BBC4's
Alan Bates tribute concludes with a 1994 dramatisation of Dickens's novel set in a grim factory town in the north of England. The lives of Tom and Louisa Gradgrind unfold in a loveless world where social and economic values come before human concerns.
Co-starring Bob Peck , Dilys Laye. Richard E Grant , Beatie Edney and Christien Anholt.