Ken Loach

The Old Oak is a special place. Not only is it the last pub standing, but it’s also the only remaining public space where people can meet in a once-thriving mining community that has seen thirty hard years of decline. TJ Ballantyne, the landlord, hangs on to The Old Oak by his fingertips, and his predicament is endangered even more when the pub becomes contested territory after the arrival of Syrian refugees who are placed in the village without any notice. In an unlikely friendship, TJ meets a curious young Syrian woman, Yara, who has a camera. Can they find a way for the two communities to understand each other? So unfolds a deeply moving drama about their fragilities and hopes.

Por que ainda somos capazes, hoje, de assistir a imagens que foram capturadas há mais de 125 anos? À medida que entramos na era digital, o patrimônio audiovisual parece ser um fato seguro e óbvio. No entanto, muito do cinema e da nossa história filmada já se perdeu para sempre. Arquivistas, técnicos e cineastas de diferentes partes do mundo explicam o que é a preservação audiovisual e contam o porquê ela é necessária. O documentário é uma homenagem a todos esses profissionais e ao seu importante trabalho.

No futuro pós-pandemia da covid-19, a centralidade será o cassino financeiro e a acumulação de riqueza por uma elite ou uma vida de qualidade para todos, com menos desigualdade? O Estado mínimo se mostrou capaz de atender ao coletivo? Como garantir a vida sem direitos sociais e trabalhistas? Em qual modelo de sociedade queremos viver? O filme aborda o desmonte do conceito de bem-estar social e nos faz refletir sobre a incompatibilidade do neoliberalismo com um projeto humanista de sociedade.

The documentary, filmed in England in autumn 2020, sheds light on the genesis and background of the social drama.

Victoria Wood's Secret List features more than 20 sketches from the comedian's vast array of work. The sketches - chosen by Victoria herself - were discovered on a list in one of her personal notebooks after her untimely death. With a career spanning more than 40 years and crossing every possible genre, Victoria has a back catalogue that's bulging with sublime comedy moments, and Victoria Wood's Secret List promises viewers a unique opportunity to see the very best bits of Victoria's work that she loved the most.

Marking Play for Today’s 50th anniversary, Drama Out of a Crisis is a compelling exploration of the series, its origins, achievements, controversies and legacies. Featuring a rich and surprising range of archive extracts and original interviews with many who created the series, including producers Kenith Trodd, Margaret Matheson and Richard Eyre, and directors Mike Leigh, David Hare and Ken Loach.

A documentary film in which Dr Bob Gill, a General Practitioner and NHS campaigner, takes us through the story of the NHS and exposes the plans to privatise and sell it off for profit.

Comedian, actor and ex-English teacher Greg Davies is a lifelong fan of Barry Hines's classic novel A Kestrel for a Knave, the story of Billy Casper training a kestrel as an escape from his troubled home and school life. In this documentary, Greg goes in search of the book's enduring appeal, travelling to Barnsley, where the book was set and where Ken Loach's famous adaptation, Kes, was filmed.

Ricky e a sua família lutam arduamente contra as dívidas desde o colapso financeiro de 2008. A certa altura, Ricky tem uma oportunidade de recuperar alguma independência com uma furgoneta novinha em folha e a possibilidade de ter o seu franchise como motorista de entregas por conta própria. É um trabalho duro, mas o emprego da mulher como cuidadora não é mais fácil. A família é forte, mas quando ambos são empurrados em sentidos diferentes, o ponto de rutura torna-se iminente.

Ricky e a sua família lutam arduamente contra as dívidas desde o colapso financeiro de 2008. A certa altura, Ricky tem uma oportunidade de recuperar alguma independência com uma furgoneta novinha em folha e a possibilidade de ter o seu franchise como motorista de entregas por conta própria. É um trabalho duro, mas o emprego da mulher como cuidadora não é mais fácil. A família é forte, mas quando ambos são empurrados em sentidos diferentes, o ponto de rutura torna-se iminente.

Ricky e a sua família lutam arduamente contra as dívidas desde o colapso financeiro de 2008. A certa altura, Ricky tem uma oportunidade de recuperar alguma independência com uma furgoneta novinha em folha e a possibilidade de ter o seu franchise como motorista de entregas por conta própria. É um trabalho duro, mas o emprego da mulher como cuidadora não é mais fácil. A família é forte, mas quando ambos são empurrados em sentidos diferentes, o ponto de rutura torna-se iminente.

