Barry Cockcroft (4 October 1932 – 4 February 2001) was a British television documentary director, writer and producer.
He is best known for his documentary Too Long A Winter about the lady, Hannah Hauxwell who lived alone on a remote farm in the Pennines.
After leaving school he started work as a proof-reader on the Rochdale Observer and he soon became a reporter and a feature writer.
He additionally directed The Underground Eiger, which detailed the record-setting cave dive of Oliver Statham and Geoff Yeadon.
[3] Cockcroft died of Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) in St Ives, Cornwall on 4 February 2001 at the age of 68.