The first episode of Jimmy McGovern’s miniseries Moving On aired on Manday, March 2 and viewers were left in tears at its touching ending.
A string of standalone stories, the first instalment of the eleventh series from the former Brookside and Cracker creator was titled Time Out.
The gritty interlude from normal daytime telly followed the story of Joe (played by Tom McKay), who had just been released from prison for a crime he didn’t commit – but he remains on tag.
Striking up a friendship with young lad Jack at his local leisure centre, he got chatting to his mum, Lisa.
Lisa – played by Angel Oulsen, who you might remember from BBC’s Merlin – ended up inviting Joe round for Jack’s birthday, where he gave him a present and played football with him and his pal.
The pair’s sweet relationship was cut short, when after revealing he is on license, Joe decided to spend the night with Lisa – knowing that doing so would mean going back to prison. He left her a moving letter in the morning, saying that he will be sent down by police.
As he walked towards a cop car, his note read: “
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🙌♥📺
👏👏
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