Cathy Come Home

by Stephen Lacey

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781844573165
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/15/2010
Series:	BFI TV Classics
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

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 (Manchester University Press, 2007), the editor, with J. Bignell, of Popular Television Drama: Critical Perspectives (Manchester University Press, 2005) and, with J. Bignell and M.K. Macmurraugh-Kavanagh, of Television Drama: Past Present and Future (Palgrave Macmillan, 2000).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Contexts of Production A Radical Aesthetic
'More Real than Real'
Contexts of Reception Conclusion Credits

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