The Street

Last year The Street, Jimmy McGovern's emotionally powerful BBC One series, proved an instant hit with both public and critics alike.

The show which ran with the tagline, "behind every door in every street, there's a story waiting to be told" scooped British television's top industry awards winning both the 2007 BAFTA and RTS awards for Best Drama Series.

The Daily Mirror dubbed it, "poignant, funny and wonderful," while the Daily Mail reckoned it was "event television." For its part, The Times raved that, "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."

Moreover, the first series is garnering international attention and has two Emmy nominations: for Best Series and Jim Broadbent is nominated in the best actor category. The winners are announced in New York on the 19 November.

The second six-part series of The Street, penned by one of British television's most prolific and influential writers, Jimmy McGovern, made for BBC One by ITV Productions, has started filming in North West England and completes shooting this August.

As with the first series, McGovern has worked with new writers to create stories with universal appeal, which often explore the darker side of human nature, but do so with wit, intelligence and compassion.

The series was commissioned by Jane Tranter, Controller, BBC Fiction.

Each of the six compelling stories boasts some of Britain's finest film, television and stage actors as well as introducing talented newcomers.

David Thewlis (Naked) stars as identical twins, Joe and Harry; alongside Bronagh Gallagher (Holy Cross) who plays Joe's wife; June Watson (Strictly Confidential) as the twin's mother; Mark Benton (City Lights) is beleaguered postman and loving dad Wayne with newcomer Michael Taylor (Mischief Nights) playing his friend Damien.