Barry Hines
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
- Writing
- Born
- 1939-06-30 · Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
- Died
- 2016-03-13
Known for
- Kes (1970) — Novel
- Threads (1984) — Writer
- Looks and Smiles (1981) — Writer
- Play for Today (1970) — Writer
- The Gamekeeper (1980) — Novel
- The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People (1977) — Writer
- Screen One (1989) — Writer
- The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality (1977) — Writer
- Greg Davies: Looking for Kes (2019) — Self (archive Footage)
- Speech Day (1973) — Writer
- Shooting Stars (1990) — Writer
- Billy's Last Stand (1971) — Writer
- Born Kicking (1992) — Writer
- Centre Play (1973) — Writer
- Survivors: The Spectre of Threads (2025) — Self (archive footage)
- Two Men from Derby (1976) — Writer