It was produced by Sita Williams. In 2012, McGovern together with local Indigenous Australian writers from Sydney, developed the Australian television drama series "Redfern Now", set among the Indigenous Australians of the Sydney suburb of Redfern. The six-part series follows a similar format to "Accused", telling the stories of six inner-city households in one street whose lives are changed by a seemingly insignificant incident. The series debuted on 1 November 2012, was produced by Blackfella Films and has been commissioned for a second series. McGovern wrote the screenplay for the 1994 drama, "Priest". McGovern wrote the book for the musical stage show "King Cotton", which explores links between the Atlantic slave trade and industrialisation in North West England, as part of the Liverpool European Capital of Culture 2008. "King Cotton" premiered at the Lowry in September 2007 before moving to the Liverpool Empire. In 2009, McGovern was the executive producer on the BBC One miniseries "Moving On". McGovern has described cinema scriptwriters as being treated like hacks and forced to crank out countless drafts by successive producers. McGovern has openly criticised dramas such as "Footballers' Wives" lamenting the lack of quality, believable storytelling in the early 2000s. He believes that television directors are underrated. He says: "I have worked twice with David Blair" on "The Lakes" and "The Street", "and I can tell you that he is the best there is. He can make a good project great... Why David hasn’t won the acclaim he deserves is a mystery to me".