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Jimmy McGovern's The Street recommissioned for second series
What the papers say:
"The acting throughout [the series] has been exemplary, but never more so than
here" - Times
"Poignant, funny and wonderful" - Mirror
"Event television" - Mail
"After weeks of watching awful dramas...
having a McGovern drama turn up is like having Elvis walk into the
room. McGovern
is so persistently, noticeably, bracingly, not crap."
- Caitlin
Moran, The Times
The Street, Jimmy
McGovern's emotionally-powerful hit series for BBC
ONE, has been recommissioned for a second series, it was announced
today.
The drama, which is enjoying good ratings figures for its run on Thursday nights, has been given the green light for another six episodes to air next year.
John Yorke, BBC Head of Independent Drama, says: "It's incredibly re-assuring that in this day and age there's still an appetite for single plays; and for voices as uncompromising as Jimmy McGovern's.
"The fact that The Street has found a mass audience
and touched a chord with so many people is true testament to Jimmy's
talent."
The drama is made by ITV Productions for BBC ONE.
The first series starring Jane Horrocks, Jim
Broadbent, Timothy Spall and Sue
Johnston was produced by Ken Horn.
The executive producers
are Sita
Williams (ITV Productions), Lucy Richer and John
Yorke (BBC).
Sita Williams adds: "What is exciting and continues to be
exciting about The Street is not only Jimmy McGovern's writing, but his work
with new writers who bring their raw talent to the project.
"It is also testimony
to Jimmy's writing that The Street will continue to attract the best actors
in British drama today."
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