Overview

Cathy and Reg are a couple with three young children, who find their life spiralling into poverty when Reg loses his well-paid job. Gripping and emotional, Cathy Come Home remains a truly ground-breaking piece of dramatic fiction, engaging viewers with social issues, such as homelessness, unemployment and the rights of mothers to keep their own children.

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Cast

Carol White

Cathy Ward

Ray Brooks

Reg Ward

Wally Patch

Grandad

Geoffrey Palmer

Property Agent

Gabrielle Hamilton

Welfare Officer

Barry Jackson

Rent Collector

Ruth Kettlewell

Judge

Lennard Pearce

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