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Filmed in a grittily realistic drama documentary style, the play tells the story a young couple, Cathy (played by Carol White ) and Reg ( Ray Brooks ). Initially their relationship flourishes, they have a child and move into a happy modern home, but when Reg loses his job and they are evicted, their lives spiral downwards through a process of unemployment, squatting, eviction, care homes and finally, in a gripping final sequence filmed as-real with the cameras out of view on a suburban street in front of astonished passers-by, Cathy has her children forcibly taken away from her by the social services.

The play proved to be hugely significant, as it alerted a mass audience to everyday problems faced by thousands of people in the UK, bringing attention to subjects that had not previously been widely discussed in the popular media. It provoked a wide-ranging debate on the issues of homelessness and unemployment, and the rights of mothers to keep their own children, and is often cited as one of the major factors behind changes in law and social trends in the UK regarding these issues. In particular, it is credited with leading to the founding of the homeless charity Shelter.

The play was written by Jeremy Sandford , produced by Tony Garnett and directed by Ken Loach, who went on to become a major figure in British film. Loach employed a realistic documentary style, using predominantly 16mm film on location, which contrasted with the vast amount of BBC drama of the time which was commonly shot in studios on videotape. This realistic style very much helped heighten the impact of the piece, particularly the scene in which Cathy and Reg are forcibly evicted with their children by bailiffUnited States courtroom Bailiff (from Late Latin bajulivus adjectival form of bajulus is a governor or custodian; cf. Bail), a legal officer to whom some degree of authority, care or jurisdiction is committed. Bailiffs are of various kinds and their offics from the home in which they have been unable to keep up the rent of: this powerful sequence, largely improvised, is often repeated in the UK in documentaries both about television history and the 1960sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around in general.

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