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The Battersea Society film night - Up The Junction

25 Feb 2015

Event times

7pm for 7.30pm

Cost of entry

£5 payable on the door

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Royal College of Art, Dyson Building

London, United Kingdom

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  • Buses: 19, 49, 170, 319, 345
  • Tube: Sloane Square
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A screening of the iconic sixties drama Up The Junction, based on the book by Nell Dunn, who will be speaking after the film about the making of the movie.

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Based on the book by Nell Dunn and directed by Ken Loach, Up The Junction was a controversial and mould-breaking TV drama about the lives and loves of three working class women set in the pubs, terraced houses and factories of Battersea. 

A record 400 viewers complained to the BBC, mostly about the programme's bad language and depiction of sexual promiscuity.  At the time, Up the Junction's depiction of abortion had a major impact, contributing to the national debate which led to the legalisation of abortion in 1967.

 After the screening Nell Dun will be speaking about the making of the film.

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