Cathy Come Home

From the BBC's influential 'Wednesday Play' series. This tells the bleak tale of Cathy, who loses her home, husband and eventually her child through the inflexibility of the British welfare system. A grim picture is painted of mid-sixties London, realistic, but the viewer cannot but realise that a political point is being made. One of the consequences of this film was the formation of the housing charity 'Shelter'.

We have been asked by distributors in France, Belgium and the Netherlands to block this film from these territories. We sincerely apologize and hope to resolve the matter soon.

• Category

  • Classics
  • Drama
  • Family

• Starring:

  • Carol White
  • Ray Brooks
  • Winifred Dennis
  • Wally Patch

• Directed by:

  • Ken Loach

• Produced by:

  • Tony Garnett

• Written by:

  • Jeremy Sanford
  • Ken Loach

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This TV film changed my life, I remember watching as a young lad in East London and on winning a literature prize for writing an essay on homelessness sponsored by the new charity Shelter.

This film should be played and played and played to warn the people trapped on benefits to get out before the government controls you.

[Angelica correa]

I cant believe her husband left them to fend for themselves!! Poor Cathy she had to go through hell all by herself!!

I hate the fact that the government feels like they are God! Its wrong to take children from a loving mother!! A nd the bas part is when children are really being mistreated they dont do anything at al!!!

[bangalorebully]

What you mean "Welfare state in it's prime"?That movie is from 60s. Is the same scenario not there in Britain today??I mean, people defrauding the welfare system, immigrants who create law and order problem & try to justify it as "class struggle"..Or things have got better with the Tories in power?I need some info on it.

[bangalorebully]

You are wrong, it's not "those in dreadful situation". It's those irresponsible people who are in a mess, couldn't support even themselves, and still produce more kids thinking the taxpayers would support them.Jeez, dreadful situation..LOL..in dreadful situation & still shagging thinking Big Brother Government would be taking care of the babies that pop out. & Mr Bleeding heart, if you feel for such people then pay for it out of your pocket.STAY OFF OTHERS!!

[fluffofmuff]

Name calling? No need to, you chose your name. Just a shame you couldn't find any empathy for those in a dreadful situation. As I said your user name, which you chose, fits you perfectly.

[bangalorebully]

Resort to name calling & ambiguous self-righteous talk when you can't counter with facts----Old liberal trick!!

[fluffofmuff]

Quite an astonishing rant. Your username could not fit you any more perfectly.

[danjama]

It's soul destroying how relevant this film is today. I thought I had it bad. What a horrible place Britain was post-war. Is it much better now?

[Roger Fox]

I was shown this film at Junior School in the 60's. For some reason the Nuns at the Catholic school though this may be a warning but at the time we didn't understand :o/ But it's a film I always remember seeing

[gnowave]

and lastly, now that there are many people getting angry, they bring over foreign labor who are also suffering same socio-political-financial abuse as we, and use them to evict us. very similar to old roman tactic. they know u wont fight or evict your own (without coercsion) so its cheaper to bring in foreign labour to evict you that way, as the foreign labor are also desperate and have to do the job.eg, Poles used to evict gypsies in UK. in US they do it by inventing DRUG LAWS

[gnowave]

fyrther more, now that things in UK are the way they are becoming, our politicians and royals are in controversion of the magna carta and constitutional bill of rights (yes, we have them still), these are an agreement between us and the crown and our government that they are we all serve each other. if they dont phold thee rights, it is actually a form of treason. in a sense they are making sure that any choice outwith THEIR choices are made dangerous and legislated against.

[gnowave]

in many ways this has not changed. on the surface enough has changed to keep you onside, but it wasnt too long before this in history they were shipping all these folk off as criminals to the colonies. right now in UK they are cutting housing benefits, YET making squating illegal! and spoon feeding scare stories about squating. so whats they gonna do with all the folk whose benefits get cut? all our politicians are working for corporates, so they'll just legIislate to suite them