Days of Hope
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| Days of Hope | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Jim Allen |
| Directed by | Ken Loach |
| Starring | Paul Copley Pamela Brighton Nikolas Simmonds |
| Theme music composer | Marc Wilkinson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Tony Garnett |
| Cinematography | Tony Pierce-Roberts John Else |
| Editor(s) | Roger Waugh |
| Running time | 410 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 11 September – 2 October 1975 |
Days of Hope is a BBC television drama serial produced in 1975. The series dealt with the lives of a working-class family from the turmoils of the First World War in 1916 to the General Strike in 1926. It was written by Jim Allen, produced by Tony Garnett and directed by Ken Loach.
Days of Hope is included on the Ken Loach at the BBC DVD box set released in 2011.
Episodes
| # | Title | Original airdate | Running time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "1916: Joining Up" | 11 September 1975 | 95 minutes |
| Ben Matthews enlists in the army and ends up serving in Ireland, where there is resistance to British rule. His sister's husband Philip Hargreaves is sentenced to death as a conscientious objector but is given a last-minute reprieve. | |||
| 2 | "1921" | 18 September 1975 | 100 minutes |
| Ben deserts from the army and joins the Durham miners in their fight against wage reductions. Ben and other miners are arrested. | |||
| 3 | "1924" | 25 September 1975 | 80 minutes |
| Ben is released from prison and joins the Communist Party. Philip Hargreaves is elected as a Labour MP. | |||
| 4 | "1926: General Strike" | 2 October 1975 | 135 minutes |
| The miners are betrayed by union leaders during the General Strike. | |||
Cast
- Paul Copley as Ben Matthews
- Pamela Brighton as Sarah Hargreaves
- Nikolas Simmonds as Philip Hargreaves
- Alun Armstrong as Billy Shepherd
- Clifford Kershaw as Tom Matthews
- Helene Palmer as Martha Matthews
- Gary Roberts as Joel Barnett
- Jean Spence as May Barnett
- Christine Anderson as Jenny Barnett
- John Phillips as Josiah Wedgwood
- Stephen Rea as Reporter
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Days of Hope at IMDb
- BFI Film & TV Database
- British Film Institute Screen Online
- Senses of Cinema review and history
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