Barry Cockcroft

Barry Cockcroft

Barry Cockcroft (born 1933, Rochdale, Lancashire - 2001) was a UK television documentary director, writer and producer. He is best known for his documentary "Too Long A Winter" about the spinster Hannah Hauxwell who lived alone on a remote farm in the Pennines.

A researcher at Yorkshire Television at its inception in 1968, he was making short films about people who lived in the Yorkshire Dales when he discovered Hauxwell. He went on to write best selling books about her and took her around Europe and to North America for further documentaries.

Another memorable documentary made by Cockcroft was "A Romany Summer", featuring a family of Romani Gypsies travelling and living around York, dealing in horses and attending the Appleby Horse Fair.

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