Ken Loach

The acclaimed British film director was born June 1936 in Nuneaton.

Watch Ken Loach talk to More4 about...

1. American cinema, award ceremonies, 'Carla's Song', censorship and filmmaking
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2. His favourite films, films in general, his life philosophy and Iraq
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3. Life after death, 'My Name Is Joe', New Labour, OBEs and 'Raining Stones'
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4. School, sheep and the 2006 World Cup
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More about Ken Loach
He did two years' national service before reading law at Oxford University, where he acted with pint-sized comic Dudley Moore. He was an understudy in a Kenneth Williams review before joining the BBC in 1963 as a trainee TV director.

While at the BBC, he directed homeless drama Cathy Come Home, a film that shocked the nation and helped a climate-change that led to the establishment of the charity Shelter. Loach's 1983 miners' strike documentary series, Questions of Leadership, was banned by Thatcher's government. He supports Bath City.