Spanning almost five decades, his extraordinary career is characterized by a steady political commitment and a deep sympathy to the problems of the lower classes of British society. Born in 1936 in Nuneaton, England, to a working class family, the director has never forgotten his proletarian roots, which have always been a strong component of his political activism and work as a director. Having turned 75 in June of this year, Ken Loach joined the BBC in 1963 to start an incredible career made up of television works, documentary and film features. To celebrate all this, John Hill, Professor of Media at the Royal Holloway University of London, has written a compelling book about Ken Loach’s career entitled Ken Loach: The Politics of Film and Television which has been published by the British Film Institute.