Hear from some of those who have been inspired by Dave Forrest and Sue Vice's book "Barry Hines, Kes, Threads and Beyond" as well as from the authors themselves.

The book examines the entirety of Hines's work. It argues that he used a great variety of aesthetic forms to represent the lives of working-class people in Britain during the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and into the post-industrial conclusion of the twentieth century. It also makes the case that, as well as his literary flair for poetic realism, Hines's authorial contributions to the films of his novels show the profoundly collaborative nature of these works