8.2 /10 1 Votes
7.9/10 TV Created by Jimmy McGovern Country of origin United Kingdom Networks BBC, BBC One | 8.3/10 IMDb Genre Drama Directed by David Blair Writers Jimmy McGovern | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Jimmy McGovern
Danny Brocklehurst
Marc Pye
Alice Nutter Composer(s) Robert Lane (Series 1)
John Lunn (Series 2)
Adrian Johnston (Series 3) Executive producers Jimmy McGovern, Sita Williams, Ken Horn, John Chapman Cast Timothy Spall, Bob Hoskins, Jim Broadbent, Anna Friel, Jane Horrocks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The street twin
The Street is a British television drama series created by Jimmy McGovern and produced by Granada Television for the BBC. The series follows the lives of various residents of an unnamed street in Manchester and features an all-star cast including Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent, Jane Horrocks, Bob Hoskins and David Thewlis.
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The Street won both the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series and RTS Television Award for Drama Series twice, in 2007 and 2008. It also won two International Emmy Awards in November 2007 for Best Drama and Best Actor (Jim Broadbent). The second series was nominated for the Best Drama prize at the 2008 Rose d'Or ceremony. Though it did not win, it received Special Mention from the jury. In November 2010, the third series won the International Emmy Award for Best Drama and Best Actor (Bob Hoskins).
The third series began airing on 13 July 2009 and concluded on 17 August 2009. This was the final series to be made due to cutbacks at ITV Studios in Manchester (ITV produced the series, although it is shown by the BBC).
Cast
The McEvoys are the only family to appear in more than one series, with Timothy Spall and Ger Ryan reprising the roles of Eddie and Margie for at least one episode per series.
Reception
The Street was critically applauded during its three-year run. TV critic Nancy-Banks Smith writing for The Guardian praised The Promise episode from Series 2: "Everyone involved seems to have appreciated the little gem they had here. Jodhi May, acting half the time with only half her face, was almost too powerful for peace of mind. David Blair directed like a particularly gifted spider, filling the screen with holes, cracks, doorways, windows...This, the last and best play in The Street series, must have been as painful and exhilarating to write as it was to watch. I wouldn't say it was plausible. I'd say poetic."