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3	British series on Creator/TheBBC, 2007-2009, created by Creator/JimmyMcGovern. It will not be returning for a fourth series as the show is made by Creator/{{ITV}} Studios, which has closed the relevant unit for cost-cutting reasons.
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5	Which is a shame, because it's an excellent series and has won Baftas, as well as International Emmys.
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7	The series is a batch of loosely linked stories revolving around the residents of a single street in Manchester (you may only see a character once or twice). The stories are hard-hitting kitchen sink dramas of the sort [=McGovern=] is famous for, although happy endings are common.
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9	!!This series contains examples of:
10	* AmbiguousEnding: Billy's story and Shay's story. [[spoiler:Is Billy back on his football team or is he still in a coma dreaming that he is? Will Shay get to see his son?]]
11	* TheAtoner: Paul
12	* CharacterDevelopment: A lot. Many of the episodes have the characters seeing the error of their ways and becoming better people.
13	* ChristianityIsCatholic: Eddie, Ojo, and of course, the priest.
14	* BerserkButton: Frank on his age:
15	-->"I AM NOT A DINOSAUR! And if you call me that again I'll clock you one, you arrogant git."
16	* BitterSweetEnding: Angela's story, Yvonne's story (arguably), Jan & Cath's story, Shay's story and Margie and Eddie's story in the last episode [[spoiler: Angela's surrounded by her loving family but her daughter is still disabled, Yvonne's free of her abusive husband but has to live with having killed him, Jan's son has been proven to be innocent but the once loving relationship between the sisters is ruined, Shay has got clean and has hope of seeing his son but still can't at least for now and Margie's dead but Eddie believes she died knowing he loved her and he makes up with his children]]
17	* Can'tHelpEnough: Eddie.
18	** Eddie: I've got two options. One: Kill meself. Two: Kill the wife.
19	** Friend: You could just tell the truth.
20	** Eddie: That's worse than one and two combined.
21	* CrazyJealousGuy: Sean
22	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Paul and Ojo
23	* DoggedNiceGuy: Eddie
24	* DomesticAbuse: Sean and Margie's dad
25	* DramaClub: We see Jenna perform a snippet of Lady Macbeth's dialogue.
26	* {{Foreshadowing}}: "You'll be in the ground before me," is said to Sean by Yvonne's mum, who dies soon after. Yvonne and her sister murder Sean and hide his body in the grave where their mother is buried, so he is literally in the ground before her. Also a MeaningfulEcho.
27	* DrivenToSuicide: Frank [[spoiler: though he doesn't go through with it]]
28	* HenpeckedHusband: Eddie
29	* JerkwithaHeartofGold: Margie, Wayne, Kieran and Shay
30	* LoveMartyr: Yvonne, to a point.
31	* MamaBear: Many. Angela (at least after the accident), Margie, Yvonne's mother, Jan, Cath, Dee, Olenka and Madeleine (the mother of Shay's son)
32	* MoralityPet: Played with regarding both Billy's dad who is blind and Shay's son Otto who has Down Syndrome
33	* NotWhatItLooksLike: "The Flasher". A teacher stops to pee while out for a jog. A young girl sees him. A PaedoHunt ensues.
34	* PaedoHunt: The teacher in ''The Flasher'' and, to a lesser extent, postman Waye
35	* SingleMomStripper: Dee, who worked as a prostitute at weekends. to try and get her kids into a better school.
36	* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Dee.
37	* RapeAsDrama: Yvonne from her abusive husband with her young daughter watching
38	* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Frank to Man U supporters, Yvonne's mum and Margie to Sean, Gary's dad to Gary and Kierans date to Kieran
39	* SlutShaming: Mark's dad does a fair bit of this to Dee for being a prostitute which is incredibly hypocritical since he has been cheating on his wife with prostitutes for years
40	* TeachersPet: Jenna.

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