The Big Flame
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title:
The Big Flame
text:
"The Big Flame" is a 1969 BBC television play by socialist playwright Jim Allen, produced by Tony Garnett and directed by Ken Loach. The play tells the story of 10,000 dockworkers occupying the Liverpool docks in a "work-in". Filmed in a gritty, realistic drama documentary style, it was first broadcast on 19 February 1969 on BBC1, at a time when unemployment was rising in Britain. The play was shown in the BBC's The Wednesday Play anthology strand, which was noted for tackling social issues. Fol
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19th episode of the 8th season of The Wednesday Play
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Flame
date created:
2014-01-15T21:23:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T18:04:53Z
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