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Ken Loach
English film director and screenwriter (born 1936)
Mike Leigh
English writer and director (born 1943)
Peredvizhniki
thumb|300px|Ilya Repin, [[Barge Haulers on the Volga, 1870–1873]] thumb|300px|Ivan Shishkin and [[Konstantin Savitsky, Morning in a Pine Forest, 1878]]
Coronation Street
British soap opera
social realism
art showing conditions of the working class
slice of life
depiction of everyday experience in art and entertainment
Mihail Sadoveanu
Romanian writer, journalist and politician (1880–1961)
The Casual Vacancy
2012 novel by J.K. Rowling
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the programme follows the stories of local residents and their families as they go about their daily lives. Within eight months of the show's original launch, it had reached the number one spot in BARB's television ratings, and has consistently remained among the top-rated series in Britain. Four EastEnders episodes are listed in the all-time top 10 most-watched programmes in the UK, inc
Karel Reisz
Czech-born British director, producer, film theorist, theatre director (1926-2002)
All in the Family
All in the Family is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS for nine seasons from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979, with a total of 205 episodes. It was followed by Archie Bunker's Place, a continuation series, which picked up where All in the Family ended and ran for four seasons through April 4, 1983.
Emmerdale
Emmerdale (known as Emmerdale Farm until 1989) is a British television soap opera that is broadcast on ITV. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale Farm was first broadcast on 16 October 1972. Interior scenes have been filmed at the Leeds Studios since its inception. Exterior scenes were first filmed in Arncliffe in Littondale, and the series may have taken its name from Amerdale, an ancient name of Littondale. Exterior scenes were later shot at Esholt, but are now shot at a purpose-built set
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks is a British soap opera which originally began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera Brookside and the hit BBC children's television drama series, Grange Hill. From 2005 to 2023, episodes aired on sister channel E4 a day prior to their broadcast on Channel 4. In 2023, Hollyoaks was removed from Channel 4's early evening schedule, but remains on E4 and Channel 4's on demand service with episodes now uploaded to YouTube. At its inception, the soap was targeted towards an adolescent and young adult audience bu
neorealism
art movement
Albert Maltz
American writer (1908–1985)
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
short story by Alan Sillitoe
kitchen sink realism
British social realist artistic movement
television play
television program genre
Brookside
British soap opera
Alan John Clarke
English film director (1935–1990)
At the French Windows. The Artist's Wife
painting by L.A. Ring
Dorothy Coade Hewett
author, playwright and poet from Western Australia (1923-2002)
Russell Lee
American photographer and photojournalist (1903–1986)
Doctors
British television soap opera (2000–2024)
Ion Călugăru
Romanian writer (1902-1956)
Emil Isac
Romanian diplomat and writer (1886-1954)
Cathy Come Home
1966 television film directed by Ken Loach
De Cierta Manera
Cuban film
Dylan Verrechia
film director
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
novel by Alan Sillitoe
Billy Liar
1959 novel by Keith Waterhouse
Taller de Gráfica Popular
artist's print collective in Mexico
A Taste of Honey
1958 play written by Shelagh Delaney
Play for Today
British television anthology series
25 Images of a Man's Passion
1918 wordless novel by Frans Masereel
Till Death Us Do Part
British television sitcom
Fair City
Irish television series