Faith, Hope and Glory

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A century-spanning drama series tracing the emergence of modern Britain.

A century-spanning drama series tracing the emergence of modern Britain through the lives of three women, connected forever by the theft of a beautiful pram in Tilbury in 1946.

Faith, Hope and Glory charts the lives of three women, connected forever by the theft of a beautiful pram in Tilbury in 1946. As they live through the eighty years since then, they witness and take part in the emergence of modern Britain.

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Faith, Hope and Glory: Series 3: Hope and Jim

Hope and Jim

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By Roy Williams. Century-spanning series charting the emergence of modern Britain.

1958. Hope runs out of patience with Jim’s philandering and wants a divorce.  Jim tries to prove he can change when he saves the life of a young friend who is ambushed by racists.

By Roy Williams

Hope runs out of patience with Jim’s philandering and wants a divorce.  Jim tries to prove he can change when he saves the life of a young friend who is ambushed by racists. But is it too late to save their marriage?

Hope ..... Danielle Vitalis
Jim ..... Martins Imhangbe
Abeo ..... Valentine Olukoga
Rodney ..... Richie Campbell
Teddy Boy 1 ..... Lee Hunter
Teddy Boy 2 .... Michael Begley
Joan ..... Jasmine Hyde
Howard ..... Neil McCaul
Nurse Clare ..... Rebecca Crankshaw
Nurse Jenny ..... Christine Kavanagh
Nurse Riley ..... Alexandra Hannant
Sheila ..... Eden Forde

Directed by Anastasia Osei-Kuffour
Produced by Pat Cumper

NOTES
Faith Hope and Glory returns for a third series commissioned by Radio 4. 

It is 1958 - the year of the Notting Hill Riots when Teddy Boys violently roamed the streets emboldened by a divisive rhetoric of “Keep Britain White”. Against the backdrop of increasingly febrile racial tensions, our characters seek to quell their own domestic turmoil. 

Since their baby disappeared en route to Antigua in the first series, Hope and Jim have continued to drift apart. As her work in an emerging National Health Service continues to test Hope daily, she has lost patience with Jim’s philandering, which has grown along with his acting career.

Gloria and Clement are not enjoying marital bliss either despite Joy, the baby they found seemingly abandoned at Tilbury Docks many years ago, growing up fast. Thwarted as a lecturer in a society dismissive of black intellectualism, Clement is too distracted by his activism to support life at home.

And Faith, who previously moved to Cardiff and changed her name after having lost Hope’s baby, has some news and truths to tell musician husband Trevor…

With Pat Cumper at the helm, each of the three 45 minute dramas in this new series continues to illuminate the emergence of modern Britain through intimate, interwoven stories.

They are brilliantly brought to life by writers Roy Williams, Rex Obano and Carol Russell. The cast includes Danielle Vitalis as Hope, Pippa Bennett Warner as Gloria and Shiloh Coke as Faith, together with Martins Imhangbe as Jim, Stefan Adegbola as Clement and Gary Beadle as Trevor.

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