TV Show Details
Air Date:October 25th, 1977
Last Air Date:November 15th, 1977
Network:ITV1
Status:Ended
Genres:Drama
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Granada Television, The WNET Group
Cast & Crew
M
Michelle Dibnah
as Sissy Jupe
Hard Times (1977)
ITV1
Miniseries
Audience Score
Plot
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.
