Tony Garnett

Greg Davies: Looking for Kes

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.

Release Date:2019-11-19

Character:Self

Vote Count:1

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

A surprisingly candid behind-the-scenes account of the career of Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most celebrated and controversial filmmakers, as he prepares to release his final major film I, Daniel Blake.

Release Date:2016-06-30

Character:Self - Friend and Producer

Vote Count:16

Making Kes

A documentary on the making of Kes, produced by the Criterion Collection.

Release Date:2010-09-01

Character:Self

Carry on Ken

A documentary on the films of Ken Loach. Interviews with cast and crew who worked with Loach over the years. It describe his approach to allowing actors a wide range of freedom.

Release Date:2006-01-01

Attachments

Mike and Luce aim to turn their website SeeThru into a fully-fledged internet start-up.

Release Date:2000-09-26

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:26

Vote Count:2

The Cops

Set in and around Stanton, a faceless and grim Northern enclave, The Cops depicts the daily grind for a group of policemen and women out on the beat as they interact, and sometimes clash, with the local community.

Release Date:1998-10-19

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:24

Vote Count:3

Hostile Waters

Based on true events, an American submarine collides into a Soviet sub of the coast of America and an ensuing standoff occurs that could lead to total annihilation.

Release Date:1997-10-18

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:28

Beautiful Thing

Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, where three teenagers edge towards adulthood.

Release Date:1996-06-21

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:312

This Life

Cult drama series about a group of aspiring young lawyers sharing a shabby house in London, charting their careers and personal lives.

Release Date:1996-03-18

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:32

Vote Count:23

Ballykissangel

A young British priest adjusts to life in a rural Irish community where life revolves around the church and the local pub. Everyone knows everyone else's business, and everyone usually has an opinion on it. While characters come and go, the small-town qualities remain.

Release Date:1996-02-11

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Episode Count:57

Vote Count:8

The Turnaround

Private investigator Nick Sharman accepts a case which at first seems intriguing, but ends up causing him bitter regret.

Release Date:1995-04-05

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:1

Sharman

Sharman is a television series starring Clive Owen, based on the "Nick Sharman" books written by London based author Mark Timlin. Nick Sharman is a disillusioned, down-at-heel private investigator. An instinctive loner with a shady past, he can also be charming, quick-witted, determined and, despite his faults, he has an undeniable attraction for many of the women he encounters.

Release Date:1995-04-05

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:5

Cardiac Arrest

This series shows the workings of an English hospital through the eyes of its junior doctors. Naive and idealistic Dr Andrew Collins (Andrew Lancel), soon realises he still has much to learn. His boss, Dr Claire Maitland (Helen Baxendale) on the other hand, has seen it all. She is a competent doctor, with a cynical view, and is ready to work the system when needed, but she and Collins work well together as she guides him through the many minefields of working in the NHS.

Release Date:1994-04-21

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Episode Count:27

Vote Count:4

Born Kicking

Roxanne (known as Roxy) is a star performer in her local soccer team. Her natural talent is noticed by local team owner Victor Grace who signs her up. However it's not so easy being the only female professional soccer star in the country.

Release Date:1992-09-20

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Between the Lines

Detective Superintendent Tony Clark is an ambitious member of the Complaints Investigation Bureau, an internal organisation that investigates claims of corruption inside the police in England and Wales. Along the way Clark overcomes strong influence from his superiors and problems in his private life, most notably the break-up of his marriage following an affair with WPC Jenny Dean.

Release Date:1992-09-04

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Episode Count:35

Vote Count:10

Fat Man and Little Boy

Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top-secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely on a number of issues. Despite their frequent conflicts, Groves and Oppenheimer ultimately push ahead with two bomb designs — the bigger "Fat Man" and the more streamlined "Little Boy."

Release Date:1989-10-20

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:146

Earth Girls Are Easy

In this musical comedy, Valerie is dealing with her philandering fiancé, Ted, when she finds that a trio of aliens have crashed their spaceship into her swimming pool. Once the furry beings are shaved at her girlfriend's salon, the women discover three handsome men underneath. After absorbing the native culture via television, the spacemen are ready to hit the dating scene in 1980s Los Angeles.

