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The Wednesday Play: Season 1, Episode 71Cathy Come Home (28 Mar. 1969)From the BBC's influential 'Wednesday Play' series. This tells the bleak tale of Cathy... See full summary » Director:Ken Loach |
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The Wednesday Play: Season 1, Episode 71Cathy Come Home (28 Mar. 1969)From the BBC's influential 'Wednesday Play' series. This tells the bleak tale of Cathy... See full summary » Director:Ken Loach |
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Ray Brooks | ... |
Reg Ward
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Winifred Dennis | ... |
Mrs. Ward
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Wally Patch | ... |
Grandad
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Adrienne Frame | ... |
Eileen
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Emmett Hennessy | ... |
Johnny
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Alec Coleman | ... |
Wedding Guest
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Geoffrey Palmer | ... |
Property Agent
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Gabrielle Hamilton | ... |
Welfare Officer
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Phyllis Hickson | ... |
Mrs. Alley
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Frank Veasey | ... |
Mr. Hodge
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Barry Jackson | ... |
Rent Collector
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James Benton | ... |
Man at Eviction
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Ruth Kettlewell | ... |
Judge
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John Baddeley | ... |
Housing Officer
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From the BBC's influential 'Wednesday Play' series. This tells the bleak tale of Cathy, who loses her home, husband and eventually her child through the inflexibility of the British welfare system. A grim picture is painted of mid-sixties London, and though realistic the viewer cannot but realise that a political point is being made. One of the consequences of this film was the enormous public support for the housing charity 'Shelter', whose public launch came shortly after the programme was first shown. Written by D.Giddings <darren.giddings@newcastle.ac.uk>
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