Episodes
| First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 20190907 | 20200412 (R4) | Robert Rigby’s dramatisation of Barry Hines’s 1968 coming-of-age novel set in a mining town in South Yorkshire. Young Billy Casper is ridiculed and bullied at home and at school but he discovers meaning and purpose in his harsh day-to-day existence when he finds a beautiful kestrel he calls Kes. Life fleetingly takes on direction, meaning and some small status for Billy as he trains his hawk, but will this kind-of-contentment be short-lived? Billy Casper ….. George Kent Additional cast: Ronan Braisby, Dominic Cooper, Ethan Godbold, Olivia Sephton, Recorded on location in Barnsley, Yorkshire. With thanks to The Civic and the Pauline Quirke Academy, Barnsley. Sound Recordist: Alisdair McGregor A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4 Robert Rigby\u2019s dramatisation of Barry Hines\u2019s 1968 coming-of-age novel set in Yorkshire. Drama from BBC Radio 4 |
| 20190907 |
Robert Rigby’s dramatisation of Barry Hines’s 1968 coming-of-age novel set in a mining town in South Yorkshire. Young Billy Casper is ridiculed and bullied at home and at school but he discovers meaning and purpose in his harsh day-to-day existence when he finds a beautiful kestrel he calls Kes. Life fleetingly takes on direction, meaning and some small status for Billy as he trains his hawk, but will this kind-of-contentment be short-lived? Billy Casper ….. George Kent Additional cast: Ronan Braisby, Dominic Cooper, Ethan Godbold, Olivia Sephton, Recorded on location in Barnsley, Yorkshire. With thanks to The Civic and the Pauline Quirke Academy, Barnsley. Sound Recordist: Alisdair McGregor A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4 Robert Rigby\u2019s dramatisation of Barry Hines\u2019s 1968 coming-of-age novel set in Yorkshire. Drama from BBC Radio 4 |