Cathy Come Home

Cathy Come Home is a British drama film which first aired on 16 november 1966 on BBC1. The film lasted 75 minutes and was part of The Wednesday Play, a series of films that ran on the BBC from 1964 to 1970.The film is in second place in the list of the 100 greatest British television programmes which in 2000 was compiled by the British Film Institute. ==Story[ Edit] == The film was about a young couple, Cathy (Carol White) and Reg (Ray Brooks). Initially them all for the wind, they get a child and moving to a modern home. When Reg loses itself may hurt and his work are they out of their home and they end up in poverty. They are staying in squats and homeless centers. Eventually be Cathy's children taken away by social services. ==Reaction[ Edit] == There were 12 million viewers for the first episode of the series, at which point a quarter of the UK population. The series starred in on unemployment, homeless people and the right of mothers to raise their children to be allowed, which until then had not yet received much attention in the media.