Release Date:1988-09-08

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:377

Follow That Bird

Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker, who thinks it would be better for him to live with other birds. Unhappy, Big Bird runs away from his foster home, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him.

Release Date:1985-08-02

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:85

Handgun

Shortly after moving to Dallas, a young woman is raped at gunpoint. Her intense anger drives her to seek revenge, and she becomes a hunter on a vengeance mission.

Release Date:1983-05-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:16

Afternoon

A couple of old friends drown their sorrows together while reveling in the naivety of a young newly-wed.

Release Date:1982-09-09

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:6

A Light Snack

A window cleaner fancies a sausage roll, but all is not well in the sausage roll factory.

Release Date:1982-09-08

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:6

Probation

A boy goes to see his probation officer.

Release Date:1982-09-07

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:6

Old Chums

A man on crutches bumps into an old acquaintance who relentlessly bombards him with small talk.

Release Date:1982-09-06

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:6

The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final

A slow-witted couple decide to start a family.

Release Date:1982-09-05

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:7

Prostitute

The tale of two women: Sandra, an ambitious but naive Birmingham working girl who moves to London with the hope of securing wealthier patrons, and Louise, her social worker friend, who is fighting to change the antiquated and hypocritical prostitution laws. As both strive to achieve their goals, a cold dose of reality dashes their hopes, and the built-in biases against women in society are unmasked.

Release Date:1980-04-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:9

Black Jack

When honest young Tolly is forced on the run with ‘Black Jack’, a villainous ruffian, adventure and mishap are never far away. As the two enter a world of body-snatchers, private lunatic asylums, and traveling fairs they find friendship in the most unlikely places.

Release Date:1979-09-09

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:20

Law & Order

Law & Order is a series of four British television plays written by G. F. Newman and directed by Les Blair. It was first transmitted in 1978 on BBC2.

Release Date:1978-04-06

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:2

The Spongers

In the days leading up the Queen's Silver Jubilee, Pauline, a recently separated single mother, receives a visit from a bailiff and is given 15 days to address her overdue rent payments. Meanwhile, the local council is under pressure to cut expenditure, and their decisions result in Pauline's mentally handicapped daughter Paula being transferred from a care home for special needs children to an old people's home, where she is all alone.

Release Date:1978-01-24

Department:Production

Job:Producer

The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality

A month after the royal visit, the workers at Milton Colliery are brought crashing back down to earth by an underground explosion.

Release Date:1977-04-05

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:3

The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People

The workers of Milton Colliery prepare for a royal visit from Prince Charles.

Release Date:1977-03-29

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:3

Days of Hope

Days of Hope is a BBC television drama serial produced in 1975. The series dealt with the lives of a working-class family from the turmoils of the First World War in 1916 to the General Strike in 1926. It was written by Jim Allen, produced by Tony Garnett and directed by Ken Loach.

Release Date:1975-09-11

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:4

Blooming Youth

An improvised character piece, overseen by Les Blair and Tony Garnett set in the everyday life of a group of polytechnic students.

Release Date:1973-06-18

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Hard Labour

A quiet and put-upon house cleaner breaks her silence.

Release Date:1973-03-12

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:9

Right to Work March

They're young, unemployed and on the march - from Glasgow, Liverpool and Swansea to London.

Release Date:1972-10-19

Family Life

A young woman, Janice, is living with her restrictive and conservative parents, who lead a dull working-class life and consider their daughter to be “misbehaving” whenever she’s trying to find her own way in life.

Release Date:1971-11-17

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:56

After a Lifetime

Ken Loach's first production for ITV, shown under the 'Sunday Night Theatre' strand (originally broadcast 18th July 1971). After a Lifetime is something of a neglected, social realist masterpiece that focuses on two brothers, brought together by the death of their father, reflecting on his life of militancy and political activism. At the time critic Nancy Banks Smith called it ‘brilliantly funny, and moving with a sort of subterranean rage’. Smith himself plays the older brother with a brilliant, raw emotion.