An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most acclaimed exponents - Closely Observed Trains director Jiří Menzel.

In 2017 Tyneside Cinema turned 80.

A feature length documentary about the real state of the British film industry in relation to UK structures past, present and currently for the future. This film exposes the shocking truths about the UK Governments' will to grow an indigenous British film industry, the legacy and testament of the now closed UK Film Council (UKFC), the current British Film Institute and the new Creative England.

This unique interactive film puts you on set with Ken Loach in production on his latest film, I, Daniel Blake. Throwing us into life on location and during pre-production, it enables you to change the course of your viewing experience by selecting inserts in which Loach and some of his key collaborators – past and present – give fascinating insights into his creative practices. (The version released on the Criterion Collection edition is only 38 minutes and doesn't include the interactive parts with interviews and illustrative scenes from previous Loach films.)

Após uma parada cardíaca, Daniel se afasta do trabalho e busca auxilio financeiro do governo. No meio da burocracia que quase o leva à loucura, ele conhece uma mãe solteira na mesma situação e eles desenvolvem uma forte amizade.

Documentary feature about Czech director Jiří Menzel, featuring Menzel himself as well as Miloš Forman, Emir Kusturica, István Szabó and others.

Ken Loach spent two days on the Jeremy Corbyn Labour leadership campaign trail in the summer of 2016. He documented people sharing their personal stories and discussing their reasons for supporting our agenda. These stories show why Labour must transform and rebuild Britain so that no one and no community is left behind.

An account of the life and work of the legendary cinematographer and director Carlo Di Palma (1925-2004) and an emotional journey into the greatest moments of cinema, from the Italian neorealism to the masterpieces of Woody Allen, commented by prestigious figures of world cinema.

A surprisingly candid behind-the-scenes account of the career of Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most celebrated and controversial filmmakers, as he prepares to release his final major film I, Daniel Blake.

Um cinema abandonado e em ruínas no interior da Paraíba é o cenário inicial de um filme sobre o cinema, que viaja nos depoimentos do romancista e dramaturgo Ariano Suassuna e de inúmeros cineastas.

Actor Cillian Murphy, who played the lead role in Ken Loach's Palme d'Or-winning film The Wind That Shakes the Barley, talks to the director at the BFI Southbank about a prolific career dedicated to documenting social and political injustice, the importance of artistic collaboration, the often-overlooked humour in Loach's films, and the impact working with Loach had on his own approach to acting.

A história do maior protesto mundial realizado em quase 800 cidades ao redor do mundo que aconteceu em 15 de Fevereiro de 2003 contra a guerra do Iraque.

Depois de viver exilado dez anos nos Estados unidos, Jimmy Gralton volta à sua terra para ajudar a mãe e cuidar da quinta da família. A Irlanda que encontra, dez anos depois da guerra civil, tem um novo governo e muitas esperanças no ar… Após as solicitações por parte dos jovens do Condado de Leitrim, Jimmy, apesar das suas reticências em provocar os seus velhos inimigos, como a Igreja ou os grandes proprietários, decide reabrir o seu "Hall", um lugar aberto para todos, onde se pode dançar, estudar, ou conversar. De novo, o sucesso é imediato. Mas a influência crescente de Jimmy e as suas ideias progressistas não agradam a todos na aldeia e as tensões acabam por reaparecer…

How the spirit of unity, which buoyed Britain during the war years, carried through to create a vision of a fairer, united society.

This documentary looks at the life of Jordi Dauder through an interview with the actor a few weeks before his death. From her interventions and people who knew him, the play explores the experiences of actor, from his artistic side as from his political convictions and life.

Robbie felizmente consegue escapar de uma sentença de prisão e, após o nascimento de seu filho, decide que é o momento de mudar sua vida. Um trabalho comunitário e uma degustação de uísque poderiam ser a resposta para seu problema.

