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were the subject of political debate at the time, and the government had proposed a ban on unofficial strikes the previous month in the paper
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Jim Allen and Ken Loach, along with many of the same cast, also collaborated on the 1971 film
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In September 2011, the play was released on DVD as part of the 6-disc box set,
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Milne, Seumas (19 December 1996). "TV review: Loach keeps the fires burning".
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style, it was first broadcast on 19 February 1969 on
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The Wednesday Play

Ken Loach
Jim Allen
BBC
television play
Jim Allen
Tony Garnett
Ken Loach
Liverpool
work-in
realistic
drama documentary
BBC1
The Wednesday Play
Mary Whitehouse
National Viewers' and Listeners' Association
Harold Wilson
Edward Heath
Unofficial strikes
In Place of Strife
revolutionary socialist organisation
The Rank and File
plot summary
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Norman Rossington
Godfrey Quigley
Ken Jones
Meredith Edwards

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