Street and Lane

Genre	Situation comedy
Running time	30 minutes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC Radio 4
Starring	Nicholas Lane (series 1) Shaun Dooley (series 2) Fine Time Fontayne
Written by	Dave Sheasby Ian McMillan
Produced by	David Hunter
Original release	August 2005 – January 2007
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	8
Audio format	Stereophonic sound
Website	Street and Lane at BBC Radio 4 Extra

Street and Lane is a BBC Radio 4 radio comedy series written by Dave Sheasby and Ian McMillan. The show ran for two series which aired in 2005 and 2007. The first series featured Nicholas Lane as Johnny Street, with Shaun Dooley taking over the role for the second series. In both series, the part of Arthur Lane was played by Fine Time Fontayne.

Cast

• Nicholas Lane (series one) and Shaun Dooley (series two) as Johnny Street
• Fine Time Fontayne as Arthur Lane

Plot

The main characters, Johnny Street and Arthur Lane play partners in a small Yorkshire building firm. The series records their rather odd experiences in Yorkshire suburbia, doing a variety of small and large jobs for householders. Street and Lane often wax philosophical to each other about life, the Universe, and everything. Lane worked for Street's father in the firm, which apparently suffered from certain financial irregularities. Street gave up a teaching career to rescue the family business. The humour is understated, lurking under a stereotypically laconic Yorkshire mindset.

Various running jokes are used. "Head Office calling!" means Mrs. Street, who fields customer calls at home, is calling Johnny on his mobile phone. The "lady with the boiler on Misperton Avenue" is a fictional customer used as an all-purpose excuse for not being able to take on a job right away (the builders do not want to seem desperate for business) or for making a quick exit from an embarrassing situation.

Episodes

Broadcast History

The show has been repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra.^[1][2]

References

External links

• epguides.com