Hard Times
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.
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Patrick Allen
Thomas Gradgrind · 4 eps
Timothy West
Josiah Bounderby · 4 eps
Jacqueline Tong
Louisa Gradgrind · 4 eps
Richard Wren
Tom Gradgrind · 4 eps
Rosalie Crutchley
Mrs Sparsit · 4 eps
Michelle Dibnah
Sissy Jupe · 4 eps
Edward Fox
Captain James Harthouse · 3 eps
Alan Dobie
Stephen Blackpool · 3 eps
Ursula Howells
Mrs Gradgrind · 3 eps
Barbara Ewing
Rachel · 3 eps
Harry Markham
Sleary · 2 eps
Sean Flanagan
Bitzer · 2 eps
Peter Martin
Waiter · 2 eps
Patrick Durkin
Slackbridge · 1 ep
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