| "Cathy Come Home" | |
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| The Wednesday Play episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 3 |
| Directed by | Ken Loach |
| Written by | Jeremy Sandford |
| Editing by | Roy Watts |
| Original air date | 16 November 1966 |
"Cathy Come Home" is a 1966 BBC television play about homelessness. It was written by Jeremy Sandford, produced by Tony Garnett and directed by Ken Loach. 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.[1][2] Filmed in a gritty, realistic drama documentary style, it was first broadcast on 16 November 1966 on BBC1. The play was shown in the BBC's The Wednesday Play anthology strand, which often tackled social issues.
- ^ Childs, Peter; Storry, Michael, eds. (1999). Encyclopaedia of Contemporary British Culture. London: Routledge. p. 159. ISBN 9780415147262.
- ^ Duguid, Mark. "Cathy Come Home (1966)". British Film Institute. London. Retrieved 16 January 2014.