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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By Carol Russell. Century-spanning series charting the emergence of modern Britain.

August, 1963. The Bristol Bus Boycott is in full swing. As Trevor joins the fight for racial equality, Faith is on a mission to find Baby Eunice. By Carol Russell.

By Carol Russell
 
It is now August 1963. Faith and Trevor are finding family life a challenge as their attentions are pulled in very different directions. Faith’s efforts to find the missing Baby Eunice lead to an exciting breakthrough and a trip to London.  Meanwhile the drama imagines Trevor becoming absorbed in the fight to overcome the unofficial ban on the employment of black drivers and conductors by the state-owned Bristol Omnibus Company.

Faith ..… Shiloh Coke
Trevor ..… Gary Beadle
Merlene ….. Sharon Duncan Brewster
Paul Stephenson ….. Solomon Israel
Vincent ….. Leemore Marrett Jr.
Hyacinth St. Claire ….. Ayesha Antoine
Matron .…. Ruth Everett
Joy ….. Sapphire Joy
Stanley Bale ….. Joe Sims
Ron Nethercott ….. Colin Ryan
Reporter ….. Lloyd Thomas
Radio Announcer ….. Roger Ringrose


Produced by Pat Cumper
Directed by Anastasia Osei-Kuffour
 
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'Faith, Hope and Glory' returns for its fourth series on Radio 4. Three families are bound together by the fate of one baby lost and found at Tilbury Docks in 1946. And now a new generation of our characters begin to take their place in the rapidly changing Britain of the 1960s.
 
Faith (formerly Eunice) has for 17 years been wracked by the guilt of 'losing' Baby Eunice. Knowing that the baby, now a young adult, must be alive, she is determined to find her and right the wrongs of the past.  Her partner, Cardiff dockworker Trevor, has been increasingly getting involved in union politics.

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