Release Date:1971-07-18

Department:Production

Job:Producer

The Save the Children Fund Film

Ken Loach's production for Save The Children, withheld from public view until 2011.

Release Date:1971-01-01

Department:Production

Job:Producer

The Body

A psychedelic documentary of the body electric, with music by Pink Floyd. The film was directed and produced by Roy Battersby. The film's narrators, Frank Finlay and Vanessa Redgrave, provide commentary that combines the knowledge of human biologists and anatomical experts. The film's soundtrack, Music from the Body, was composed by Ron Geesin and Roger Waters.

Release Date:1970-10-09

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:6

Kes

Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence—until tragedy strikes.

Release Date:1970-04-03

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:392

The Big Flame

After a prolonged industrial dispute in the Liverpool Docks, the striking workers reject management demands of a return to work and decide instead to occupy the docks and run the operation themselves.

Release Date:1969-02-19

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:2

The Golden Vision

The obsessive supporters of Everton FC forsake wives, families and God to follow their beloved team. Meanwhile, the club and its players try to live up to their expectations.

Release Date:1968-04-17

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:3

The Sweet Body of Deborah

A newlywed couple visits the husband's hometown of Geneva, where they are subjected to threats stemming from the death of his former fiancée.

Release Date:1968-03-20

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:18

The Parachute

As the Nazis grow ever more powerful in Germany, Werner grows up in an aristocratic household, hating his domineering father and making enemies in high places.

Release Date:1968-01-21

Department:Production

Job:Producer

The Gorge

A reluctant teenager accompanies his family on a day out to a local beauty spot.

Release Date:1968-01-01

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Drums Along The Avon

A liberal white man becomes a Muslim to promote racial harmony.

Release Date:1967-05-24

Department:Production

Job:Producer

The Voices in the Park

The life and passions of a speaker at Hyde Park Corner.

Release Date:1967-04-05

Department:Production

Job:Producer

In Two Minds

Kate, a young girl under psychiatric examination, suffers from a lack of confidence, self-esteem and self-control – telling of the “bad Kate” who commits immoral acts. Could the hypocrisy, selfishness and weakness of those around her have led to this state of mind or can Kate simply be diagnosed and dismissed as a schizophrenic?

Release Date:1967-03-01

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:3

The Lump

The Lump is an uncompromising exploration of exploitation and resistance within the building trade.

Release Date:1967-02-01

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Cathy Come Home

A British woman faces a downward social climb thanks to her country's rigid and problem-ridden welfare system.

Release Date:1966-11-16

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:23

The Coming Out Party

When a boy discovers that both his parents are in prison, he sets out to find them.

Release Date:1965-12-22

Department:Writing

Job:Story Editor

Stand Up, Nigel Barton

Semi-autobiographical TV play by Dennis Potter, from the BBC's 'Wednesday Play' series. It deals with the experiences of Nigel Barton, a young man from a poor mining community who wins a scholarship to Oxford University. The villagers accuse him of snobbery, while the rich University students treat him like a peasant. Uncertain of which sphere he should be moving in, Nigel tries to reconcile himself with his proud but stubborn father, and also succeed at University, despite its pretentions which apall him.

Release Date:1965-12-08

Department:Writing

Job:Story Editor

The Rivals

A pair of hoodlums steal a car in which there is a note - a ransom letter - directed to a wealthy man whose daughter has just been kidnapped. The two gangsters stole the abductor's car and when they find the note, they decide to take advantage of the situation and collect the money.

Release Date:1963-05-01

Vote Count:1

Incident at Midnight

In a late night chemist a shot bank robber has been taken for treatment, and to rendezvous with the gang leader.

Release Date:1963-01-01

Character:Brennan

Vote Count:1

The Boys

A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of the lead-up to the crime, and the truth emerges.

Release Date:1962-08-31

Character:James Alan "Ginger" Thompson

Vote Count:4

Studio Four

Release Date:1962-01-22

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1

An Age of Kings

A linking together of Shakespeare's history plays chronicling the rise and fall of monarchs over the 86 years between Richard II and Richard III.

Release Date:1960-04-28

Episode Count:7

Vote Count:3