Robert Rigby A Kestrel For A Knave


(4.6 stars; 4 reviews)

A Kestrel for a Knave is 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? This powerful story of survival continues to resonate with new generations of teenagers and adults.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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Episode 1 56:50

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(5 stars)

well read. interesting listening to the local accent.