A Special Day é um documentário que nos apresenta um dia na vida de 34 diretores lendários de cinema, entre eles Roman Polanski, Nanni Moretti, Ken Loach, Claude Lelouch, Gus van Sant, Ethan e Joel Coen, Aki Kaurismäki, Abbas Kiarostami, Walter Salles, Wong Kar-Wai, Zhang Yimou entre outros. Em 2007, Jacob filmou e entrevistou estes cineastas quando estiveram em Cannes para a celebração dos 60 anos do festival e a apresentação dos 33 curtas-metragens do projeto de Jacob, Cada um com Seu Cinema (Chacun son Cinéma). Dessa experiência daquele ano, surgiu o documentário que estrou no Festival de Cannes em 2012.

The creators of Debtocracy, analyze the shifting of state assets to private hands. They travel round the world gathering data on privatization and search for clues on the day after Greece's massive privatization program.

A private security contractor in Iraq rejects the official explanation of his friend's death and decides to investigate.

A documentary on the making of Kes, produced by the Criterion Collection.

July, 1936. The terrible Spanish Civil War begins. When the streets are taken by the working class, the social revolution begins as well. The public shows are socialized, a model of production and exhibition of films, never seen before in the history of cinema, is created, where the workers are the owners and managers of the industry, through the unions.

Until the 1970s, Italian cinema dominated the international scene, even competing with Hollywood. Then, in just a few years, came its rapid decline, the flight of our greatest producers, a crisis among the best writer-directors, the collapse of production. But what are the true causes and circumstances of this decline? In an attempt to provide an answer to this question, Di Me Cosa Ne Sai strives to depict this great cultural change. Begun as a loving examination of Italian cinema, the film transformed into a docu-drama that alternates between interviews with the great names of the past and fragments of cultural and political life of the last 30 years. It is a travel diary that shows Italy from north to south, through movie theatres; television-addicted kids; Berlusconi and Fellini; shopping centers; TV news editors; stories of impassioned film exhibitors and directors who fight for their films; and interviews with itinerant projectionists and great European directors.

A documentary about Vittorio de Sica with clips of his films and testimonials from friends and family.

A man trying to put his life back on track gets some advice from an unexpected benefactor -- the ex-footballer Eric Cantona.

Features conversations with ten of the world's greatest living directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles. The film documents Ismailos' voyage of discovering the creative personalities behind the camera.

A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feeling about cinema.

Angie é despedida da agência de empregos onde trabalhava e decide criar sua própria empresa no seu apartamento, focada nos imigrantes locais. O negócio é um sucesso imediato, mas logo Angie deve racionalizar os acordos que faz para ganhar dinheiro.

Angie é despedida da agência de empregos onde trabalhava e decide criar sua própria empresa no seu apartamento, focada nos imigrantes locais. O negócio é um sucesso imediato, mas logo Angie deve racionalizar os acordos que faz para ganhar dinheiro.

A father and son argue about the screenings at a multiplex, ultimately deciding to go watch football instead.

Irlanda, 1920. O povo se une para formar exércitos de guerrilha voluntários e enfrentar a cruel Polícia Real Irlandesa vinda da Grã-Bretanha para impedir o movimento independentista. Damien abandona sua carreira promissora como médico e se junta ao irmão Teddy na violenta luta pela liberdade.

A documentary on the films of Ken Loach. Interviews with cast and crew who worked with Loach over the years. It describe his approach to allowing actors a wide range of freedom.

McLibel is a documentary film directed by Franny Armstrong for Spanner Films about the McLibel case. The film was first completed, as a 52 minute television version, in 1997, after the conclusion of the original McLibel trial. It was then re-edited to 85 minute feature length in 2005, after the McLibel defendants took their case to the European Court of Human Rights.

A train travels across Italy toward Rome. On board is a professor who daydreams a conversation with a love that never was, a family of Albanian refugees who switch trains and steal a ticket, three brash Scottish soccer fans en route to a match, and a complaining widow traveling to a memorial service for her late husband who's accompanied by a community-service volunteer who's assisting her. Interactions among these Europeans turn on class and nationalism, courtesy and rudeness, and opportunities for kindness.

A young man upsets his Punjabi family when he falls in love with an Irish schoolteacher.

Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.

Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length – that offer differing perspectives on the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length – that offer differing perspectives on the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

In South Yorkshire, a small group of railway maintenance men discover that because of privatization, their lives will never be the same. When the trusty British Rail sign is replaced by one reading East Midland Infrastructure, it is clear that there will be the inevitable winners and losers as downsizing and efficiency become the new buzzwords.

Documentary about Ken Loach and Rosa Ayala, a janitor who worked as an extra in the picture 'Bread and Roses'

Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.

Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in the one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.

Ken Loach documentary on Bath Football Club.

A história de amor entre a nicaragüense Carla e o escocês George começou a bordo de um ônibus em Glasgow. George é um motorista de ônibus de espírito aberto. Nada convencional, ele não acredita mesmo nessa história de que a vida seja tão simples que se limite ao cumprimento de regras, como respeitar o horário de expediente e parar em todos os sinais vermelhos. Carla, por sua vez, é uma refugiada nicaragüense desorientada, sem destino e com enormes dificuldades de adaptação a um ambiente e a uma lingua que não são as suas. Indiferente, a princípio, às investidas do apaixonado motorista, Carla decide voltar ao seu país. É 1987, ano em que os Contras preparam um assalto final ao domínio do governo sandinista. Mas o motorista, fascinado pela moça, resolve largar tudo para segui-la até a Nicarágua. Mas muitos interesses políticos e amorosos devem se afinar para que os dois encontrem sua própria forma de estar juntos.

Documentary following dockers of Liverpool sacked in a labour dispute and their supporters’ group, Women of the Waterfront, as they receive support from around the world and seek solidarity at the TUC conference.

Documentary following dockers of Liverpool sacked in a labour dispute and their supporters’ group, Women of the Waterfront, as they receive support from around the world and seek solidarity at the TUC conference.

Primavera de 1936, um jovem comunista desempregado, David, deixa sua cidade natal Liverpool para se juntar à luta contra o fascismo na Espanha. Ele se junta a um grupo internacional de milícia, homens e mulheres, o POUM (Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista). Depois de ser ferido, ele vai para Barcelona, ​​onde decide se juntar a outro grupo de milícia. Eles permanecem em Barcelona e acabam brigando outros grupos antifascistas. David está decepcionado e decide voltar para sua antiga milícia.

Maggie has had four children, by four different fathers, removed by social services because of a previous violent relationship. When she meets Jorge, a gentle Latin American refugee, she gradually sees her chance for happiness, but her history still haunts her.

Television documentary about British film director Ken Loach.

Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money. This tragic flaw leads him to risk all that he loves and values, his beloved family, indeed even his immortal soul and salvation, in blind pursuit of that goal.

A história de Stevie, um trabalhador da construção civil, e sua namorada, uma cantora pop desempregada, serve para mostrar as condições de vida da classe pobre britânica.

Ken Loach documentary for Channel 4's Dispatches, investigating false claims of fraud and corruption during the miners' strike of '84/'85 that reared their head against Arthur Scargill in 1990.

Paul Sullivan (Brad Dourif) e sua namorada Ingrid Jessner (Frances McDormand) são dois advogados norte-americanos que trabalham em Belfast, Irlanda do Norte, com um grupo de defensores dos direitos humanos. Paul descobre uma conspiração envolvendo o governo de Margaret Thatcher e acaba sendo assassinado. O inspetor Kerrigan (Brian Cox) fica com a tarefa de investigar o caso e para isso conta com a ajuda de Ingrid. Aos poucos, Kerrigan vai percebendo que está diante de uma complexa trama de traição, mentiras, violência e poder.

Ken Loach documentary; made for Central Television in 1988, but rejected, and not shown until the following year, when it was taken up by Channel 4. It tells the story of the West Midlands-based Young Foundry theatre group members Stephen Page,Paul Harper, Jimmy Dunn,Chris Dunn, Caroline White and Roy Stokes who act out a series of scenes reflecting their past, unemployment, homelessness and drug abuse that is rife in the local area.

Ken Loach documentary, pushing for British withdrawal from Northern Ireland.

Persona Non Grata in his homeland, protest singer Klaus Drittemann must leave East Berlin, his wife and child and emigrate to West Berlin, where the representatives of an American record company are eagerly waiting for him. They plan to exploit his defection from communism both ideologically and financially. But Klaus, as ill-at-ease in the West as he was in the East, is reluctant to be used as an expendable commodity. Leaving his contract unsigned (or signed in his manner), he leaves for Cambridge to meet his father, a concert player, who -just like him - left East Berlin thirty years ago as Klaus was a little boy. He is accompanied by a young French journalist, Emma, who knows where his father has been living since he disappeared for more than a decade. The young lady is cooperative but might hide things from him...

