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The Wednesday Play: Cathy Come Home

on BBC One London

A story by Jeremy Sandford.
[Starring] Carol White, Ray Brooks
Winner: Italia Prize for Television 1968

"A programme to remember." (Observer)
"Few can have watched... without being deeply moved." (Times)
"Dynamite... a magnificent piece of observant, sparse writing, direction, and production." (Daily Mirror)

Contributors

Writer:
Jeremy Sandford
Designer:
Sally Hulke
Producer:
Tony Garnett
Director:
Kenneth Loach
Cathy:
Carol White
Reg:
Ray Brooks
Johnny:
Emmett Hennessy
Eileen:
Adrienne Frame
Grandad:
Wally Patch
Mrs. Ward:
Winifred Dennis
Guest at wedding:
Alec Coleman
Welfare Officer:
Gabrielle Hamilton
Property Agent:
Geoffrey Palmer
Mrs. Alley:
Phyllis Hickson
Mr. Hodge:
Frank Veasey
Rent Collector:
Barry Jackson
Barrister:
David Crane
Judge:
Ruth Kettlewell
Landlady:
Kathleen Broadhurst
Housing Officer:
John Baddeley
Health Inspector:
Ralph Lawton
Man at eviction:
James Benton
Mrs. Penfold:
Gladys Dawson
Mr. Abercander:
Paddy Joyce
Mrs. Jones:
Liz McKenzie
Mr. Jones:
Ronald Pember
Anne Jones:
Anne Ayres
The ratepayers:
Lennard Pearce
The ratepayers:
David Crane
The ratepayers:
Alan Selwyn
Pauline Jones:
Maureen Ampleford
Boat proprietor:
Will Stampe
Girl in derelict house:
Geraldine Moon
Man in street:
Bernard Price
Warden of Cumbermere Lodge:
Charles Leno
Nurse:
Joan Harsant
Inmate at Cumbermere Lodge:
Julie May
Inmate at Cumbermere Lodge:
Myrtle McKenzie
Inmate at Cumbermere Lodge:
Rose Hiller
Inmate at Cumbermere Lodge:
Paddy Kent
Inmate at Cumbermere Lodge:
Patti Dalton
Welfare Committee:
John Lawrence
Welfare Committee:
Faith Kent
Inmate at Holm Lea:
Cleo Sylvestre
Inmate at Holm Lea:
Andrea Lawrence
Inmate at Holm Lea:
Doreen Herrington
Inmate at Holm Lea:
Terri Ansell
Inmate at Holm Lea:
Muriel Hunte
Staff:
Lila Kaye
Warden at Holm Lea:
Edwin Brown
Landlady:
Helen Booth
Welfare woman:
Anne Hardcastle

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