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World Service,15 Nov 2011,10 mins

Cathy Come Home

Witness History

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It is 45 years since a BBC TV drama changed British ideas about homelessness. The hardhitting film, directed by Ken Loach, told the story of a young woman who fell on hard times and lost her home, her husband and then her children.

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