Hard Times
tv show
4 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired October 25, 1977
Genres:
Overview
Hard Times is a four-part British television drama miniseries based on Charles Dickens' 1854 novel of the same name, a survey of English society and a satirisation of 19th century social and economic conditions. Wealthy, retired Coketown merchant Thomas Gradgrind devotes his life to a philosophy of rationalism, self-interest, and fact. He raises his eldest children, Louisa and Tom, according to this philosophy and never allows them to engage in fanciful or imaginative pursuits.
Cast
Patrick Allen
as
Thomas Gradgrind
Timothy West
as
Josiah Bounderby
Jacqueline Tong
as
Louisa Gradgrind
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Richard Wren
as
Tom Gradgrind
Rosalie Crutchley
as
Mrs Sparsit
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Michelle Dibnah
as
Sissy Jupe
Edward Fox
as
Captain James Harthouse
Alan Dobie
as
Stephen Blackpool
Ursula Howells
as
Mrs Gradgrind
Barbara Ewing
as
Rachel
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Harry Markham
as
Sleary
Sean Flanagan
as
Bitzer
