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: Joy and Hopeton

Joy and Hopeton

BBC Radio 4 - Faith, Hope and Glory, Joy and Hopeton

Epic drama series charting the emergence of modern multicultural Britain. By Rex Obano.

1968. Joy is fully immersed in Birmingham's hippy scene. Her childhood admirer, Hopeton, wrestles with his faith in God and the temptation to dive into her world. By Rex Obano.

By Rex Obano.

We first met Hope James, Eunice Faith Isaac and Gloria de Soto as they were beginning their lives in the UK in 1946.  It's now 1968 and Joy, Gloria’s daughter, has dropped out of university. She's in Birmingham, 'finding herself' in the hippy scene. There she bumps into Hopeton, her childhood admirer. He is left torn between staying faithful to his Christian calling or joining Joy for a spiritual, sexual and cultural awakening.

Joy ….. Sapphire Joy
Hopeton ….. Solomon Israel
Philomena ….. Susan Lawson-Reynolds
Doctor/Police Sergeant ….. David Hounslow
Nurse ..… Joanna Monro
Manager ….. Tom Kiteley

Produced by Pat Cumper
Directed by Anastasia Osei-Kuffour.

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Faith, Hope and Glory’ returns for its fifth series on Radio 4. We began following the lives of Hope James, Eunice Faith Isaac and Gloria de Soto in the UK in 1946. Two generations of three families, bound together by the fate of one baby lost and found on Tilbury Docks in 1946, are taking their place in the rapidly changing Britain of the late 1960s.

Joy (formerly 'Baby Eunice') was the baby lost at Tilbury Docks in 1946 and found by Gloria and Clement who she believes are her parents, though she hasn't seen them for years.  Now in her twenties, she still can’t shake the feeling that she is out of place and lost.  Immersed in the fully blossomed drug-fuelled counterculture, she encounters many fellow travellers journeying to what they hope will be a better place.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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