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• Cathy Come Home | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Cathy Come Home is probably the most famous British television play ever - watched by a quarter of the population both on its first broadcast in 1966 and on its repeat in 1967. Its impact was enormous provoking questions in the Houses of Parliament and helping launch the new housing charity 'Shelter'. Ken Loach and producer Tony Garnett also ushered in a new style of television drama taking the cameras onto the streets and fusing documentary and drama styles to give the story an extra sense of reality and a devastating emotional impact.

• Prostitute (Blu-ray + DVD) | Blu Ray | (17/05/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tony Garnett one of British television's most controversial and celebrated figures is responsible for producing some of the most politically radical UK drama and is associated with some of the most ground-breaking work with director Ken Loach. His directorial debut Prostitute is the tale of two women - Sandra (Eleanor Forsythe) an ambitious but na''ve Birmingham working girl who moves to London with the hopes of securing wealthier patrons and Louise (Kate Crutchley) her social worker friend who is fighting to change the antiquated and hypocritical prostitution laws. As both women try to reach their goals a cold dose of reality dashes their hopes and the built-in biases against women in society are unmasked.