewater Four' demand action against police - 29 July 1998
• BBC - UK Police Escape Prosecution - 23 December 1998
• BBC - Bridgewater Two 'jail rent' appeal - 11 March 2003
• BBC - Bridgewater two win court battle - 16 April 2003
• BBC - Bridgewater pair have awards cut - 29 July 2004
• BBC - Bridgewater Two appeal rejected - 21 December 2004
• BBC - Bridgewater Two in payout appeal - 10 August 2005
• The Guardian - Jim Robinson Obituary - 26 September 2007
• Express and Star - Carl death case man dies - 3 September 2007
• Sunday Mercury - Carl Bridgewater's Parents Speak ... 30 Years After Son's Murder - 7 September 2008