La 80 decade of was the last in which Ken Loach he combined his work for television with those directed for the big screen.
Five were the works that the filmmaker developed for the TV, this only left him time to shoot two films for cinema.Ken Loach films for television:
- Auditions
- "A Question of Leadership"
- "The Red and the Blue: Impressions of Two Political Conferences - Autumn 1982"
- "Questions of Leadership"
- "The View From the Woodpile"
In 1981 Loach rolls «Looks and smiles«, A film photographed in black and white that was presented at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Palme d'Or that same year.
Five years later he would shoot his second feature film «My father's land«, Another hard drama very much in the line of what his cinema had been until then and what it would be later.
Between the two films, in 1984 he shot the documentary medium-length film «Which Side Are You On?«, A film that delved into the world of mining and its workers.
In 1982, Loach and Central Independent Television they were chosen by Channel 4 to make "Questions of Leadership« , a documentary series on the British labor movement's response to the challenge posed by Margaret's government policies Mark Thatcher. Finally lThe shows were not aired on Channel 4, a decision that according to Ken Loach was made for reasons. politicians
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