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Kes (/ k ɛ s /) is a 1969 British coming-of-age drama film directed by Ken Loach (credited as Kenneth Loach) and produced by Tony Garnett, based on the 1968 novel A Kestrel for a Knave, written by the Hoyland Nether–born author Barry Hines. [3]
A Kestrel for a Knave is a novel by English author Barry Hines, published in 1968.Set in an unspecified mining area in Northern England, the book follows Billy Casper, a young working-class boy troubled at home and at school, who finds and trains a kestrel whom he names "Kes".
Main actor Ken Jones had previously worked with Loach on Wear a Very Big Hat and 3 Clear Sundays and later featured in the controversial 1969 play The Big Flame. It has never been repeated on the BBC since the showing on 17 November 1965, [ 2 ] and the film was rare until its release with the Ken Loach at the BBC DVD box-set in 2011.
Christopher Eccleston says Ken Loach's film changed his view on "art for working class people".
"Cathy Come Home" is a 1966 BBC television play about homelessness. It was written by Jeremy Sandford, produced by Tony Garnett and directed by Ken Loach.A 1998 Radio Times readers' poll voted it the "best single television drama" and a 2000 industry poll rated it as the second-best British television programme ever made.
Freddie Fletcher (born 1950) is an English actor best known for playing Jud, in Ken Loach's 1969 film Kes. [1] He also appeared in the ITV series Fox. Early years
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Former Washington Wizards player Gilbert Arenas shares four children with his ex Laura Govan and a daughter with his ex Lindsay Faulk