He produced a variety of series and one-offs for the Corporation during the 1990s, of which the best known are 1996's Our Friends in the North (winner of the 1997 Best Drama Serial accolades from both the British Academy Television Awards and the Royal Television Society) and the 1997 Jimmy McGovern serial The Lakes.
In 2002, Eva appeared in two dramas about the same challenging subject, Bloody Sunday: the documentary-style TV drama Bloody Sunday, starring James Nesbitt, and Sunday, written by Jimmy McGovern.
Jimmy McGovern's drama Accused features an episode in which an inquest is opened and ajourned by a coroner into a workplace death.
In 1996 he briefly appeared as a policeman in Jimmy McGovern's one-off drama for ITV "Hillsborough", based on the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster.
He also appeared in an episode of the BBC drama The Street, written by Jimmy McGovern, in April 2006.
Playing a regular character in Brookside's heyday (alongside Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston, and working with writers such as Jimmy McGovern), he burned himself into the viewers' memories with his portrayal of a man beyond breaking point, which culminated with him ranting at neighbours and churning up their lawns, as he drove his car around in circles.
Sharp was establishing herself as a talented actress and social realist roles in Mike Leigh's Naked (1993) and the Jimmy McGovern-penned Priest (1994) further raised her profile.
Also in 2012 she played Karen, a beauty therapist, in an episode of the Jimmy McGovern drama series Accused.
It was developed by local indigenous writers with the support of UK screenwriter Jimmy McGovern.
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- Guest Lectures from leading British TV writers including: Jimmy McGovern, Tony Jordan, Tony McHale, Alan Plater, Sarah Phelps, Ashley Pharoah.
The competition was judged by Brookside co-creator Colin McKeown and Jimmy McGovern, which resulted in Deane being given further opportunities to write on projects under McGovern's tutelage through McKeown's company LA Productions based at Liverpool Film Academy in Kirkdale, Liverpool.