Rob Younger, who will screen the movie at his Barnsley Parkway Cinema ... described the discovery as "wonderful". Kes tells the story of Billy Casper, a working class schoolboy who finds meaning ...

tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher Mr. Farthing (Colin Welland) and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose ...

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.

Kes is talked about, in evocative passages where the young Billy explains how he found and trained the kestrel; meanwhile its movements are represented onstage by Nishla Smith, whose hauntingly ...