The BBC gets a fair bit of flack (not least accusations of dumbing down, which in the case of the Six O'Clock News, seem quite fair - I mean, what were they doing last week covering Bruce's Forsythe's daughter's missing dog story - surely that wasn't a national news story for the licence fee funded BBC. As much as I sympathise with Brucie and his family, there were bigger stories around that day) but what a gem Jimmy McGovern's The Street (catch it on Thursday and out soon on DVD) has proved to be. It's one of those dramas that are worth paying the licence fee for on their own. Brilliant performances, as usual, from Jim Broadbent and Tim Spall, but for me Neil Dudgeon (see http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0240072/ ) deserves to be singled out for praise. If he doesn't get a Bafta nomination then there's no justice.
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