Cathy Come Home

Anthony hayward tells how cathy came home if there truly was a golden age of british television as opposed to a romanticised reflection on its formative years cathy come home represents its.

Cathy come home. Produced at a time when television drama actually could make a difference to public opinion and the bbc regularly produced single plays dealing with contemporary issues cathy come home tells a straightforward tale of the eponymous protagonist carol white and husband reg ray brooks who begin in relative affluence yet end up sliding down the housing ladder until they are left with absolutely nothing. It told the harrowing story of a fictional young family evicted from their home. A 1998 radio times readers poll voted it the best single television drama and a 2000 industry poll rated it as the second best british television programme ever made.

Up the junction cathy come home and poor cow were all directed by ken loach. Cathy come home for supper cathy he doesn t love you cathy we know you re a dreamer your daddy s bad back he needs you tell us about that suntan tell us all about that bruise on your arm oh. This article was amended on 4 august 2016 to clarify that cathy come home was written by jeremy sandford and.

Fifty years after cathy come home it s high time we invested in providing some. White starred opposite alan bates dirk bogarde and ian holm in the film adaptation of bernard malamud s the fixer 1968 and then travelled to hollywood in 1968 to make daddy s gone a hunting 1969. Read 3 reviews from the world s largest community for readers.

The groundbreaking television drama cathy come home caused shockwaves when it was broadcast on bbc one in 1966.