His television plays Cathy Come Home (1966), and his film Poor Cow (1967), caused national debate about housing provision, social deprivation, and lone motherhood. He has also directed numerous television plays in support of trade unionism, of which The Big Flame (1969), The Rank and File (1971) and The Price of Coal (1977) are indicative. He also raised the issue of mental health provision and methods in his television play In Two Minds (1967). In 1990, he risked and subsequently received a battering from the establishment media for representing British state terrorism and the as...