The Street - Series 1 - Complete details
| Format: | 18 DVD |
|---|---|
| Starring: | Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Sue Johnston, Jane Horrocks |
| Director: | Jimmy McGovern |
| Genres: | Drama, Television - Series/Miniseries |
| Studio: | ITV STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Name | Discs | |
|---|---|---|
The Street - Disc 1 |
18 Disc 1 | |
The Street - Disc 2 |
18 Disc 2 |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 5 hours 55 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 05 Jun 2006 |
| Main languages: | English |
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By a customer from brighton , 18 Jul 2006[Highly rated reviewer]
Yes, at last a great series with believable characters and events. This is life, ok so all that may not happen in one street for those of you pedantic people, but about time we had more real drama and less police, and hospital programmes which bear little resemblance to real life. Anyone on any council estate or street in britain will be able to relate to stories about real people and real situations. It gets better and better, for dramatic realism, the street, for realistic comedy & drama, shameless. More like this please. Needs more stars- Was this review helpful to you?
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By a customer from Leeds , 10 Sep 2009We all know or have heard of somebody in every episode. McGovern reads life.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Predictable plot lines, preachy dialogue
By jimbojetset (4 reviews) from Manchester , 05 Jul 2009THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Show review anywayHide
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Life at the sharp end
By MRM from Leeds , 22 Jun 2009The actors in this series - all the usual suspects - must have been delighted to get their teeth into such superb scripts: Jimmy McGovern is to be congratulated. The first play concerns an ordinary husband and father who, for lack of concentration at the wrong time, hits a neighbour's child with his car. The story relates the consequences of his action. The second details the problems of involuntary retirement and how a decent husband and father copes with the situation. The scene where he decides to hang himself from the chandelier is total black humour from pathos to bathos. The third tells the story of a well respected teacher who needs to spend a penny whilst out running in the park, and is seen by a small child who screams blue murder. His inevitable fall from grace is like a train crash in slow motion as, like a house of cards his life comes crashing down around his ears and he finds himself classed as a hated pervert.
These stories aren't facile chick-lit - they are gritty, real, and thought- provoking. I can't wait for the next disc.- Was this review helpful to you?
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The Street
By a customer from Newark , 01 Apr 2008brilliant gritty storylines and well acted- Was this review helpful to you?
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Buy this!
By Andrina Baird from Glasgow , 25 Jan 2008Loved this so much I actually went out and bought it. Loved the way the stories all built up to a huge climax but were individual enough for you to watch one at a time. Jimmy McGovern is one of the country's greatest writers and this was excellently cast, directed and scripted. Lee Ingleby was exceptional. Found the Jim Broadbent one quite upsetting and the Timothy Spall story was lovely.- Was this review helpful to you?
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