Up the Junction is an episode of the BBC anthology drama series The Wednesday Play directed by Ken Loach, produced by James MacTaggart, and first broadcast on 3 November 1965 on BBC 1. The play was adapted by Nell Dunn and (uncredited) Loach from Dunn's short story collection of the same name. It tells the stories of three young women living in North Battersea and Clapham and, to a lesser degree, their boyfriends.
Three young female factory workers, Rube, Sylvie and Eileen, go out to a pub where they meet three young men, Terry, Ron and Dave. They flirt, go on a date to a swimming pool, and pair off, each couple developing a significant relationship.
Terry and Rube soon have sex at Rube's flat while her mother is out. Rube gets pregnant and must seek an illegal backstreet abortion, which is botched, causing Rube to suffer a horrific miscarriage. Although Terry and Rube continue their relationship after the abortion, they begin to grow apart, and finally have a row. Terry speeds off on his motorcycle, crashes it, and dies.
Sylvie marries Ron, but soon marital troubles develop, culminating in the couple having an ugly public row in the street outside a pub that Sylvie visited with Rube and Eileen.
Dave is already married when he meets Eileen, but he is unhappy with his wife, and he and Eileen have a romantic affair. In addition to his job, Dave also has a criminal history of theft. He is finally caught and imprisoned. Eileen remains loyal to him.
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