After the death of his grandmother, an 18 year-old boy lives in a homeless shelter.
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Michael McDowell
Gosh
Lance Megginson
Old Man
Julie Dunagan
Tina
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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