By Rex Obano

We began following the lives of Caribbean-born Hope and Faith (Eunice), and British-born Gloria in 1946. It is 1978 and Gloria de Soto, now a respected headmistress, decides to step up and challenge an unfair education system. She gets a visit from her daughter, Joy, who brings news that threatens to jeopardise their relationship and her plans to become a councillor.

Gloria ….. Jaye Griffiths
Mabel ….. Dorothea Myer-Bennett
Joy ….. Sapphire Joy
Hopeton ….. Solomon Israel
Hope ….. Danielle Vitalis
Faith ….. Shiloh Coke
Blessings Ojarikre ….. Jocelyn Jee Esien
Enner Bennes ….. John Lightbody
Other parts played by Tyler Cameron

Produced by Pat Cumper
Directed by Don Gilét

A BBC Audio Production for BBC Radio 4

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Faith Hope and Glory began following the lives of Hope, Faith (Eunice) and Gloria in the UK in 1946. Three generations of three families bound together by the fate of one baby lost and found on Tilbury Dock. All three are now settled in their lives in late 1970s Britain.

We are now in 1978. Although racial tensions continue to simmer, black Britons are taking practical measures to help themselves. Some are standing for election as local councillors. Saturday schools are springing up all over the country to support black students suffering discrimination in the education system.

Gloria has lived for many years in what was euphemistically called ‘a lavender marriage’ with her husband, Clement. Their decision to snatch a baby they thought had been abandoned outside a pub in the 1940s as a way to deflect suspicion, was the catalyst for the whole series. Now divorced and living with her partner, Mabel, Gloria has come into her own as a headteacher and advocate for black children’s rights. Show less