Ken Loach Collection: Volume 1 (Ken Loach) (DVD)

Over 12 hours of intense and ground-breaking drama from one of Britain's greatest living directors. In Loach's debut feature, 'Poor Cow' 1968, young mother Joy Carol White is forced to fend for herself when her brutal and uncaring husband, Tom John Bindon, is put in jail. Joy finds brief happiness with Tom's criminal associate Dave Terence Stamp, who proves kind and gentle when she moves in with him, but this relationship ends when he is also jailed, and Joy is left to raise her young son alone in squalid circumstances. 'Kes' 1969, arguably Loach's best-loved film, is based on the novel by Barry Hines. Billy is a young boy David Bradley living in a working-class Northern town, who finds a baby falcon which he cares for and trains. His new hobby offers him respite from boredom and the bullying he receives at school, but he continues to suffer at the hands of his delinquent brother Jud Freddie Fletcher. 'The Gamekeeper' 1980, also based on a novel by Barry Hines, tells the simple tale of a year in the life of a gamekeeper, detailing the challenges involved in rearing pheasants, dealing with predators poachers and foxes, and preparing for the annual shooting party. In the comedy drama 'Riff Raff' 1990, former jailbird Stevie Robert Carlyle travels to London, finds work on a building site, and sets up home in an abandoned flat. One day he discovers a handbag in a skip and returns it to its owner, the would-be singer Susan Emer McCourt. The pair begin a romance, but Susan's drug u
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