The Street
Episode synopses
Episode one
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Joe Jennerson envies identical twin brother, Harry. His sibling has the freedom of a comfortable bachelor lifestyle, funded by a generous army pension whereas Joe is in a dead end job – no money, squabbling children, a live-in mother and a wife that he thinks has fallen out of love with him.
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As the brothers watch a football match on the television one evening, Harry chokes on a sweet and loses consciousness. As Joe waits for the ambulance to arrive, he realises that the chance of a lifetime is staring him in the face.
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Joe swaps clothes and takes on the identity of Harry. The assumed body of Joe is pronounced dead at the hospital, whilst the real Joe is left comforting his wife, Mary, under the pretence that he is her brother-in-law.
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The following days are surreal for Joe, as he walks in a dead man's shoes, learning about the brother that he thought he knew. Maggie, his mother, sees through his pretence. She keeps his secret but Joe knows that he can't play his game forever.
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Eventually, Mary realises that Joe is alive and living as Harry and, unable to take the deception, she throws his mother out of the house.
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Eventually Joe wins Mary back as she attends the coroner's court with him. As the tape is played of the phone calls to the emergency services, it becomes clear that it was Harry that died, not Joe.
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A prison sentence is issued to identity thief, Joe, and although he will be separated from Mary once again, their new-found love that they have for one another is stronger than ever.
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