The Street

Mum Angela Quinn (Jane Horrocks) is looking for some extramarital excitement outside her safe but boring marriage to Arthur. She finds friend and neighbour Peter Harper only too happy to oblige.

Stan (Jim Broadbent), a dedicated warehouse foreman, is doing his best to ignore his looming retirement. Having worked for the same company for more than forty years, Stan has grown to love his job and the sense of purpose that it gives him.

Life seems to be going well for happily married Brian and Ann Peterson, along with their three children - that is until Brian is caught short one evening while jogging in the park.

Billy Roberts is a dedicated member of City's Football Academy who risks losing everything when a simple act threatens to lead him into a life of crime.

Cab driver Eddie (Timothy Spall) collects Ojo, who is being re-housed by Asylum Action Aid following a house fire, but they find his new residence is closed.

Sean (Lee Ingleby) and Yvonne (Christine Bottomley) live unhappily with their three young children. Sean struggles to conceal his temper and beats Yvonne as she tries to conceal the marital abuse.