The Street (British TV series)

For US TV series, see The Street (2000 TV series).

The Street
The Street title sequence
GenreDrama
Created byJimmy McGovern
Written byJimmy McGovern
Danny Brocklehurst
Marc Pye
Alice Nutter
Directed byDavid Blair
Composers
  • Robert Lane (Series 1)
  • John Lunn (Series 2)
  • Adrian Johnston (Series 3)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes18 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producersJimmy McGovern
Sita Williams
Producers
  • Ken Horn (Series 1)
  • John Chapman (Series 2)
  • Matthew Bird (Series 3)
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release13 April 2006 (2006-04-13) –
17 August 2009 (2009-08-17)
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The Street is a British drama television 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.

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.[1][2] It also won two International Emmy Awards in November 2007 for Best Drama and Best Actor (Jim Broadbent).[3] 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.[4] 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).[5]

The filming location was Rock Street, Higher Broughton in Salford.

  1. ^ "Victoria Wood scoops Bafta double". BBC News Online. 20 May 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
  2. ^ "TV Winners in 2008". BAFTA. 26 April 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  3. ^ "International Emmys Awards to honor Al Gore". USA Today. 19 November 2007. Retrieved 23 November 2007.
  4. ^ "Rose d'Or Winners 2008" (PDF). Rose d'Or AG. 6 May 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 May 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
  5. ^ "'The Street' to end after current series". Digital Spy. 14 July 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2009.