ken loach was already celebrated when they met. i was a huge fan.on the telly when it went out. i saw, in the mid—‘60s, i went to see kes when i was about 13. people sometimes ask me if i produced kes and i sort of give them short shrift. london—born rebecca o'brien always had a desire for the different, even as she worked her way up the film industry. she was location manager on 1985's ground—breaking same—sex love story my beautiful laundrette. don't get too involved with that crook. we have the men who did the shooting. ourjob is done. a shared interest in ireland eventually led her to produce loach‘s 1990 film hidden agenda and they have been together ever since. a dozen of their films have competed at cannes, including two palme d'or winners — the wind that shakes the barley and 2016's i, daniel blake. most recently they made sorry we missed you, a classic ken loach tale about the injustice of insecure zero hours contracts in britain. i am there from the inception, right through, all the way to the archive. i'm looking after the film and i am t