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Melvin Barry Hines, FRSL (30 June 1939 – 18 March 2016) was an English author, playwright and screenwriter. His novels and screenplays explore the political and economic struggles of working-class Northern England , particularly in his native West Riding / South Yorkshire .
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".
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]
George Purse is a former steelworker who is employed as a gamekeeper on a large estate on the outskirts of Sheffield. (One scene in the film mentions Hoyland Nether, just north of Sheffield, which was the home of scriptwright Barry Hines) One of his duties is to apprehend those who trespass on the land or poach animals on the land, and to take them to the police.
Looks and Smiles is a 1981 British drama film directed by Ken Loach.It is based on the novel of the same name, written by Barry Hines.The film was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival, where Loach won the Young Cinema Award.
The Channel 4 logo is the central axis of all but 2 of the scenes that form the idents as the camera continually loops through the logo. The ident package consists of 5 idents, each of which uses five of 25 filmed pieces, produced using a mixture of live action, animation, and CGI.
The Price of Coal is a two-part television drama written by Barry Hines and directed by Ken Loach first broadcast as part of the Play for Today series in 1977. [1] [2] Set at the fictional Milton Colliery, near Barnsley in South Yorkshire, the episodes contrast "efforts made to cosmetically improve the pit in preparation for a royal visit (part one) and the target-conscious safety shortcuts ...
"Candidate for a Pullet Surprise" is a poem by Jerrold H. Zar, based on an earlier short poem by Mark Eckman. It was first published in 1994 in the humour magazine Journal of Irreproducible Results. The poem uses homophones to illustrate the problem of relying on a spell checker.