A look at the career of Oscar-winning cameraman Chris Menges. Filmed on location of 'Comfort and Joy'. Chris Menges discusses his early career in television and film. Featuring interviews with Bill Forsyth, Bill Paterson, Ken Loach, Neil Jordan, and Jeremy Isaacs.

The documentary features the British miners and their family experiences told through songs, poems, pictures and words.

Ken Loach documentary on the end of the 1984 - '85 miners' strike.

Following Loach's earlier film A Question of Leadership, this film is a wide-ranging study of the trade union movement, with strong criticism of leading trade unionists.

Ken Loach documentary, contrasting the 1982 Labour and Conservative Party conferences.

Thatcherism and the Irish troubles provide the backdrop for this study of Mick, a well-meaning youth in Sheffield, who has, unlike Dickens' Pip, no expectations. Mick lives with his parents, works on his motorbike, looks for work, and every two weeks gets his check from the dole. There are no jobs. His best mate Alan joins the army to fix tanks and is sent to Belfast to quell Catholics. At a disco, Mick meets Karen, who works at a shoe shop and lives with her recently-separated mom. Karen misses her dad. She offers Mick emotional stability and a route to adulthood; Alan pitches the army. Does Mick have a future?

Shortly after Margaret Thatcher's election as prime minister, Ken Loach returned to documentary, convinced that the long gestation of feature films made them useless as instruments of topical social comment. But his trade union documentary A Question of Leadership, intended for national ITV broadcast, was criticised by the Independent Broadcasting Authority for its explicitly anti-government stance. It was eventually screened a year later, exclusively in the Midlands (tx. 13/8/1981). Believing that the then-new Channel 4 would be more amenable to politicised documentaries, Loach proposed the four-part Questions of Leadership (1983), a wider-ranging study of the trade union movement - but on viewing the completed programmes' strong criticism of leading trade unionists, an anxious Channel 4 shortened the series to two parts and proposed screening a 'balancing' documentary by a different filmmaker, before scrapping the broadcast altogether.

Shortly after Margaret Thatcher's election as prime minister, Ken Loach returned to documentary, convinced that the long gestation of feature films made them useless as instruments of topical social comment. But his trade union documentary A Question of Leadership, intended for national ITV broadcast, was criticised by the Independent Broadcasting Authority for its explicitly anti-government stance. It was eventually screened a year later, exclusively in the Midlands (tx. 13/8/1981). Believing that the then-new Channel 4 would be more amenable to politicised documentaries, Loach proposed the four-part Questions of Leadership (1983), a wider-ranging study of the trade union movement - but on viewing the completed programmes' strong criticism of leading trade unionists, an anxious Channel 4 shortened the series to two parts and proposed screening a 'balancing' documentary by a different filmmaker, before scrapping the broadcast altogether.

George Purse is the gamekeeper for the duke's estate, a role he takes seriously. His position gives him a certain status, but he has an uneasy relationship with some of the locals, not least those who turn to poaching

George Purse is the gamekeeper for the duke's estate, a role he takes seriously. His position gives him a certain status, but he has an uneasy relationship with some of the locals, not least those who turn to poaching

In this fascinating adventure of the England of the 1750s, the huge Frenchman Black Jack (Jean Franval) miraculously survives a hanging by the British authorities in Yorkshire and escapes from the grim jaws of "justice." He takes to the countryside in the company of Tolly, a teenaged boy who is able to translate Black Jack's odd speech into something comprehensible. They join up with Belle, an aristocratic teenager who has escaped from the madhouse her family imprisoned her in when she grew troublesome. Together, the three join a carnival. However, as it becomes clear that the girl is far from crazy, love between Tolly and Belle grows. This story, set in the mid-18th century, is based on a novel by Leon Garfield.

In this fascinating adventure of the England of the 1750s, the huge Frenchman Black Jack (Jean Franval) miraculously survives a hanging by the British authorities in Yorkshire and escapes from the grim jaws of "justice." He takes to the countryside in the company of Tolly, a teenaged boy who is able to translate Black Jack's odd speech into something comprehensible. They join up with Belle, an aristocratic teenager who has escaped from the madhouse her family imprisoned her in when she grew troublesome. Together, the three join a carnival. However, as it becomes clear that the girl is far from crazy, love between Tolly and Belle grows. This story, set in the mid-18th century, is based on a novel by Leon Garfield.

