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''Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky'' is a 2005
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television serial depicting the intersecting lives of three working-class Londoners in the 1920s. The series is based on the trilogy '’
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, Zoë Tapper and Bryan Dick. The three-part drama was shown on BBC Four, accompanied by the documentary ''Words, Whisky and Women'', and was also released on DVD,
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. The series was released in the United States on
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on 11 February 2006.


Cast

* Bryan Dick – Bob *
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– Ella * Zoë Tapper – Jenny Maple * Phil Davis – Ernest Eccles *
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– Ella's Mother *
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh Elisabeth Dermot Walsh (born 15 September 1974) is an English actress, known for her role as Zara Carmichael in the BBC soap opera '' Doctors''. In 2015, she won Best Female Acting Performance at the RTS Midlands Awards for her portrayal of Zar ...
– Mrs Sanderson-Chantry *
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– Violet *
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– The Governor (pub landlord) * Jacqueline Tong – The Governor's Wife


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Reception

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'' called the series "a dreamy but gritty period drama, superbly acted" and "the kind of television at which the BBC repeatedly excels – rich and fulfilling for its understatement, discreet tales that are well told." ''
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'' praised the series, writing that it "brims with a sense of yearning that takes the very old quandary of not being able to control who one loves and puts an evergreen spin on it. Moreover, the production itself is as meticulous as the storytelling, from the drab palette used in capturing the Depression-era surroundings to the melancholy score."


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