BBC Cathy Come Home ( The Wednesday Play S1 Ep 72) 1966 Full Movie in English Eng

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 midsixties London, and though realistic the viewer cannot but realise that a political point is being made. One of the consequences of this film was the enormous public support for the housing charity Shelter, whose public launch came shortly after the programme was first shown.