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Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
Film / 2019

Greg Davies: Looking for Kes

Directed by Jenny Dames
DocumentaryTV movie

★ 7.0/10Audience rating

Comedian, actor and ex-English teacher Greg Davies is a lifelong fan of Barry Hines's classic novel A Kestrel for a Knave, the story of Billy Casper training a kestrel as an escape from his troubled home and school life. In this documentary, Greg goes in search of the book's enduring appeal, travelling to Barnsley, where the book was set and where Ken Loach's famous adaptation, Kes, was filmed.

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Comedian, actor and ex-English teacher Greg Davies is a lifelong fan of Barry Hines's classic novel A Kestrel for a Knave, the story of Billy Casper training a kestrel as an escape from his troubled home and school life. In this documentary, Greg goes in search of the book's enduring appeal, travelling to Barnsley, where the book was set and where Ken Loach's famous adaptation, Kes, was filmed.

Cast

Greg DaviesSelf David BradleySelf Ken LoachSelf Tony GarnettSelf Jarvis CockerSelf Kit de WaalSelf Milly JohnsonSelf Ian McMillanReadings (Voice) Barry HinesSelf (archive Footage)

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