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Cathy Come Home
S. Lacey
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Description for Cathy Come Home
Paperback. A study of the classic television drama Cathy Come Home (BBC 1966) which tells the moving story of a young couple's struggles with poverty, debt and homelessness. Stephen Lacey places Cathy in its institutional context and examines its impact on first broadcast and its lasting influence. Series: BFI TV Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APTD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250. Series: BFI TV Classics. 144 pages, 0, 88 black & white halftones. A study of the classic television drama Cathy Come Home (BBC 1966) which tells the moving story of a young couple's struggles with poverty, debt and homelessness. Stephen Lacey places Cathy in its institutional context and examines its impact on first broadcast and its lasting influence. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: APTD. Dimension: 190 x 136 x 10. Weight: 250.
?Cathy Come Home is one of the most influential and highly-regarded UK television dramas. First screened in 1966, it was a devastating indictment of government policy towards homelessness, and a powerful defence of the homeless. More than forty years on, it is still cited as one of the most important television dramas of all time. Screened in the BBC's groundbreaking Wednesday Play anthology series, Cathy was the first single UK television play to be made on film and shot substantially on location. Directed by Ken Loach and produced by Tony Garnett, the film had an immediate impact, recording unprecedented audience ... Read more
?Cathy Come Home is one of the most influential and highly-regarded UK television dramas. First screened in 1966, it was a devastating indictment of government policy towards homelessness, and a powerful defence of the homeless. More than forty years on, it is still cited as one of the most important television dramas of all time. Screened in the BBC's groundbreaking Wednesday Play anthology series, Cathy was the first single UK television play to be made on film and shot substantially on location. Directed by Ken Loach and produced by Tony Garnett, the film had an immediate impact, recording unprecedented audience ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
BFI TV Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844573165
SKU
V9781844573165
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About S. Lacey
STEPHEN LACEY is ?Professor of Drama, Film and Television at the Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries, University of Glamorgan (UK). He is the author of Tony Garnett (2007) and the co-editor of Popular Television Drama: Critical Perspectives (2005) and of British Television Drama: Past, Present and Future (2000).
Reviews for Cathy Come Home
...should remain definitive for some time to come.' - The Digital Fix