1984Winner
Best Writing
Threads
Barry Hines
Actor · Writer
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
June 30, 1939
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1970Nominee
Best Writing
Kes
2025Nominee
Best Performance
Survivors: The Spectre of Threads
Career Highlights
1981Highlight
Best Writing
Looks and Smiles
1990Highlight
Best Writing
Shooting Stars
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Threads
Kes
Survivors: The Spectre of Threads