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This Cultural Life: Ken Loach

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Director Ken Loach reveals the key moments in his life that shaped his creativity.

Director Ken Loach talks to John Wilson about the key moments in his life that have shaped his creativity.

Over six decades, Ken Loach has forged a reputation as Britain’s foremost politically engaged film-maker, exploring issues of social justice, freedom and power. He has twice won the prestigious Palme d’Or award at the Cannes Film Festival, in 2006 for The Wind That Shakes the Barley, and twenty years later, for I, Daniel Blake, a contemporary British story about unemployment and poverty.

Ken talks to John Wilson about the key moments in his life that helped shaped his creativity. From his Midlands childhood as the son of a factory worker and annual summer holidays in Blackpool to his love for Czech cinema, which would become a huge inspiration on his own career. He also discusses his films for television such as Up the Junction and Cathy Come Home, which tackled abortion, unemployment and homelessness, and were each seen by more than 10 million people, while playing an influential part in the public debate about the issues.

Ken Loach also chooses, as a major influence on his work, the real lives of ordinary people, whose stories have inspired his films throughout his career.

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John Wilson speaks to leading names in art and culture about their formative influences.

Journalist and broadcaster John Wilson speaks to an array of international leading names in art and culture about their formative influences and inspirations.

In a brand new series journalist and broadcaster John Wilson speaks to an array of international leading names in art and culture, from Whoopi Goldberg to Carlos Acosta, about their formative influences and inspirations. In intimate and personal interviews, Wilson finds out what has fired the imaginations of some of the greatest creative minds in the world.

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