The Street

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British television series drama television series television series

The Street is a British television drama series known for its gritty, character-driven stories set in a working-class neighborhood.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Street canonical	30
"The Street" (TV series)	1
The Street (TV series)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T788828 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Street
Context triple: [Ian McDiarmid, notableWork, The Street]

A. Summer Street
Summer Street is a major commercial thoroughfare in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, known for its retail shops, offices, and proximity to the Downtown Crossing area.
B. The Avenue
The Avenue is an upmarket shopping and dining destination located within the Spinningfields district of Manchester, England.
C. Sugar Street
Sugar Street is a novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that continues his Cairo Trilogy, depicting the evolving fortunes and political awakenings of a Cairene family across generations.
D. Millionnaya Street
Millionnaya Street is a historic central street in Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for its 18th–19th century aristocratic mansions and proximity to major imperial landmarks.
E. The Little Street
The Little Street is a celebrated 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer depicting a quiet, everyday street scene in his hometown of Delft.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Street
Target entity description: The Street is a British television drama series known for its gritty, character-driven stories set in a working-class neighborhood.

A. Summer Street
Summer Street is a major commercial thoroughfare in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, known for its retail shops, offices, and proximity to the Downtown Crossing area.
B. The Avenue
The Avenue is an upmarket shopping and dining destination located within the Spinningfields district of Manchester, England.
C. Sugar Street
Sugar Street is a novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that continues his Cairo Trilogy, depicting the evolving fortunes and political awakenings of a Cairene family across generations.
D. Millionnaya Street
Millionnaya Street is a historic central street in Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for its 18th–19th century aristocratic mansions and proximity to major imperial landmarks.
E. The Little Street
The Little Street is a celebrated 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer depicting a quiet, everyday street scene in his hometown of Delft.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British television series ⓘ drama television series ⓘ television series ⓘ
awardReceived	BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Series ⓘ linked to: British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Serial International Emmy Award for Best Drama Series ⓘ
broadcastOn	BBC One ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
creator	Jimmy McGovern ⓘ
criticalReception	critically acclaimed ⓘ
distributor	BBC ⓘ
episodeStructure	each episode focuses on different residents of the same street ⓘ
executiveProducer	Jimmy McGovern ⓘ
filmingLocation	Manchester ⓘ
firstAired	2006 ⓘ
format	anthology ⓘ
genre	drama ⓘ social realism ⓘ
hasTheme	community dynamics ⓘ family relationships ⓘ moral dilemmas ⓘ working-class life in Britain ⓘ
lastAired	2009 ⓘ
narrativeFocus	character-driven stories ⓘ
notableFor	ensemble cast ⓘ gritty realism ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes	18 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons	3 ⓘ
numberOfSeries	3 ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalNetwork	BBC One ⓘ
originalRunEndDate	2009-07- ⓘ
originalRunStartDate	2006-04-13 ⓘ
productionCompany	ITV Studios ⓘ linked to: ITV
runtimePerEpisode	60 minutes ⓘ
setInPeriod	contemporary era ⓘ
setting	Northern England ⓘ working-class neighborhood ⓘ
targetAudience	adult viewers ⓘ
writer	Jimmy McGovern ⓘ

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Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ian McDiarmid → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

Timothy Spall → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

Jonas Armstrong → notableWork → "The Street" (TV series) ⓘ

linked to: The Street

David Thewlis → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

Gina McKee → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

Toby Kebbell → notableWork → The Street (TV series) ⓘ

linked to: The Street

Ruth Jones → starredIn → The Street ⓘ

Granada Productions → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

Vincent Regan → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

Vincent Regan → appearedIn → The Street ⓘ

Matthew Salinger → hasActedIn → The Street ⓘ

Mark Benton → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

Jimmy McGovern → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

Jimmy McGovern → wrote → The Street ⓘ

Jimmy McGovern → created → The Street ⓘ

Neil Dudgeon → appearedIn → The Street ⓘ

Lorraine Ashbourne → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

Sharon Maughan → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

Michael Dinner → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

Michael Dinner → directed → The Street ⓘ

Ruth Sheen → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

Georgina McKee → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

John Yorke → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

Gary Glasberg → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

David Blair → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

Ger Ryan → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

Lee Ingleby → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

Christine Bottomley → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

Bille Eltringham → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

Joanne Froggatt → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

Kerrie Hayes → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

Lindsey Coulson → notableWork → The Street ⓘ

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