The Street: The Complete Collection

This fascinating BBC drama series may be set among the residents of a single working class street in Manchester, but it is packed with a veritable who’s who of British acting royalty, from Jim Broadbent and Bob Hoskins to Jane Horrocks and Anna Friel. The stories swing between Shakespearean-level tragedy to pure soap opera, but no matter what the plot, the level of talent makes it come alive on the screen. Horrocks, best known for her comedic work as Bubbles in Absolutely Fabulous, does some of the best work of her career playing Angela, a lonely housewife trying desperately to make more of her life.