Ken Loach at the BBC (Ken Loach) (DVD)

Collection of TV dramas by the acclaimed British film maker Ken Loach. 'The Big Flame' 1967 and 'Rank and File' 1971 are trademark Loach dramas, detailing with sympathy the plight of workers caught up in industrial disputes at the Liverpool docks and the Pilkington glassworks, respectively. 'Three Clear Sundays' 1965 tells the story of Danny Tony Selby, a young man facing up to the death penalty after an attempt to help reduce the sentence of two other prison inmates goes badly wrong. 'Days of Hope' 1975 is an epic four-part series starring Paul Copley, Pamela Brighton and Nikolas Simmonds as members of a working class family whose fortunes are depicted from the end of WWI to what they perceive as their betrayal in the General Strike of 1926. 'The End of Arthur's Marriage' 1965 offers something of a departure from Loach's conventional films, an adaptation of a musical scripted by Christopher Logue. 'In Two Minds' 1967 stars Anna Cropper and examines the plight of those suffering from schizophrenia. 'Up the Junction' 1965 raised the issue of abortion, at the time illegal, and played a major role in shaping public debate on the issue. Its influence in this regard was possibly only surpassed by Loach's most famous TV drama 'Cathy Come Home' 1966, which follows the struggles of young bride Cathy Carol White as she struggles to keep a roof over herself and her children in a housing system that seems constantly to be working against her. 'The Price of Coal' 1977 is a two-part drama
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