The Wednesday Play (TV Series)
Cathy Come Home (1966)
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- 1h 15min
- Drama
- 28 Mar 1969
- TV Episode
A wedding. Happy and promising. A young couple, new to the ways of life. The joys of parenthood: A dream comes true. Then the first incident in a long, spiraling chain of events, and down they go. No job, no money. Moving from house to...
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| Carol White | ... |
Cathy
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| Ray Brooks | ... |
Reg
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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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Kathleen Broadhurst | ... |
Landlady
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Ralph Lawton | ... |
Health Inspector
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Gladys Dawson | ... |
Mrs. Penfold
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Ron Pember | ... |
Mr. Jones
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| Paddy Joyce | ... |
Mr. Abercander
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Liz McKenzie | ... |
Mrs. Jones
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Maureen Ampleford | ... |
Pauline Jones
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Anne Ayres | ... |
Anne Jones
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| Lennard Pearce | ... |
Ratepayer
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David Crane | ... |
Ratepayer / Barrister
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Alan Selwyn | ... |
Ratepayer
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Will Stampe | ... |
Sleeping Rough / Boat Proprietor
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Geraldine Moon | ... |
Sleeping Rough / Girl in Derelict House
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Bernard Price | ... |
Sleeping Rough / Man in Street
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Charles Leno | ... |
Warden: at Cumbermere Lodge
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John Lawrence | ... |
Welfare Committee Member: at Cumbermere Lodge
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Joan Harsant | ... |
Nurse: at Cumbermere Lodge
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Faith Kent | ... |
Welfare Committee Member: at Cumbermere Lodge
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Julie May | ... |
Inmate: at Cumbermere Lodge
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Myrtle Mackenzie | ... |
Inmate: at Cumbermere Lodge
(as Myrtle McKenzie)
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Patti Dalton | ... |
Inmate: at Cumbermere Lodge
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Rose Hiller | ... |
Inmate: at Cumbermere Lodge
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Paddy Kent | ... |
Inmate: at Cumbermere Lodge
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Cleo Sylvestre | ... |
Inmate: at Holm Lea
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Terri Ansell | ... |
Inmate: at Holm Lea
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| Andria Lawrence | ... |
Inmate: at Holm Lea
(as Andrea Lawrence)
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Doreen Herrington | ... |
Inmate: at Holm Lea
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Muriel Hunte | ... |
Inmate: at Holm Lea
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| Edwin Brown | ... |
Warden at Holm Lea
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Helen Booth | ... |
Landlady
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| Lila Kaye | ... |
Staff
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Anne Hardcastle | ... |
Welfare Woman
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| Tim Brooke-Taylor | ... |
(uncredited)
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Sean King | ... |
Sean (uncredited)
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Stephen King | ... |
Stevie (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Ken Loach | ... | (as Kenneth Loach) |
Written by
| Jeremy Sandford | ... | (story) |
| Ken Loach | ... | (screenplay) (uncredited) |
Produced by
| Tony Garnett | ... | producer |
Music by
| Paul Jones | ... | (uncredited) |
Cinematography by
| Tony Imi | ... | (camera) |
Editing by
| Roy Watts | ||
Production Design by
| Sally Hulke | ... | designer |
Costume Design by
| Valerie Spooner | ... | (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| Malcolm Campbell | ... | sound |
Production Companies
Distributors
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1969) (United Kingdom) (tv)
- NHK (1969) (Japan) (tv)
- National Educational Television (NET) (1969) (United States) (tv)
- Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) (1969) (West Germany) (tv)
- BBC One (1966) (United Kingdom) (tv)
- BFI Video (2003) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- British Film Institute (BFI) (2003) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- 2 Entertain Video (2011) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Internet Archive (2014) (United States) (video) (VOD)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
A wedding. Happy and promising. A young couple, new to the ways of life. The joys of parenthood: A dream comes true. Then the first incident in a long, spiraling chain of events, and down they go. No job, no money. Moving from house to house, each smaller than the last. Hope is briefly found, But fate strikes again under a cruel word: Eviction. The family flees. A caravan is their shelter. But little did they know what was to come. Fire, destruction. Rage. Discrimination towards the poor. Hope is lost. The last straw is pulled. Distress. Separation. The family torn apart. Mother and children, father all alone. The ship can sink no lower. Or so they thought. Broke. Crushed. Chased from their last shelter. A mother clings to her children. And the final blow: children ripped from her loving arms. Written by Laeti |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | At an anniversary screening of the film, Ken Loach spoke of how the play had become an important part in making the debate on homelessness public. At the same event his producer, Tony Garnett, pointed out that the number of homeless in Britain had more than doubled "but Ken [Loach] and I now live in much more expensive houses." See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Play Power (1985). See more » |
| Soundtracks | 500 Miles See more » |
| Quotes |
Cathy Ward:
You don't care. You only pretend to care. See more » |