In an interview with the Radio Times, Loach criticised television’s reliance on period drama as, “this rosy vision of the past, it’s a choice broadcasters make.
Ken Loach has long established himself as a leading creative voice in the UK’s socially conscious cinema scene, with his latest, Palme d’Or-winning I, Daniel Blake tackling the social welfare system.
TV drama is like the picture on the Quality Street tin, but with less quality and nothing of the street.”
I, Daniel Blake focuses on a middle-aged widower in northern England struggling to work or claim government benefits following a crippling heart attack.