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Barry Hines

Barry Hines

Writing

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.

Filmography Movies

Production

Poster for Threads
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Threads

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Threads
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Poster for The Gamekeeper
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The Gamekeeper

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The Gamekeeper
Novel
Poster for Looks and Smiles
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Looks and Smiles

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Looks and Smiles
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Poster for Kes
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Kes

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Kes
Novel
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Kes

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Kes
Adaptation
Poster for Speech Day
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Speech Day

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Speech Day
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Poster for The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
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The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People

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The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
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The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality

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The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
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Two Men from Derby

Two Men from Derby
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Poster for The Gamekeeper
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The Gamekeeper

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The Gamekeeper
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Gallery

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