Known For
Writing
Born
Jun 30, 1939
Died
Mar 13, 2016
Place of Birth
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Credits
16 titles
Barry Hines
Biography
An English author, playwright, screenwriter and amateur footballer. His novels and screenplays explore the political and economic struggles of working-class Northern England, particularly in his native West Riding/South Yorkshire. He is best known for the novel A Kestrel for a Knave (1968), which he helped adapt for Ken Loach's film Kes (1969). He collaborated with Loach on adaptations of his novels Looks and Smiles and The Gamekeeper, and the 1977 two-part television drama The Price of Coal. He also wrote the television film Threads, which depicts the impact of a nuclear war on Sheffield.
Known For
Filmography
Survivors: The Spectre of Threads
Self (archive footage)
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
Self (archive Footage)
Born Kicking
Writer
Shooting Stars
Writer
Screen One
Writer
Threads
Writer
Looks and Smiles
Writer
The Gamekeeper
Novel
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
Writer
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
Writer
Two Men from Derby
Writer
Centre Play
Writer
Speech Day
Writer
Billy's Last Stand
Writer
Play for Today
Writer
Kes
Novel