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Barry Hines
Writer, Additional Credits
Born June 30, 1939Died March 13, 2016 (76 years)
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.
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.
Barry Hines Filmography
| 1990 | |
| 1985 | Screen One (TV Series) |
| 1984 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | The Gamekeeper · as Novel |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Kes · as Novel |
| 2019 | Greg Davies: Looking for Kes · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2001 | I Love the '80s (UK) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | Pebble Mill at One (TV Series) · as Self - Writer Of Threads |
| 1977 | The Price of Coal: Part 1 - Meet the People · as Written By |