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Hard Times: 1

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Charles Dickens's classic about struggles in the industrial north, dramatised in four parts by Doug Lucie.

The arrival of Sleary's circus challenges the provinicial thinking of the local businessmen.
(Repeated Saturday 9pm)
The politics of the heart: page 119

Contributors

Author:
Charles Dickens
Dramatised by:
Doug Lucie
Music:
Nina Perry
Director:
Janet Whitaker
Gradgrind:
Kenneth Cranham
Mrs Sparsit:
Eleanor Bron
Mrs Gradgrind:
Thelma Barlow
Sleary:
Derek Waring
Louisa:
Helen Longworth
Rachael:
Becky Hindley
Stephen:
Alan Williams
Mrs Pegler:
Marcia Warren
Mrs Blackpool:
Francis Jeater
Mr M'Choakumchild:
Stephen Critchlow
Sissy:
Stephanie Rawson
Bitzer:
Alex Slater
Tom:
Nick Roud
Childers:
Chris Moran
Josephine:
Jaimi Barbakoff
A boy:
Gregg Prentice
Servant:
Ioan Meredith
Waiter:
Declan Wilson
Source: Radio Times

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