In December 2003, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Birmingham.

Filmography

• Z Cars (1962) TV Series
• Diary of a Young Man (1964) (TV)
• 3 Clear Sundays (1965) (TV)
• Up the Junction (1965) (TV)
• The End of Arthur's Marriage (1965) (TV)
• Coming Out Party (1965) (TV)
• Cathy Come Home (1966) (TV) (as Kenneth Loach)
• In Two Minds (1967) (TV)
• Poor Cow (1967)
• The Golden Vision (1968) (TV)
• The Big Flame (1969) (TV)
• Kes (1969) (as Kenneth Loach)
• The Rank and the File (1971) (TV; part of the Play for Today series)
• The Save the Children Fund Film (1971)
• Family Life (1971)
• After a Lifetime (1971) (TV)
• A Misfortune (1973) (TV)
• Days of Hope (1975) (TV mini series)
• The Price of Coal (1977) (TV)
• Black Jack (1979)
• Auditions (1980) (TV)
• The Gamekeeper (1980)
• A Question of Leadership (1981) (TV)
• Looks and Smiles (1981) (as Kenneth Loach)
• The Red and the Blue: Impressions of Two Political Conferences - Autumn 1982 (1983) (TV)
• Questions of Leadership (1983) (TV)
• Which Side Are You On? (1984)
• Fatherland (1986)
• The View From the Woodpile (1989) (TV)
• Hidden Agenda (1990)
• Riff-Raff (1990)
• Raining Stones (1993)
• Ladybird Ladybird (1994)
• Land and Freedom (1995; won the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize and the Ecumenical Jury Prize at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.
• A Contemporary Case for Common Ownership (1995)
• Carla's Song (1996)
• The Flickering Flame (1997)
• My Name Is Joe (1998)
• Bread and Roses (2000)
• The The Navigators (2001)
• Sweet Sixteen (2002)
• Fond Kisses (due 2004)