After a Lifetime 53 years old

Ken Loach's first production for ITV, shown under the 'Sunday Night Theatre' strand (originally broadcast 18th July 1971). After a Lifetime is something of a neglected, social realist masterpiece that focuses on two brothers, brought together by the death of their father, reflecting on his life of militancy and political activism. At the time critic Nancy Banks Smith called it ‘brilliantly funny, and moving with a sort of subterranean rage’. Smith himself plays the older brother with a brilliant, raw emotion.

Credits

After a Lifetime Cast

Name Character
Rosalind Elliot as Maureen
Joey Kaye as Mike
Neville Smith He was 31, now 84 years old as Young Billy
Bill Dean He was 49, 78 years old when he died as Uncle Sid

After a Lifetime Crew

Name Department
Ken Loach as Director. He was 35 (now 88) years old Directing
Tony Garnett as Producer. He was 35 (83) years old when He died Production
Neville Smith as Writer. He was 31 (now 84) years old Writing
After a Lifetime (53 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, July 18, 1971
  • Runtime: 71 minutes