Where to watch Barry Hines in the UK
Find every Barry Hines film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
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.
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- Centre Play (1973) Writer
- Threads (1985) Writer
- Kes (1970) Novel
- Born Kicking (1992) Writer
- Looks and Smiles (1981) Writer
- The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People (1977) Writer
- Shooting Stars (1990) Writer
- Speech Day (1973) Writer
- The Gamekeeper (1980) Novel
- Greg Davies: Looking for Kes (2019) as Self (archive Footage)
- The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality (1977) Writer
- Billy's Last Stand (1971) Writer
- Two Men from Derby (1976) Writer
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Most-watched Barry Hines films currently: Threads (1985), Kes (1970), Born Kicking (1992), Looks and Smiles (1981), The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People (1977).
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Selected TV credits: Centre Play (1973).
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