Sixty years on from the release of Alan Sillitoe's film, what does it say to modern audiences?
"It's not sentimental at all," she said. "There's a real sense of empathy with his character.
"There's a real sending up of the well-meaning liberal professional that doesn't understand anything about him and his resistance and subversion of all they are trying to do. Many of the main players - including Sillitoe - were given the Angry Young Man tag by the media, which they came to dislike. "I think it is a really unique post-war moment and part of that whole movement towards social visibility and opportunity.
"It was a really changing moment in post-war Britain in terms of its defiance and standing up to authority.Image source,James Walker sees TV drama Sherwood as being one of the few voices reflecting working class Nottinghamshire that are cutting through "We have had Sherwood [written by James Graham, from Mansfield] on TV earlier this year, which was brilliant."