The Big Flame
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The Big Flame is a 1969 British television play written by Jim Allen and directed by Ken Loach, depicting a radical dockworkers’ strike in Liverpool and noted for its socialist, politically controversial themes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Big Flame canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5514054 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Big Flame Context triple: [The Wednesday Play, notableEpisode, The Big Flame]
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A.
The Fire
The Fire is a Major League Soccer club based in Chicago, Illinois, known formally as Chicago Fire FC.
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B.
The Burning
The Burning is a 1981 American slasher film, notable for its summer-camp setting and early special effects work by makeup artist Tom Savini.
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C.
The Burning
The Burning was a Union scorched-earth campaign in the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War, aimed at destroying Confederate resources and crippling the region’s ability to support the Southern war effort.
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D.
The Inner Mounting Flame
The Inner Mounting Flame is the 1971 debut album by the Mahavishnu Orchestra, renowned as a pioneering and highly influential work in jazz fusion.
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E.
The Flame of Life
The Flame of Life is an Italian silent drama film from the early 20th century, known in its original language as "Il fuoco."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Big Flame Target entity description: The Big Flame is a 1969 British television play written by Jim Allen and directed by Ken Loach, depicting a radical dockworkers’ strike in Liverpool and noted for its socialist, politically controversial themes.
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A.
The Fire
The Fire is a Major League Soccer club based in Chicago, Illinois, known formally as Chicago Fire FC.
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B.
The Burning
The Burning is a 1981 American slasher film, notable for its summer-camp setting and early special effects work by makeup artist Tom Savini.
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C.
The Burning
The Burning was a Union scorched-earth campaign in the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War, aimed at destroying Confederate resources and crippling the region’s ability to support the Southern war effort.
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D.
The Inner Mounting Flame
The Inner Mounting Flame is the 1971 debut album by the Mahavishnu Orchestra, renowned as a pioneering and highly influential work in jazz fusion.
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E.
The Flame of Life
The Flame of Life is an Italian silent drama film from the early 20th century, known in its original language as "Il fuoco."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television drama
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political drama ⓘ television play ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | television film ⓘ |
| controversy | criticised for alleged incitement to class conflict ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
considered an important work of British television drama
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praised for its realism ⓘ |
| depicts |
conflict between workers and authorities
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dockworkers’ strike ⓘ workers’ occupation of the docks ⓘ |
| director | Ken Loach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Liverpool docks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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political drama ⓘ social realist drama ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
dock labour in the 1960s
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labour movement in Britain ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| network | BBC One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
politically controversial themes
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radical portrayal of industrial struggle ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalReleaseDate | 1969-02-19 ⓘ |
| partOf | The Wednesday Play NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation | socialist ⓘ |
| producer | Tony Garnett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 75 ⓘ |
| screenDebutFor | some non-professional actors from Liverpool ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Jim Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Liverpool NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starred |
Godfrey Quigley
NERFINISHED
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Norman Rossington NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Kerrigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheila Raynor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | social realism ⓘ |
| theme |
class struggle
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industrial action ⓘ socialism ⓘ trade unionism ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1960s ⓘ |
| writer | Jim Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: The Big Flame Description of subject: The Big Flame is a 1969 British television play written by Jim Allen and directed by Ken Loach, depicting a radical dockworkers’ strike in Liverpool and noted for its socialist, politically controversial themes.
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