A month after the royal visit, the workers at Milton Colliery are brought crashing back down to earth by an underground explosion.

The workers of Milton Colliery prepare for a royal visit from Prince Charles.

Ken Loach production, shown as one segment of BBC2's arts programme 'Full House'.

Ken Loach production, shown as one segment of BBC2's arts programme 'Full House'.

Young Socialists from Glasgow, Liverpool and Swansea march to London and discuss their economic struggles en route. Supporting them are Ken Loach, Corin Redgrave, Arnold Wesker and other leading cultural figures of the left of British politics. The march is intercut with scenes dramatising parallel injustices in the English Civil War era and earlier - featuring Frances de la Tour in queenly mode as Elizabeth I. The film's unconventional structure also features frequent extracts of the rousing pop concert, with the band Slade, which culminated the epic march.

Ken Loach's censored production for the Central Office of Information.

A young woman, Janice, is living with her restrictive and conservative parents, who lead a dull working-class life and consider their daughter to be “misbehaving” whenever she’s trying to find her own way in life.

Ken Loach's first production for ITV, shown under the 'Sunday Night Theatre' strand (originally broadcast 18th July 1971). After a Lifetime is something of a neglected, social realist masterpiece that focuses on two brothers, brought together by the death of their father, reflecting on his life of militancy and political activism. At the time critic Nancy Banks Smith called it ‘brilliantly funny, and moving with a sort of subterranean rage’. Smith himself plays the older brother with a brilliant, raw emotion.

Ken Loach production for The Wednesday Play; a fictionalised account of the Pilkingtons Glass strike in St Helens, 1970.

Ken Loach's production for Save The Children, withheld from public view until 2011.

Um dos primeiros filmes da carreira do consagrado diretor Ken Loach, Kes conta a história de um menino que vive em bairro pobre da cidade que, violentado em casa e ridicularizado na escola, acha uma forma de abstrair de sua dura realidade treinando um falcão. Poética e singela obra de formação do cineasta que posteriormente realizou obras-primas como Terra e Liberdade e Pão e Rosas.

Um dos primeiros filmes da carreira do consagrado diretor Ken Loach, Kes conta a história de um menino que vive em bairro pobre da cidade que, violentado em casa e ridicularizado na escola, acha uma forma de abstrair de sua dura realidade treinando um falcão. Poética e singela obra de formação do cineasta que posteriormente realizou obras-primas como Terra e Liberdade e Pão e Rosas.

After a prolonged industrial dispute in the Liverpool Docks, the striking workers reject management demands of a return to work and decide instead to occupy the docks and run the operation themselves.

The obsessive supporters of Everton FC forsake wives, families and God to follow their beloved team. Meanwhile, the club and its players try to live up to their expectations.

A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age she marries and has a child--with an abusive thief who quickly ends up in prison. Left alone, she takes up with the guy's mate, another thief, who seems to give her some happiness but who also ends up locked up. She then takes up with a series of seedy types who offer nothing but momentary pleasure--if that.

A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age she marries and has a child--with an abusive thief who quickly ends up in prison. Left alone, she takes up with the guy's mate, another thief, who seems to give her some happiness but who also ends up locked up. She then takes up with a series of seedy types who offer nothing but momentary pleasure--if that.

Kate, a young girl under psychiatric examination, suffers from a lack of confidence, self-esteem and self-control – telling of the “bad Kate” who commits immoral acts. Could the hypocrisy, selfishness and weakness of those around her have led to this state of mind or can Kate simply be diagnosed and dismissed as a schizophrenic?

A British woman faces a downward social climb thanks to her country's rigid and problem-ridden welfare system.

A British woman faces a downward social climb thanks to her country's rigid and problem-ridden welfare system.

Ken Loach production for The Wednesday Play

In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a new house only to find he prefers spending to saving and is happy to spend his money on a few hours of happiness rather than a lifetime's conventionality.

The lives and loves of three young working class women, set in the pubs, terraced houses and factories of Battersea, South London.

Ken Loach production for The Wednesday Play, reflecting contemporary debates surrounding the abolishment of capital punishment.

Ken's Loach's first production for The Wednesday Play is a story of a group of criminals planning a robbery, with the unwitting aid of a wealthy, well-connected society acquaintance. But who is the greater villain?