''Sunday'' is a

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drama, produced by Sunday Productions for

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and screened on 25 January 2002. It dramatises the events of "

Bloody Sunday Bloody Sunday may refer to: Historical events Canada * Bloody Sunday (1923), a day of police violence during a steelworkers' strike for union recognition in Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia * Bloody Sunday (1938), police violence aga ...

" through the eyes of the families of the dead and injured, specifically those of Leo Young, older brother of 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 James Stanley McGovern (born September 1949) is an English screenwriter and producer. He is best known for creating the drama series '' Cracker'' (1993–1995), for which he received two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. He als ...

and directed by

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, and the Channel 4 transmission was followed by a live studio debate about the issues involved. It was overshadowed by the rival ''

'', shown eight days previously by ITV. While the ITV's ''Bloody Sunday'' filmed most of its scenes in Ballymun in Dublin, ''Sunday'' filmed the majority of its scenes in Derry itself. Streets and areas where the actual events of Bloody Sunday happened were used by the production team, such as William Street, Creggan, Craigavon Bridge and Harvey Street, where Father Edward Daly was, in a well-known scene, filmed waving a blood stained handkerchief escorting men carrying one of the victims, Jackie Duddy. It was released on DVD in the United Kingdom in February 2007. The film was the debut of

Clare Crockett Sister Clare Maria of the Trinity and the Heart of Mary (born Clare Theresa Crockett; 14 November 1982 – 16 April 2016) was a Catholic nun and former actress from Northern Ireland. Early life Clare Crockett was born in Derry in Northern I ...

, who gave up acting to become a nun and died during missionary work in Ecuador in 2016.

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