Kev
02-22-2006, 11:09 AM
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The Street is a major new drama series being shown on BBC One this spring. Written by Jimmy McGovern (http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5891#post5891), it stars a host of Northern actors eg Jim Broadbent, Jane Horrocks, Sue Johnston, David Schofield and Jody Latham, one of the stars of Shameless.
Set in Manchester (*yes, you are as suprised as I am. Jimmy was born in Liverpool)
It's actually set up here in Manchester but I had thoughts initially of a street off Kensington - that's Kensington, Merseyside NOT Kensington, London! But there are always problems on Merseyside because if you portray a character on screen who's a thief say, then you're compounding a stereotype. Our city is very sensitive about how Scousers are portrayed. So it's a lot easier to do it in Manchester.
more (http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/articles/2006/02/20/200206_inside_out_street_mcgovern_feature.shtml)
The Street is a major new drama series being shown on BBC One this spring. Written by Jimmy McGovern (http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5891#post5891), it stars a host of Northern actors eg Jim Broadbent, Jane Horrocks, Sue Johnston, David Schofield and Jody Latham, one of the stars of Shameless.
Set in Manchester (*yes, you are as suprised as I am. Jimmy was born in Liverpool)
It's actually set up here in Manchester but I had thoughts initially of a street off Kensington - that's Kensington, Merseyside NOT Kensington, London! But there are always problems on Merseyside because if you portray a character on screen who's a thief say, then you're compounding a stereotype. Our city is very sensitive about how Scousers are portrayed. So it's a lot easier to do it in Manchester.
more (http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/articles/2006/02/20/200206_inside_out_street_mcgovern_feature.shtml)