Street, The

2 0 0 6 – 2 0 0 9 (UK)
18 x 60 minute episodes

This hard-hitting British television drama anthology series is set on an unnamed residential street in Salford, Manchester.

Each hour-long episode shifts its focus to a different household on the street, exploring the intense secret lives, moral dilemmas, and quiet struggles of ordinary families.

While the stories function as standalone narratives, the characters are subtly interconnected as neighbours passing on the street or drinking at the local pub.

Episodes tackle gritty social themes with deep empathy, including poverty, domestic abuse, marital infidelity, injustice, and personal redemption.

The stellar rotating cast includes Timothy Spall and Ger Ryan, who appear across all 18 episodes as Eddie and Margie McEvoy; Jim Broadbent and Sue Johnston (starring in a bittersweet storyline about retirement and financial ruin); Bob Hoskins, as a reformed alcoholic pub landlord facing down a local gangster; Stephen Graham;  David Thewlis; Anna Friel; Jane Horrocks; Gina McKee;  and a young Matt Smith.

The show won the “Best Drama Series” BAFTA twice (in 2007 and 2008) and both Jim Broadbent (2007) and Bob Hoskins (2010) won International Emmys for Best Actor for their powerful individual episode performances.

Eddie McEvoy
Timothy Spall
Margie McEvoy
Ger Ryan
Yvonne O’Neill
Christine Bottomley
Sean O’Neill
Lee Ingleby
Roz Morgan
Julia Ford
Wayne Taylor
Mark Benton
Charlie Morgan
Vincent Regan
Brian Peterson
Neil Dudgeon
PC Fraser
Gerard Fletcher
Nick Calshaw
Jonas Armstrong
Paul Billerton
Toby Kebbell
Stan McDermott
Jim Broadbent
Brenda McDermott
Sue Johnston
David McEvoy
James Varley
Leanne McEvoy
Linzey Cocker
Shay Ryan
Stephen Graham
Ian Hanley
Matt Smith
Dee
Anna Friel
Angela Quinn
Jane Horrocks
Joe Jennerson/Harry Jennerson
David Thewlis
Paddy Gargan
Bob Hoskins
Lizzie Gargan
Frances Barber
Joe
David Bradley
Madeleine
Maxine Peake