George Costigan
Born in Portsmouth in 1947, Costigan grew up in Salford and joined the esteemed Liverpool Everyman theatre company in 1974. He has been a regular on our screens since 1978
Known For
5 titles
Happy Valley
Yorkshire-based crime drama centering on the personal and professional life of Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood.
Shirley Valentine
Shirley is a 42-year-old bored Liverpudlian housewife who takes a holiday trip to Greece and meets a local man who bolsters her self-confidence. She evolves and transforms to the point that her husband doesn't even recognize her.
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Realistic story of working-class Yorkshire life, alternately serious and light-hearted, as two schoolgirls have a sexual fling with a married man.
The Arbor
Portrayal of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar.
The Hawk
Housewife Annie Marsh (Dame Helen Mirren) suspects her husband might be The Hawk, a brutal serial killer. Complicating matters is the fact that she once was incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital. When she discovers she does not h...